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First They Came . . .

Posted in Cause and Effect, Difficult Decisions, Friends, Holocaust, Making a Difference, Poetry, Quotes, Regrets, The Power of One on August 10, 2007 | 1 Comment »

The story of “The Rat Trap” reminds me of a quote/poem attributed to Rev. Martin Niemöller (1892–1984), a Lutheran pastor and anti-Nazi activist who survived imprisonment in Dachau concentration camp during World War II. There are several versions of this poem, but they all make a powerful statement just the same. This is the version [...]

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The Rat Trap

Posted in Anecdotes, Cause and Effect, Difficult Decisions, Friends, Making a Difference, Regrets, Short Stories, The Power of One on August 10, 2007 | 4 Comments »

 
A rat looked through a crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife opening a package. What food might it contain? He was aghast to discover that it was a rat trap. Retreating to the farmyard the rat proclaimed the warning, “There is a rat trap in the house, a rat trap [...]

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What Might Have Been

Posted in Quotes, Regrets on August 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

I came across this quote in my scrapbook last night. It applies to something that happened once to me.
For of all sad words of tongue or pen,
The saddest are these: “It might have been.”
—John Greenleaf Whittier, from “Maud Miller”
To read about my experience, click here: Nathan’s Uncle: Always My Angel

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