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Purple pansies and two tone violas

My lovely neighbor called me today.  She and her husband planted butterfly plants... and as a result,  monarch and other butterflies migrate two doors down to the pansies on my deck! I could watch them forever flitting around, landing on the abundant purple pansies.  The contrast of colors from the orange and black butterflies to the purple flowers, is spectacular.  Tiny violas are interspersed next to the pansies, and they have a faint scent of perfume.  It is heady and wonderful to appreciate nature.

By planting the butterfly tree, my neighbor gave me a gift.  When we do something nice, we are giving a smile.  For the person who receives the kindness, something so simple could get them at a time when they needed that random act to put them on a better path. Conversely, if we experience negativity or anger or violence....we could live a very different life than we had planned.

 War is hell.  There are always many sides and many cultural alliances that we do not understand.  I think however, we of many nations can agree that there is always collateral damage.  Most of us don't want to think about it.  Some of us don't care about it.  But when you ARE THE COLLATERAL DAMAGE, as are the children I write about, your perspective becomes personal.

Many who have survived pay the price for other's greed and evil. Some become examples of what not to do with your life, and others inspire a generation.