But Jane what would have happened if no one had been willing to resist the nazis, yes of course war is evil, but someone has to resist evil, resisting dosen’t make them evil too.
Mandela eventually triumphed, because He resisted
But Jane what would have happened if no one had been willing to resist the nazis, yes of course war is evil, but someone has to resist evil, resisting dosen’t make them evil too.
Mandela eventually triumphed, because He resisted
Did I say resisting war is evil?
I was merely pointing out the bonkers nature of some of the basis of hatred that causes wars and the importance of remembrance to try to stop similar things happening again. At times it feels quite close with the rise of popularism in Europe.
Apologies if I misunderstood Jane!
Yes, Jane, people in whom rage is repressed are not consciously aware of it, and may seem to others as mild-mannered, inoffensive, but also as inhibited, controlling, emotionally cold, and capable of secret acts of great passionless cruelty on helpless or hapless victims. Many kill themselves. Some unconsciously sublimate their rage by joining the caring professions, where they have reputations as people who are exceptionally caring and sensitive individuals.
This is possibly much more prevalent than we think, from my own experience, and as press coverage of cases in recent history suggests.
I wasn’t taking it as far as that Peter.
You may think that you have dealt with stuff, but your brain deals with this t by causing pain and illness.
Consciously owning that enables you to overcome pain.
It is working with Jim’s back.
Sounds good, Jane. I was thinking worst case scenario, perhaps, and I shouldn’t have generalised. But facing pain squarely works for me too. We can experience pain without suffering it, how to do that is a knack, but it can be learned.
Some more heroes…
John D Sarno MD, Healing Back Pain and The Mind Body Prescription.
You can also look at www.tmswiki.org.
Not surprisingly 'orthodox ’ medicine is quite sceptical, but his results are very good and it has really helped Jim’s pain in his back.
His MRI shows pinched discs and osteo-arthritis.
He wanted to find an alternative and bought one of the stretching devices mentioned on here, but has really been helped by these books.
It’s very easy to research your family history with the abundance of online records. Lots of Military records exist. I discovered a relative who joined the Army in 1864 at age 20 and spent most of his time in India and Abyssinia. His complete paper records exist. He spent 2 years in the Tower Hamlets Militia and 22 years in the Army and died at 47. Difficult to imagine what his life must have been like. Managed to father 5 children too.
Forgot to mention that my first job on leaving school was as a Civil Servant working at the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys. All those records available for free. Didn’t seem important at the time and so now I have to pay for them. Aargh…
Thanks for the link Jane. I suffer from the occasional sharp twinge in my back, but am generally still flexible and can still touch my toes without bending my knees. I have found the ‘Amelie’ Activ’Dos app interesting and helpful too, it lines up well with modern mind-body approaches to health and well-being. The French seem more open-minded about these things than their UK counterparts, 'tho there are exceptions on both sides.
Keep up the healing work with your OH, together.
I am also a Reiki Master Practitioner and had a practice in Stroud before moving to France.
I had a polo players and their ponies as my main clients.
Interesting story about a WWII pilot in the ‘Cumbria Regional News Section’, BBC News.
This is the story of a Kendal Lad…
Zacktly Marra!
I liked this man’s story too…listening to his own words… RIP
Amazing chap, so young at the time.
When I lived in Kirkcudbright Scotland, a quite staid, even boring old fella, who lived next door was incredulous, when I told him I had done a parachute jump, " Why anyone would leave a perfectly serviceable aircraft to commit themselves to one of those things, I cannot understand", then he told me he had landed Spits in flames, rather than bale out, I was staggered, my opinion of Duncan changed, radically
Impressive and worthy calling, Jane. As was your dogged fight to overturn an unjust decision over you access to Healthcare. It’s helpful to have your perspective on things, and to learn from it.
I suppose it from which context you look at it Ann…from your side I can and do understand what your saying. From an ex military perspective we do remember some of those battles conflicts listed and we have family days to remember those dates. Now I certainly 100% agree with you about not learning from the past …
I must saying this has been a great topic, some interesting comments all round and some of the comments about grandparents and others who have fought or did not were worth reading.