Normally later in the evening for me.. or in the middle of the night when I cant sleep.. and when I have a free day like today.
LearningToFly
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When Do You Read or Post Here Most Often???
by minimus induring the mornings, afternoons, evenings??
on certain days more than others??.
i usually post thru the day, while at work.
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where will sexual offenders live?
by purplesofa ini am watching fox news, .
and i am sorry i do not have the details, but, in this particular county, they are extending how close a sex offender can live to a school, daycare, etc, from 1,000 feet to 2,000 feet.
of course the people that the outer circle is being moved to do not want this.
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LearningToFly
In my mind, why should they live anywhere.. I say set them free in a big fenced in field.. set up your cross bow and practice your aim until its perfect
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LearningToFly
I returned to school at age 30, completing an office administration program. At that time I had recently seperated and needed something to adequately support myself and child. Now, I am again wishing to return to school, not for neccesity but for something that truly brings me joy in my life.
It is sad how many of us put off education due to the "borg" love that name, but it is never to late.
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Coming to terms with your death - immortality options
by Crumpet ini must say its terribly hard to dredge up any enthusiasm for today or even this week at work, but i dont feel depressed.
the weather has been so undecided these last few weeks, a little sun, but mostly pregnant clouds breaking water over our heads several times a day.
its also quite warm and clammy as if we are in a limbo land between seasons and there is little in terms of beauty to redeem it.
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LearningToFly
Oooops.. it is a giant brick. While deep in thought, I just typed and typed..
Is there a way for me to edit it once its been posted?
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who have you murdered? my life is over again
by coaster inis it wrong to even think about it?
how can a religion take over and have so much control.
i know truth, but only when is walks up and sticks a finger deep into my eye socket.
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LearningToFly
(((Hugs Coaster))) I feel your hurt and wish I had a magic wand to fix it. Talking and sharing is so important, to vent and be heard. Here is a good place, as there is much support. It was suggested to me by my therapist when I was feeling at my lowest, to think of something I loved doing, something that brought me joy, and either do it myself or volunteer in a setting that would do this for me. It wasnt a fix all, but it helped take me away from myself and thoughts, and made me feel usefull and appreciated, and not alone.
LTF
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Coming to terms with your death - immortality options
by Crumpet ini must say its terribly hard to dredge up any enthusiasm for today or even this week at work, but i dont feel depressed.
the weather has been so undecided these last few weeks, a little sun, but mostly pregnant clouds breaking water over our heads several times a day.
its also quite warm and clammy as if we are in a limbo land between seasons and there is little in terms of beauty to redeem it.
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LearningToFly
Crumpet, you are a beautiful writer!
For me coming to terms with death has taken me through many stages. The first stage, believing that I was to die some horrible death because I was no longer a believer in what I was taught, just going through the days of life a workaholic but virtually lifeless because there was no hope.
The next stage was a process, I fell in love with my daughters father, I learned to feel, and see the world around me, and started to embrace all the beautiful things in life I had not seen before. The more I embraced life, the impending doom of death slowly disapeared.
The next stage sprang upon me again when my partner talked of having children, starting a family. Again the nagging thoughts of my mortality consumed my mind, I found my mind returning to my old way of thinking. How could I plan to bring a child into this world when there was only death before me. I pondered this thought for quite awhile, agonizing over the desire to have a child, and agonized over the old indoctrinated teachings of doom and death I had believed in.
During that stage after much thinking, I realized that I was still allowing old thoughts and beliefs that I truly had no belief in control me. This angered me, and from that anger I took back my life once again and planned the conception of my child. The planning of having a child was the biggest turning point in my life in coming to terms with my mortality, and the most beautiful experience in knowning that life was meant to live, feeling life within me, and visualizing a long future ahead. I realized that someday I would leave this earth like any other living being, but no longer lived in fear of impending doom. For a long time I embraced this life, raising my daughter, imagining grandchildren one day long ahead in my future.
Then came another stage, it was the death of my brother. All of a sudden again, those old thoughts returned, where is he, where did he go. I agonized over it, wishing I believed in something. Wishing I believed in a heaven, wishing that perhaps there was a resurection, perhaps reincarnation, thinking to myself has god punished him, is he suffering, or is he at peace. I was in such turmoil in my mind, thinking, what is death, is there a god, would god make him suffer.
I took off for a day alone, riding my bike along the yukon river, I sat, thought, cried, agonized. It was on this day that I came to a feeling of peace, I sat by the river thinking about who my brother was, what a lovely person he was, and knew at that moment in my heart and soul that he was at peace. I felt peace come over myself sitting there that day, it no longer mattered that I had no definite belief in anything. I intuitively knew that since he was a good person, that if there was a god, god would know this. If there was a place we go to after death, wherever he was, it was a good place. I believed in nothing, but had faith in the goodness of the universe to treat him well, wherever he was.
From that time on, I have had peace in my soul regarding death and my own mortality. I have faith that whatever becomes of us at death is no longer something to fear, I do not know where I will go, nor does it matter. I simply know, that I am a good person, I will be at peace, and that the universe will take care of me, so I no longer worry about death. I believe this to be so for all.
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What are your Favorite Quotes
by LearningToFly in"it is not our purpose to become each other, it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is" hermann hesse.
"you must be the change you wish to see in the world" mahatma ghandi.
"there is no end.
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"It is not our purpose to become each other, it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is" Hermann Hesse
"You must be the change you wish to see in the world" Mahatma Ghandi
"There is no end. There is no beginning. There is only the infinite passion of life" Federico Fellini
"If we all worked on the assumption that was is accepted as true were really true, there would be little hope of advance" Orville Wright
"Knowledge of the self is the mother of all knowledge. So it is incumbent on me to know my self, to know it completely, to know its minutiae, its characteristics, its subtleties, and its very atoms" Kahlil Gibran
"And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair" Kahlil Gibran
"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom" Anais Nin
"May I never get too busy with my own affairs that I fail to respond to the needs of others with kindness and compassion" Thomas Jefferson
"Well behaved women rarely make history" Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
"On the keyboard of life always keep one finger on the escape key" unknown
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The Way I Are.
by RichieRich indamn!!!.
i hit enter way too soon.. i've got a long post coming, so hold your applause for a moment, ok?
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LearningToFly
Wow, what a horrible experience! Glad your ok, and hope you go after that lawyer!
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God Is Love
by freeme injws are told that jehovah is love and that his love his higher than any other love.
it is actually more intense that the love of parents to their child.. so the question is:.
what type of parents would actually murder their son if he were gay and kill their daughter if she smokes?.
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LearningToFly
Exactly my question Free! What kind of God? Not the kind of God I want anything to do with. Been there done that.. and was mentally scarred as a child from those teachings.
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Being afraid
by ex-nj-jw inwhen i was a little girl, i was very afraid of thunderstorms - every time we had one i thought it was armageadon (did i spell that right?)..
so what were you afraid of?
what made you think the "big a" was here?
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LearningToFly
I too was terrified of thunderstorms, and believed it was the end.. and because I never felt perfect enough.. well.. I believed it was my end too. The fear of demons lurking around every corner, in the closet, under the bed was also a huge fear.