thank you, dear friends, for expressing your thoughts today on the importance of the arts in your lives.
many years ago, a number of threads were devoted to poetry, literature, even english grammar.
rather than resurrect an old thread -- usually with zero results -- i would like to introduce a new post, asking you to add some of your favorite verse.
one for fun, it was one of my thinking of you cards...
Feeling sad, feeling blue?
Now cheer up, I thought of you.
The mail has brought my special letter
I hope that now you feel much better.
Winter Days can make us frown,
But Spring is on its way to town!
Soon the sun will shine on us,
But if It rains try not to fuss!
When some flowers bloom in may,
You know that Summer is on its way.
im on a mac-book, and when im at the site, often my mac runs real slow, im typing and the letters are not there, and pop up a few seconds later.
weird stuff.
it sometimes freezes up on me.
Im on a mac-book, and when Im at the site, often my mac runs real slow, im typing and the letters are not there, and pop up a few seconds later. weird stuff. it sometimes freezes up on me. and i sometimes hear a quick voice in the background as if there is another tab open or page ,something is running in the background,slowing my laptop up terribly at times, this has been an issue for me for about 6 months, I dont know a soul who is familiar with macs, and Im on my own as how to resolve the issue, does anyone know If I should do a system restore? and will this affect my itunes account? is it maybe firefox? I dont use safari anymore it wont play most videos, must be too old.
i have a mac os-x 10.6.8 about 5 yrs old at least.
i did back up my files on to an external hd so i can do a restore, or is there a better way to get rid of whatever is causing the problems
any suggestions?
i heard from a "friend" that a letter was read aloud during the midweek meeting asking people to volunteer to do cleaning work in bethel.
lol.
i really can't think of anything else to say if this is true.. they get more free labor, and they still ask for more more more money!!
thank you, dear friends, for expressing your thoughts today on the importance of the arts in your lives.
many years ago, a number of threads were devoted to poetry, literature, even english grammar.
rather than resurrect an old thread -- usually with zero results -- i would like to introduce a new post, asking you to add some of your favorite verse.
how about this one?......
All of us have questions
that have no answers
and memories that hurt.
An unknown future.
A past that haunts.
Lost time
Lost love
Lost friends
Lost chances
Mistakes we cannot fix.
Things we need are out of reach.
We're tired and cant find Home.
We put on a shell, put up a wall,
to protect our heart.
It hurts too much to dwell
It drains our energy to grieve.
We need to go on living...
Behind every face is a mind full of stories,
hurts and joys and trials.
The world is always changing.
The greatest gift a god could give,
Other than life itself,
Would be the Ability,
to go back and change the past.
Fix mistakes, and take those chances,
To make the future brighter.
But one Gift we already have
is the Gift of choice.
We can choose to turn away from the
negative, and seek with determination
The positive.
Take with us knowledge.
Keep the flame in our heart lit.
We must present to others as much
of the Gift of joy as we can
Even if it be for a little while.
For it is life's water .
For every one we meet,
A sunny smile is sometimes
All we may have to give.
And hope our sunny smile will help
The Garden Of Life grow .
written
by
me.
was not sure where to post this, but i was curious, how do some of you now feel about the military?
would any of you let your children enlist, or would you yourselves join any military field?
how do you feel about the idea of women in the military?
retiredLE
you said: BTW - If your are a MAM, get off your ass, if you can't do basic pt and run 2 miles you are going to be useless and special "A-2" fertilizer.
I dont know what a MAM is, or a pt, but whatever it is, no, I cant run 500 ft without probably falling over, lol, id probably have a heart attack.
