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Finding Compassion A Smile - A Kind Word - A Hug Donald H. DeForge, VMD Silver Sands Veterinary Center Thomas Merton " And genuine love is a personal revolution—it transforms our entire life. Real love takes your ideas, your desires, and your actions and welds them together in one experience and one living reality which is a new you."--Thomas Merton . “Get a life in which you are not alone. Find people you love, and who love you. And remember that love is not leisure, it is work.”  – Anna Quindlen Thomas Merton on Love and Compassion: "When we are leading a life based on real love (or mature love), we are living life in a way that deals with fear and stress differently than a life where our love is not yet mature or genuine. Because a life of genuine love is texturally different than a way of life based on immediate stress reduction and appeasing our fears and constantly se...

Dr. Don DeForge-Silver Sands Veterinary Center 13Feb2016 Life is a Clogged Drain You Just Have to Know How to Fix It "Happiness has a bad rap. People say it shouldn't be your goal in life. Oh, yes it should." quote by  Richard Dreyfuss Baking soda, vinegar, and salt with a touch of hot water have been the recipe to unclog sink drains since the Fall of the Roman Empire.  Wouldn't it me nice if the problems of daily life were so simple to flush into a sewer. Listen to your co-workers; your fellow students in school; the people at the gym; and those at the local sports bar.  What do you hear?  Problems-problems-and more problems. You hear gossip and people talking negatively about their boss; their partner; their spouse; their coach; or their friends.  Listen carefully do you hear more positive or more negative. What about jealousy.  Have you been to a party; a reunion; a work gathering and listen to how people defame others to mak...

Don DeForge, VMD-Silver Sands Veterinary Center 13January2016 A Society Without Signals 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 th...

Don DeForge, VMD-Silver Sands Veterinary Twas the Night After Christmas 2015 Commentary from Dr. DeForge If there was ever a time that Virginia O'Hanlon's letter should be read....now is the night and now is the time. Children today are growing up in a world that is impersonal and many times lacking love.  The world is fast paced and "faceless" .......where a creed of violence and murder has become commonplace. Faith is a word that has lost its meaning...... and has been replaced with followers of a new religion of material pleasures. I have reprinted this newspaper article as part of my blog for many years now....usually before Christmas.....this year I have elected to bring it to you the night after Christmas.   The presents have been opened; the kids are playing with their electronic toys; the holiday table is being scavenged for left overs; and Christmas cookie crumbs are in every chair; sofa; and bed in the home.  So........settle down an...