which are all hard work that pays off for one and for others.
Too bad about the Coast Guard. Many of us who enlisted were college grads in bell-bottoms and chambrays, eager to do something good in a time of immense brutality and suffering. and "more gore at 11"
And we never stopped doing good. I never rescued anyone. Never threw a line or a life buoy. Later on, as a civilian, I spotted flickering in a neighbor's home that turned out to be an electrical fire in their detached garage. I probably saved their home and lives by being alert.
One of the steps in the Noble Path is good intention. It really is vital, when people are told that their friends and neighbors have "bad intentions" (a hallucination planted in their minds for the benefit of demagogues) and to fire bad intentions (and bad actions) against them.
Only a few profit from the downward spiral. It works. Until it all collapses.
"Short term pain for long term gain". Trust me.
Hate always takes a toll.
Demagogues collect that toll.
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