Im going on 54 yrs old I was a career housewife for 34yrs, Im not an Olympic athlete . Im now divorced and living alone working and using every ounce of energy I have to pay the rent, when you have little help, its much harder.
so I guess when the law ? comes to round up all the people who aren't doing whatever,? Ill be taken along with the millions? of other 'useless' people?. to be put in all these secret camps that are supposedly being built to house people for whatever reason?
but like some people , Im not about to also become so fearful that I start carrying a gun around, and make plans to hide out in the forest. this is the same mentality that Jw's have come to have, an us and them mentality.
if someone wants you dead bad enough, they'll find a way.
has anyone ever watch 'the corporation'? how about zeitgeist? well what do we make of all that? yes weak sick sheeple so many of us have all become, victims of the medical system, the addictive food system, the toxins and to what end for so few elite that will also die of old age , i have no idea,lol
but wow how much longer we do live, and how many more opportunities we have if we are lucky enough to have a leg up. so there is good and bad, and we all live only so long to do anything anyway, so why worry of we don't have to.
From my personal limited research, most wars were not started the way history books portray them. There is always a hidden selfish agenda behind a war. In my opinion, there is no way a government who has something at stake, would sit by and take so long to act when there is huge amount of people being killed, from either bombing or ethnic cleansing, or religious fighting. the UN and govts often sit on their hands, tiptoe around, do little , they give speeches in the news they analyze for months to pacify the curiosity of the masses. When they really want something done they do it. now however globalization complicates things to the 1000th degree, its often beyond any single governments reach to act and not unfortunately have casualties. ignorance and misinformation is the key to such error in thinking, which is why someday, if all the world is on line, perhaps, people will act more slowly, having more info at their fingertips. education is key to survival. Then I wonder if the reason why the US is so far behind in education, dumbing down our educational requirements, is why our people are falling behind and becoming more paranoid and anti government they are kept ignorant.
Thats why I read magazines like Foreign Affairs, pacific standard, the Atlantic, and alternet and politico, and listen to NPR. I try to have a rounded understanding of just how complicated things are and try not to get upset like some of my elderly family do, lol
sure things are complicated when your dealing with many different cultures and mindsets, bored lost, unemployed, lonely , sex deprived, brainwashed young extremists from every walk of life, all convinced that someone is their enemy.
But as everyone knows, when you try to do too much, you fall apart. focus on your own family first, and then the whole family as a unit, can help someone else.
when one mother [country] tries to have too many kids, [political/ commercial affairs] and is spread so thin, its her own children who in the end suffer from neglect.
When your a parent and you enable unwanted behavior, without offering information, education, and an insisting on a sensible solution, it just gets worse if you dont pull out and force the adult child to survive on its own. we all have to push the bird out of the nest so to speak.
The term homeless vet should be something that was never spoken. all the unemployment surely can be surely be helped if those darn government agencies would stop sitting on their hands, and hire more people to process info,avoid improper use of funds, and fix the ancient computer system, which some very smart high school nerds can probably do, lol, and get those deserving vets their benefits they were promised, we wouldn't have homeless vets, and families. instead of waiting on a 'list' to be put in public housing there are thousands upon thousands of vacant properties sitting in limbo , for no other reason than a backlog of paperwork, that any homeless vet and his family, could certainly be placed in immediately.
Every one here has made an observation that has truth to it. that's what makes the world go around. we cant all have it one way, the Ferris wheel of life would cease to move.
yes soldiers go to war, or on a peace keeping mission, their intention is honorable, they truly believe they are helping people, and many times they truly are. That's why so many villagers love the US soldiers, they look at them as protectors. But sadly, some end up coming home with life changing injuries, only to be told they have no income, loose their homes and often families cannot mentally cope, because those soldiers are so mentally damaged. the term debriefing, is a telling one.
And so time goes by waiting for people to do the best they can with what knowledge they have.
i was added fairly recently to the aawa network (thank you richard e. kelly ) and have been a lurker/fader for many years.
the ex-jw community, from a far, has offered me so many ways to help go through my own thinking while awakening and working through my own crisis of conscience.
however, i do have a critique of our community.
wow, took the free test you had link to, and as an entj, i saw those career choices to be in my opinion, mostly male dominated industries, lol.
math and science was never my strong point, so how on earth id ever understand any of those careers is beyond me.
I have never taken any of these personality type tests and came out
with a solid answer, Im always border-lining on one of three. my answers
depend on a situation, not simply guessing how Id react IF.
who am I?
