After studying Abraham Lincoln, John F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther KIng, Jr. , my little grandson came home pondering their stories. He told his mother. “I want to do great things and help people, but I don’t want to get killed.” What a thing for a child to have to think!
What a precious boy! It’s good he was able to voice his worries.
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He is a good boy. It’s hard to imagine how they think sometimes. He expresses himself extremely well. I wouldn’t have said that at his age.
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I’m glad that he has y’all so he can really be heard.
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He is very interested politically.
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How proud you all must be of your little man, the sad part is the reality of his afterthought. As he matures his greatness will surface. A born leader. Bless him.
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It is incredible how they think.
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Reblogged this on Nutsrok.
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Sad, but so perceptive. Reminds me of the song “Abraham, Martin and John” and the lyric “seems the good, they die young”.
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True.
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Thank you for sharing your grandson’s thoughts. I was having similar thoughts to that myself lately. I have posted photos of John Lennon and Yoko Ono in some posts I’ve written recently about my dog’s efforts to change the world. I have heard people expressing concern about mentioning certain topics online and I was thinking, you can’t go wrong with peace and then I thought about John Lennon. Hmm. There’s quite a list of good people who paid the ultimate price.
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Thanks for this opportunity. I am reblogging this. This is wonderful.
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I admire the way your grandson thinks on both counts. He wants to do good for the world, and that’s a noble enough idea; he just doesn’t want to get killed doing it… and that’s just smart.
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I can identify with that. He probably needs to start small.
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The key here is to point out to the boy the great, inspirational, world changing people who were not assassinated, who did not die early deaths. And yes, there are lots of them. History is filled with them.
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You are so right. That’s just what we did!
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Oh Goodness! I have one son – now 22 – and I always tell him I don’t ever want to have to see him go to war. Is that selfish of me? ~Elle
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No
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Makes sense to me that he would think that. Asariels Muse has a very good strategy, I think.
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The crazy part of my brain insisted on taking this idea and running off with it, resulting in my pondering if there’s some sort of karmic selection system at work, letting folks attain “greatness,” however you choose to measure it… Then killing them to take them to the next part of the “ride.”
Thanks for the inspiration, even if the idea as applied to the real world (or a small child’s logic) is a trifle disturbing. XD
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I think he has a clear idea about what he wants to do but without those horrible consequences. You always have such sweet stories. I am nominating you for the Versatility Award. If for any reason you decline, I will not be offended.
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Oh thanks you.
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Tststs, even children are making compromises today… 😉 … It is really intersting how he combines doing good with being hurt or even killed. Shocking in some way.
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It is
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Your grandson is very perceptive.
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Little gift for farmgirl https://nutsrok.wordpress.com/2014/10/03/dont-be-such-a-chicken/
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So sad that a child should worry that helping others and being a great person equates to an early death.
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Reblogged this on galesmind and commented:
How sad is this.
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Gale, this went to Spam and I just found it. Thanks so much.
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Reblogged this on Marilyn Munrow and commented:
And what a clever little chap he is too.
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Hey, I think that EVERY DAY! It’s called negotiating traffic… hahaha! No, but seriously… what a thing for a little kid to think! But it is a bit of a commentary on this mad world we live in…
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How sad and yet a brilliant observation for someone so young.
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It was
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Kids catch on quick. Death is a natural part of life and sadly we tend to have blinders on to greatness until the person is dead. I balanced it out for my kids by seeking and studying other great people who lived to die a natural death and by helping them recognize greatness in those right around them.
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Very good point.
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