A Society Without Signals-Don DeForge, VMD Silver Sands Veterinary Center

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Don DeForge, VMD-Silver Sands Veterinary Center 13January2016


A Society Without Signals

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We live in a society without signals.  How many people turn their car right in front of you and never signal a turn?  Take a personal survey....50%-75%-95%......? How about people that cut you off on major highways at high speed....or beep the horn when you missed a light change by two seconds! Then there are those that do not honor Pedestrian Signs in crosswalks....they would rather hit you than allow you to cross safely in a designated crossing area.  We are a society without signals. Society has become consumed in self; wealth; and social status. PowerBall reaches over a billion dollars and lines develop around the block to buy a ticket FOR instantaneous wealth and power. How many lives have been ruined by Lotto Mega Jackpots?  

I am not against people wanting to find their dream.  I question what value have we placed on material at the sacrifice of forgetting basic human values.


                                      The unidentified good Samaritan handed the man-in-need a shirt and hat to stay warm as temperatures neared freezing in Manhattan.


A good samaritan straphanger known only as “Jay” gave a shivering, shirtless man his shirt and hat to keep the him warm on a Brooklyn-bound A train last week during a frigid evening in NYC.
After spending time with his girlfriend, Lazaro Nolasco said he boarded the train at Washington Heights and watched the good deed unfold during the long stretch between 125th and 59th streets 10 p.m. Friday.
“It was just us on the train,” said Nolasco, whose video of the encounter went viral.
“The guy didn’t have a shirt on,” he told the Daily News. “His body looked sick.”

Would you have given your shirt in frigid weather to a person in the street, on a bus, subway, or huddled in an alley?  Would you have touched the man to help him put the shirt on?  Would you have offered to get him medical assistance?

This blog is not about judging.  It is a blog that shows the "Good News" ------ONE person who found his turn signal of compassion; turned it on; and helped a person in need.

I have spoken many time about a "faceless society" where man only sees himself in the mirror....no one else can be seen.  His is the only face.  "To often we forget the power of a touch; a smile; a kind word; a listening ear; an honest compliment; or the smallest act of caring....all of which have the potential to turn a life around." Dr. Leo Buscaglia


Dr. Don DeForge
Silver Sands Veterinary Center
17 Seemans Lane
Milford, CT 06460
Dr. DeForge welcomes comment to his blogs at:
DonDeForge100@gmail.com





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