Comments on: Lord of the Flies https://habitablezone.com/2011/08/10/lord-of-the-flies/ Sat, 25 Apr 2026 01:00:29 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: CJB https://habitablezone.com/2011/08/10/lord-of-the-flies/#comment-4812 CJB Thu, 11 Aug 2011 15:32:18 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=3030#comment-4812 You're absolutely right, of course. You can't save them all, so you save as many as you can, and failing that, you save any you can. I guess we just can't afford to let ourselves lower that window too far, or make excuses for why we do. You’re absolutely right, of course.

You can’t save them all, so you save as many as you can, and failing that, you save any you can.

I guess we just can’t afford to let ourselves lower that window too far, or make excuses for why we do.

]]> By: Jody https://habitablezone.com/2011/08/10/lord-of-the-flies/#comment-4796 Jody Thu, 11 Aug 2011 03:38:08 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=3030#comment-4796 A little boy was walking up and down the beach picking up starfish that had washed ashore, and throwing them back into the ocean. For some reason there were hundreds! He did this for quite awhile. A crusty old man sauntered up to the focused young man. " Look here boy, he snaps...what good is all this ? There are too many to save!" The little boy looks up at the old man and stares into his eyes. "But mister"...the little boy answers..."just think how happy the ones are that I do save!" For myself, this is as good as it gets. I can not allow myself the angst that I once endured with all the suffering that exists. Suffering will always be. What we choose to do with our compassion and the awareness is the key. I had my window of compassion open all the way and I almost died. I was no good to anyone. I have had to lower my window... This existence is not Utopia. It never will be. It is a means for us to gain an understanding of ourselves and what we choose to do with that knowledge. A little boy was walking up and down the beach picking up starfish that had washed ashore, and throwing them back into the ocean. For some reason there were hundreds! He did this for quite awhile. A crusty old man sauntered up to the focused young man.
” Look here boy, he snaps…what good is all this ? There are too many to save!”

The little boy looks up at the old man and stares into his eyes.
“But mister”…the little boy answers…”just think how happy the ones are that I do save!”

For myself, this is as good as it gets. I can not allow myself the angst that I once endured with all the suffering that exists. Suffering will always be. What we choose to do with our compassion and the awareness is the key.

I had my window of compassion open all the way and I almost died. I was no good to anyone.
I have had to lower my window…

This existence is not Utopia. It never will be. It is a means for us to gain an understanding of ourselves and what we choose to do with that knowledge.

]]> By: Lee https://habitablezone.com/2011/08/10/lord-of-the-flies/#comment-4795 Lee Thu, 11 Aug 2011 03:12:30 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=3030#comment-4795 Maybe deep down, you know that aid will only increase and prolong the suffering. For all the good intentions we have, the West's aid does nothing but draw out the inevitable. Those people are incapable of making it on their own, and aid does nothing but spread the suffering from one generation to another and another. It's best to simply let them fade away as quickly as possible. Maybe deep down, you know that aid will only increase and prolong the suffering. For all the good intentions we have, the West’s aid does nothing but draw out the inevitable. Those people are incapable of making it on their own, and aid does nothing but spread the suffering from one generation to another and another. It’s best to simply let them fade away as quickly as possible.

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