Comments on: Do you like what you see? http://angryafrican.net/2008/05/14/at-the-end-of-the-day/ I have opinions. I am from Africa. I live here now. I blog. Wed, 07 Dec 2011 21:54:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: angryafrican http://angryafrican.net/2008/05/14/at-the-end-of-the-day/#comment-1005 Wed, 21 May 2008 01:28:55 +0000 http://angryafrican.wordpress.com/?p=160#comment-1005 @Keven – That’s it Keven. The least we can do is try. It’s okay if we fail. But at least we gave it a shot. And sometimes we make a difference. Like you did with Katrina.

]]> By: Keven Bennett http://angryafrican.net/2008/05/14/at-the-end-of-the-day/#comment-963 Fri, 16 May 2008 01:00:03 +0000 http://angryafrican.wordpress.com/?p=160#comment-963 I think everyone strives for that personal Nirvana that is never reached. I’m pretty happy, though, even if I’m not making a ton of money. I’m probably as close as I can come to that goal, given my imperfections and temperment.

I will probably never achieve life in a world where fairness and a good turn recieve likewise, but I try. I remember when Katrina blew onshore, and I was enraged at the response. Amongst the apologists, there was one comment that hit home.

“Don’t just sit there and blame someone, go DO something about it!”

That I did. I used my skills to assemble datasets for use in the followup to that disaster. It felt good to not only be able to voice my opinion, but to feel that I helped contribute in a small way to the recovery.

At least I’m doing a job I love, and can stay home to take care of my wife and grandson. I try to make my life at least a caricature of self-consistancy. All one can do is try. The more people that do, the closer the real will be to what we want it to be.

]]> By: angryafrican http://angryafrican.net/2008/05/14/at-the-end-of-the-day/#comment-954 Thu, 15 May 2008 14:02:27 +0000 http://angryafrican.wordpress.com/?p=160#comment-954 @Michelle – I like that. A spam filter for our lives. I really like that.

@Saffer – Ha! I am showing my age, right? Going to get a Wii one of these days. After they told me last weekend that they don’t even make Gamecube games anymore. Yes, time to upgrade.

]]> By: Saffer http://angryafrican.net/2008/05/14/at-the-end-of-the-day/#comment-952 Thu, 15 May 2008 13:58:33 +0000 http://angryafrican.wordpress.com/?p=160#comment-952 Gamecube??

Upgrade time dude :P

]]> By: Michelle http://angryafrican.net/2008/05/14/at-the-end-of-the-day/#comment-949 Thu, 15 May 2008 06:12:02 +0000 http://angryafrican.wordpress.com/?p=160#comment-949 I wrote something a while ago about crime in South Africa entitled, “Become the change you want to see” – Ghandi. I believe that we all have the power to make change happen, it has to come from within and in our own context. It’s pointless complaining if you are not activley a part of the change.
Yes, our lives are very rushed and we take little or no time to just be, I think if each of us put a spam filter on our lives, we could dedicate more time to the things that are meaningful to us… one step at a time. Declutter, simplify. Thanks for this, it’s very much in line with what I’m doing, thinking and writing…

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