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Please share a message you would like to send someone – dead or alive, known or unknown? message in a cyber-bottle so to speak.

I think we often have some burning message we need to share but do not always have a direct connection to the person/govt/org it is meant for.

So please share your message - long or short - and as many as you wish?

Am guessing there may be some very worthwhile lessons to be had from such sharing.

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Closing Statement from Kate Blake

The meeting of similar minds made this a small but very warm circle of friendship at a time when I really appreciated it.

Thank you all who participated or read this, and to TED for providing the forum!

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    Daniel Smith

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    Jun 8 2012: I would like to say to all the progressives out there, LET LIBERTY AND FREEDOM REIGN!! As opposed to statist slavery.
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    Debra Smith 200+

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    Jun 7 2012: Thank you, geneousity runs through you!
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    Colleen Steen 500+

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    Jun 7 2012: Dear Kate Blake,
    It is WONDERFUL to see your smiling tulips and insightful comments here on TED again...missed you:>)
    Sincerely,
    Colleen
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      Kate Blake 50+

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      Jun 7 2012: Hi Colleen, I missed all of you also, but will soon vanish again for a while, life is very busy but I will return whenever I get the opportunity. Am banning myself from the net for months at a time so I can do what's needed.

      Yes, I love those bright tulips too - feels like they are me ...

      Glad there are still a few I know around - so many have vanished - my message to those ones

      "Please return we need your cheerful input?"

      see you in a while, Kate
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        Colleen Steen 500+

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        Jun 7 2012: Kate,
        I LOVE flowers of all kinds, and always appreciate your comments:>)

        Here is another message for the "cyber-bottle".........
        "be well...be safe...always....all ways:>)"
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          Kate Blake 50+

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          Jun 7 2012: wow, what a profound 7 words - thank you!

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    Jun 7 2012: To everyone who stands up for justice, quietly or loudly, even when it is seemingly to their own detriment, thank you.
    To everyone who makes a personal sacrifice so that someone else can have a better life, thank you.
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      Debra Smith 200+

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      Jun 7 2012: Wow! I cannot improve upon this one! Julie Ann when you send it to the world would you please put my name on it too?

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        Jun 7 2012: Hi Debra, It is from all of us who share the same sentiment :-). Be well.

  • Barry Palmer 50+

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    Jun 6 2012: To all the generations to come: So sorry we left the planet in such a mess.
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    Salim Solaiman 50+

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    Jun 5 2012: To Kate Blake
    Very happy to see you after long long time.....wish everything was fine with you ....all the best
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      Kate Blake 50+

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      Jun 6 2012: yes, very well thanks Salim - hope you and yours are well and happy?

      Seems to be a problem with notification - only found your message by accident? ha ha a bit like picking up the bottle!
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        Salim Solaiman 50+

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        Jun 6 2012: ha ha that made it a real "bottle message" then.......:)

        To Friends who are martyr or took self exile from this Forum :

        Stay well, best wishes.....I miss you all friends
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    Kate Blake 50+

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    Jun 5 2012: All those Tibetans who have burnt themselves - dead and alive.

    It is an extreme way to protest ... may you gain religious and cultural Freedom very soon!
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    Kate Blake 50+

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    Jun 5 2012: Bill Gates, alive and unknown: As an Australian, a white person, living in India 99% of the population sincerely believe I am directly related to you and that you most generously give me unlimited access to your billions! The fact that I was born in a different country is lost on them.

    They have numerous plots and plans to try to extract their share of the ‘white’ wealth the instant they see the colour of our skin. One landlady said “we only see the colour of your skin, not that you are trying to living off your life savings, we just immediately see dollar signs. And all we can think of is how can I get those dollars off you” … a heavy expectation that flavours every interaction one has here and after more than 3 years that is very wearing.

    It has given me great empathy for the very wealthy; the thought that every ‘so called’ friendship or interaction is probably laced with an expectation or hope that you will be excessively generous to them. As a person born into a poor family this experience only prevails when I travel to third world countries, I guess the fact that I can afford to go there doesn’t equate with the fact that I’ve worked very hard and lived frugally in order to be able to afford to do such things.
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