I might never know, no more time left for me to have a career.
Im 53,[ not 33] living day to day to survive, i have no way to explore what 'could have been'
and so far, there is no one to find me, and know me, and show me.
so what now? lol
was not sure where to post this, but i was curious, how do some of you now feel about the military?
would any of you let your children enlist, or would you yourselves join any military field?
how do you feel about the idea of women in the military?
was not sure where to post this, but I was curious, how do some of you now feel about the military? would any of you let your children enlist, or would you yourselves join any military field? would you have?
how do you feel about the idea of women in the military?
also,
do you think its practical for women to be in the same troop/ camp/ as men?
for me personally, I guess Id still not like my sons [never my daughters] to go into military, considering the way the US seems to neglect is soldiers when they come home. I think most people that go into it, are forever changed, mostly to the negative. the whole idea that we must 'toughen' up , makes me wonder just how far we haven't come in time, lol.
so many unfortunate cultures and mindsets, that are still fighting and blowing shit up.
women , particularly women with children, in my opinion, have no business,for one thing, being with men, considering the facts about women in the military being raped and abused. they also should not be in active ground duty, to get seriously handicapped, shot or killed. And, if they have children, how dare they emotionally damage those poor kids, and make them insecure and fearful, all because of a desire to prove women can do what they want. what are they trying to prove? i could never do that to my kids.
what a good week over 101 teaching books taken from the trolleys this week and put in the trash i might even be getting to all the 10 year old teaching books that they have on the trolleys hee hee
i wish that it was not my day.
oh, god.
why was that happen?
lol, well there you go, not everyone looks at the same situation the same way, maybe she did not understand what to do.
what state was the festival in? a few years ago, i went to the florida strawberry festival close to lakeland florida.
it was hot hot hot that day. wish it wasnt so hot, id have liked to have been able to stay longer.
greetings, new friends and old:.
i've been here some nine years now and have learned a lot.
made many dear friends.
Maybe some of us aren't aware that we can talk about other things, and get a response,lol .
well, there you go, done4good, we both like photography, and poetry and music.
[ Id guess some of my music isn't in your library,, lol.]
Id guess there is so much weirdness is going on in the org, its like everyday someone has a new story to tell.
so Ill give it a go.
maybe someone needs to pick a subject, and see what happens? Is photography an art or a hobby or both?
Lets say for example Id make a post about my photography hobby, and provide a link to some of my best photos at artpal.com, would anyone care to view them? [who has the time]
I will drive a mile to find a high spot to take pics of a sunset, I will spend half an hour around a tree to get a good pic of a bird, or a squirrel. I go to the lake myself, and get photos of whatever the day brings me. my camera is my de stress buddy.
I enlarge my photos, and put them in frames and hang them in my place. I also give them as gifts. someday Id like to make a children's book or greeting cards
using my few little creative poems and my large collection of nature photos.
I just wish I had someplace else to get pictures other than the area around me.
Apparently, I have an unusual taste in music. I know no one who listens to what I do.
if I provided links to some songs, would anyone listen to them or recognize, the artists and say, ‘hey, I like those too!‘ I doubt it. Im an outlier.
Ok, so like everyone, been to Carnegie art museum, and all the other fine ‘artsy and museumy’ establishments in the Pittsburgh pa area. but not the andy worhol exhibit, thats not my thing. my daughter and I cleaned for an artist who won some sort of big award, she was very good.
next weekend Im going to the international car show.
I did try to post some humor, but no one must have thought it was funny, no one had any comments to add.
I guess then we’d maybe, find someone else that might have something in common with us, other than a former traumatic belief system, lol
or, how about this as a post,
In another life, or if you had it to do all over, what would you have liked to have done?
Id have loved to create and direct my own ice skating show, using my own music choices and costume ideas.
Id also love to design my own house, car, a housing plan, a school, shoes, and own my own clothing / bridal dress shop. gift and flower shop, and have a real-estate license , or sell cars.
and yes i have read books...
ok, now, is this what you mean? lol.
well I tried...
