Be kind...

"People are often unreasonable, illogical and self centered; Forgive them anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives; Be kind anyway. If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies; Succeed anyway. If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you; Be honest and frank anyway. What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight; Build anyway. If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous; Be happy anyway. The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow; Do good anyway. Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough; Give the world the best you've got anyway. You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and your God; It was never between you and them anyway."-- Mother Teresa

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being indian...

I'm about 1/4 Indian (Native American)...the tribe is still in question, but I have Indian blood in my veins. My Mom was 1/2 Indian, she exhibited some characteristics of Indians, she had the darker skin tone and would become quite tanned if she spent any time in the sun. Her father was a full blooded member of either the Penobscot or Passamaquoddy tribe. I ran across this video, and I watched it... it shows how Indians were killed or stripped of their language, culture and dignity. Maybe we need to take another look at the American Holocaust...

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