Posts by tall penguin

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'peoples choice awards' for me in my small city, if you knew my story:)

by orbison11 in

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well some here know my story,,after dfing, pretty bad,,,.

lets just say i went from an easy financial existance to immediate extreme poverty.

and being a mature female, that is harsh.

Do you ever wonder what people on here look like?

by changeling in

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i'm influenced by the avatars too.

like, i think purple sofa looks like audrey hepburn, and willyloman is a "burnin hunk'a love" and nvrgnbk looks like a sufer dude.

the wanderer is a skinny guy with glasses who never looks you in the eye.. how do you picture fellow posters?.

Does your personality type affect your belief in the divine?

by Paralipomenon in

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friends

recently, i was reacquainted with a friend that i knew since i started grade school.

he grew up in the world wide church of god and i as a witness.

neither of us did christmas so often we would find ourselves in the library while the rest of the school did christmas activities.. .

tall penguin

INFJ
Raised jw from age 5
Currently atheist

tall penguin

47

my favourite poem...what's yours?

by ninja in

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http://www.sharebigfile.com/file/183727/a-poem-mp3.html ...hope it works...if not can someone help me get it hosted?....cheers btw its by lascelles abercrombie

This has always brought a tear to my eye.

At Sunrise
Rosa Marinoni

They pushed him straight against the wall
the firing squad dropped in a row;
and why he stood on tiptoes,
those men shall never know.

He wore a smile across his face
as he stood primly there,
the guns straight aiming at his heart,
the sun upon his hair;

For he remembered, in a flash
those days beyond recall,
when his proud mother took his height
against the bedroom wall.

47

my favourite poem...what's yours?

by ninja in

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friends

http://www.sharebigfile.com/file/183727/a-poem-mp3.html ...hope it works...if not can someone help me get it hosted?....cheers btw its by lascelles abercrombie

tall penguin

Oh, and we can't have a poetry thread without some Sara Teasdale:

Barter

Life has loveliness to sell,
All beautiful and splendid things,
Blue waves whitened on a cliff,
Soaring fire that sways and sings,
And children's faces looking up
Holding wonder like a cup.

Life has loveliness to sell,
Music like a curve of gold,
Scent of pine trees in the rain,
Eyes that love you, arms that hold,
And for your spirit's still delight,
Holy thoughts that star the night.

Spend all you have for loveliness,
Buy it and never count the cost;
For one white singing hour of peace
Count many a year of strife well lost,
And for a breath of ecstasy
Give all you have been, or could be.

47

my favourite poem...what's yours?

by ninja in

jw
friends

http://www.sharebigfile.com/file/183727/a-poem-mp3.html ...hope it works...if not can someone help me get it hosted?....cheers btw its by lascelles abercrombie

tall penguin

My fave Robert Frost poems have already been mentioned along with Oriah's The Invitation, so I'll share this one:

Remember by Christina Rosetti

Remember me when I am gone away,
Gone far away into the silent land;
When you can no more hold me by the hand,
Nor I half turn to go yet turning stay.
Remember me when no more day by day
You tell me of our future that you planned:
Only remember me, you understand
It will be late to counsel then or pray.
Yet if you should forget me for a while
And afterwards remember, do not grieve:
For if the darkness and corruption leave
A vestige of the thoughts that once I had,
Better by far you should forget and smile
Than that you should remember and be sad.

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Adventures in Meditating......

by freedomloverr in

i know a lot of you do meditation and i thought i would share a recent experience with you all.

it's been almost 2 years since i left the mental bondage of the org.

and it's been a journey with lots of twists and turns.

tall penguin

Beautiful.

119

Great Books Thread

by Open mind in

what are the top 5 books you would either recommend and/or have had the greatest influence on you?

(if you only want to mention one or two that's fine as well.).

if you feel like it, please briefly tell us why.

tall penguin

Re: Velveteen Rabbit

If you were moved by that, there's a fairly new book that you may enjoy. It's about a toy rabbit as well and had me in tears when I read it. It's by the same author who wrote "Because of Winn Dixie".

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo (it will be in the Kids section of your local bookstore).

http://www.edwardtulane.com/

tall penguin

119

Great Books Thread

by Open mind in

what are the top 5 books you would either recommend and/or have had the greatest influence on you?

(if you only want to mention one or two that's fine as well.).

if you feel like it, please briefly tell us why.

tall penguin

I love Paolo Coelho. The Alchemist was already mentioned so I'll recommend two others by him.

Veronika Decides to Die--about a young woman who tries to commit suicide, fails, ends up in a mental hospital with heart failure and only a week to live.

Eleven Minutes--an incredibly erotic book about the sacredness of sex as experienced by a young woman who decides to try prostitution.

The beauty of Coelho's writing for me is how well he writes women. He's very sensitive to the art of being a woman and the divine nature of the feminine. I'd love to spend some time in his presence. I'm sure we'd have much to discuss.

tall penguin

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Anyone Else from Canada?

by Miss 8572 in

i'm really intrigued by that fact that i may know some of you and yet not know that i know you.

i just want to know how many people from canada are here.

if you don't mind and don't care about posting your province (cause i'm too timid to) we could all get an idea of just how many canucks are really out there.

tall penguin

I'm from Toronto. (Hi Uzzah! Hugs from the penguin.)