Desert Messenger

6 www.DesertMessenger.com October 2, 2019 DESERT MESSENGER Quartzsite's FREE Community Paper Proud to be a Quartzsite Licensed Business 928-916-4235 O� T��� - E���� T���! Founded by Walt Akin October 1, 2004 P�������� �� P���� R��� P��������� C�. P.O. Box 3185 Quartzsite, AZ 85359 P�������� ����� � ����� 1st & 3rd Wednesday Sept. thru May with Special Summer Editions June, July & August EDITOR/PUBLISHER Shanana "Rain" Golden-Bear CONTRIBUTING JOURNALIST Joanne Winer GUEST COLUMNIST Gypsy Jane Finley CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER Starr BearCat NAME PLATE LETTERING Paul Winer www.DesertMessenger.com www.MyQuartzsite.com E-mail: Editor@DesertMessenger.com 2018 © Copyright All Rights Reserved Copyright 2013 Opinions expressed herein are not necessarily those of the Desert Messenger. LIKE US on Facebook.com/ DesertMessengerNews FOLLOW US on Twitter @QuartzsiteRain Neighborhood Watch to meet Quartzsite Neighborhood Watch meets the fi rst Thursday of each month at 6:00 PM. The next meeting will be THURS- DAY, OCT. 3RD, 2019, at the Quartzsite Community Cen- ter. For more information contact the Quartzsite Police Department at 928-927-4644. County Landfill Transfer Station now on Winter Hours The Quartzsite Transfer Station is now on their WINTER hours. They are open Sunday thru Wednes- day, 7:30am to 2:30pm. Dump your trash for free at the Transfer Station. Please cover your load. For more info call the Main landfi ll 928- 916-1253 or Main offi ce at 928-854- 9152. The transfer station is locat- ed north of Town, just off Hwy. 95, near the Sewer Treatment Plant. By Shanana "Rain" Golden-Bear DEADLINE : WED. OCT. 9 TH for the Oct. 16 TH edition Desert Messenger News Email: editor@DesertMessenger.com 928-916-4235 www.DesertMessenger.com Read Desert Messenger online! Sign up for free email alerts when the Desert Messenger becomes available online! Join thousands reading the paper online at: www.DesertMessengerOnline.com LETTERS TO EDITOR POLICY Desert Messenger encourages letters from its readers. Letters should be no longer than 300 words, and may be edited for grammar, content and length. OPINIONS EXPRESSED HEREIN DO NOT NECESSARILY REPRESENT THOSE OF THE DESERT MESSENGER. We invite you to not only see a problem, but search for the solution to share with the community, keeping the benefit of all in mind. Letters considered libelous, in poor taste, on a personal issue, mean spirited or dominated by Scripture quotes will not be published. Third party letters will not be accepted. To avoid confusion over people with common or similar names, writers must provide a full name and indicate the name they are known by. Writers must provide a full street address and phone number. Rvers can provide the location of park/BLM land, etc. Street addresses will not be pub- lished. Phone numbers are for verification only and will not be printed. Mail letters to: Desert Messenger, P.O. Box 3185, Quartzsite, AZ 85359 or E-mail to Editor@DesertMessenger.com 928-916-4235 "We should all consider each other as human beings, and we should respect each other." ~Malala Yousafzai A while back, I was listening to Deepak Chopra about how to stay peaceful in a turbulent world. It was comforting to hear that even the most peaceful, disciplined lead- ers are sometimes struggling with maintaining their own inner peace in our chaotic world today. Deepak said, "Humans desire a connection with others. Everyone is doing the best they can from their level of consciousness." He explained how we're being inun- dated with so much suffering in the world via the media and the Inter- net. He spoke about the importance of fi nding our compassion and em- pathy to share with the world. Empathy is key to establishing both trust and respect, which can be defi ned as showing due regard for the feelings, needs, or rights of others. Empathy is putting yourself in other person's shoes. It's not like sympathy, feeling sorry for them. Respectful communication vali- dates the basic dignity and worth of others, without necessarily endors- ing their views or beliefs. Respect is a basic moral value or need which makes us aware that we are human beings not wild animals. In this crazy political season, the lack of respect has reared its ugly head. If you do not respect your- self, it will be more diffi cult for you to respect anyone else. One of the best ways to show re- spect for someone is to truly listen to another's point of view. Obvi- ously, we'll not always agree with one another on every topic, but we should allow each other to have and express our own views regard- less of whether we agree with them or not. As the political season rolls forward, let's remember to respect ourselves and others...besides, it's a lot more fun when we do! We can also choose to respectful- ly take a stand against violence of any kind- whether it is bullying in our schools, harassment, domestic violence, child abuse, racial injus- tice, cyberbullying, gun violence, workplace bullying...and the list goes on. We do this by bringing our best selves to the discussion, not our worst selves. We do this by being strong in our faith, showing love to our fellow human beings. We do this by standing for what is right in the world; by having an "Attitude of Gratitude" even in the worst of times. If we can bring empathy and re- spect into our conversations, there is a better chance of those conver- sations being peaceful and produc- tive. And a hug helps, too!

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