I carry my cell phone everywhere I go, but the only time I use it is to communicate with my family when I'm not home. My pet peeve is when I'm at a restaurant or any public place for that matter, and somebody is talking on a cell without a care about who hears their conversation or what their conversation is about! I think that is so rude!
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Could You Live Without Your CellPhone?
by SpannerintheWorks ini rely on it for business.
some reports say that they cause brain tumours...?
they also save a lot of lives (indirectly, of course) by allowing the user to dial for emergency services when there isn't a payphone nearby.
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Crap,,,,,,, now I think I am addicted to cigs...
by LyinEyes ini have been smoking off and on for over a year,,,,,,,never smoked before this year in my life.. it all started just for the hell of it.
then as my hub and i started going out dancing and hitting the town, cig smoke was everywhere.
i would comehome with it in my hair and all over my clothes.
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My Dad smoked for about 34 years...started when he was 19. He used to smoke 3 packs a day and sometimes cigars. He quite eventually, but he died at the age of 60 after open heart surgery. I'm sure his heart was already damaged from all his smoking. Once the heart cells are damaged, they are irreparable. I choose not to smoke.
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Required reading when exiting the JWs
by MegaDude inpost the books you think should be required reading for anyone leaving the jws: .
mine are, .
apocalypse delayed by jim penton -- a historical overview of the jws and their doctrine .
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Combatting Cult Mind Control by Steven Hassan is a very good book too. It lists ways of identifying Cults....so many (if not all) matched the JW's.
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Required reading when exiting the JWs
by MegaDude inpost the books you think should be required reading for anyone leaving the jws: .
mine are, .
apocalypse delayed by jim penton -- a historical overview of the jws and their doctrine .
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Angus,
Yes, I read that book too. I could easily relate to her feelings of "should I stay, or should I go". The author finally realized that she had to be true to herself.
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Required reading when exiting the JWs
by MegaDude inpost the books you think should be required reading for anyone leaving the jws: .
mine are, .
apocalypse delayed by jim penton -- a historical overview of the jws and their doctrine .
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MegaDude,
Just curious....have you read all of these books? Which one would you recommend as a first read?
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The Universe
by Lost Diamond ini wanted to share this will all of you.
i hope you enjoy it....... the universe.
by roberto dansie.
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Lost Diamond
Yup, you must be a Heathan
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The Universe
by Lost Diamond ini wanted to share this will all of you.
i hope you enjoy it....... the universe.
by roberto dansie.
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I wanted to share this will all of you. I hope you enjoy it......
THE UNIVERSE.
By Roberto Dansie
There is a universe within us all. It is there, even if we ignore it. Modern man has been looking outward, and paying little or no attention to the world within. And much of our suffering and animosity unfolds from this lack of awareness.
Artists and poets have the ability to tune in and share with us this world. The rest of us enter it only when we fall asleep, when we dream.
Amazingly, individuals who tell me that they have no creativity at all, often come up with extraordinary stories when they narrate their dreams.
Then the trick is to help them be with their eyes open who they already are with their eyes closed, a life unfolding its talents in the world.
Artists have the ability to dream with their eyes open. Somehow they have managed to keep access to their inner world and have become immune to the petrifying effect of external pressures. Emotions such as shame, guilt, and hate, have a petrifying effect, while those of caring, affection, and peace; create the ideal environment for us to manifest our talents.
As we liberate our dormant or repressed Self, we become more and more the glorious being we were meant to be. We all have a uniqueness without which the Universe would be incomplete. We hold the instrument that plays the key notes of the symphony of life. Clouds, rivers, birds, sing their part, and then there is a pause. This is where we were meant to do our solo.
How unfortunate are those who do not fulfill the expectation that life has of them. And how wonderful are those who rise to the moment to give lifes melody its most moving note!
We are meant to sing with the universe, to enrich it with our lives.
This is the universal man, the one we are meant to be.
Deep within us lives the place from which the entire universe unfolded. At moments of great peace or joy or love, we enter it.
The ancient Romans refer to it as the magic city of "ROMA", a city that became visible only to those who found it. The entrance to this city was in its name. Read backwards ROMA becomes AMOR, the Latin word for love.
We all come from this city.
Look around you.
It is easy to see who is in it.
You can see it in their eyes, in their smiles, in their lives.
All it takes is a blink of our eyes to enter the magic city.
Can you see it?
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Totally happy in your marriage?
by Lost Diamond inhow many of you are totally, incredibly happy in your marriage?
how many of you feel that your spouse is your absolute soul mate and you couldn't even imagine your being married somebody else?
talking with the women at work, i'm surprised at how many are not totally happy.
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Sean,
>>I don't agree with your idea that being happily married makes one a "decent" person and being unhappy somehow puts one in some other catagory, presumably un-decent. Marriage is a two person relationship and a person could be unhappy with the marriage while still being decent<<
I appoligize, but believe I wasn't clear on this point. I work closely with victims of Domestic Violence at work, and this is were my thought came for this thread. So many women are beaten, abused verbally and physically where their spirit is beaten down to a pulp....but they refuse to leave because their husbands "love" them or they don't want to leave because of the children. The husband usually says he is happy with his marriage, and a lot of time the woman believes that the marriage is basically OK. As I see it, this guy is not a decent man....but he thinks so. In this case the woman is not totally happy, but by no means did I mean she is not decent!
I agree with you...marriage is a two way street. Two people have to have the game goal of making the marriage work, but some have different ways of attaining that goal. Two people may have a different meaning for "happiness". It depends on what you believe is a happy marriage.
I really enjoyed your response....thanks Sean!
Troucul,
What can I say....I still feel sorry for these guys! I'm willing to help out if I can. :)
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the sweetest thing
by forgetmenot inwhat is the sweetest or nicest thing somebody of the opposite sex has ever said or done for you?
or what would you want somebody of the opposite sex to say or do to you to make you all happy inside?
i'm not looking for sexual things here just things that make you stop and go "ahh how nice".
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Troucel,
"a side note, one thing i've learned is that women don't like guys who are sweet...i'm beginning to believe they like cold hearted, introverted guys...believe me, i found out the hard way. I think women do prefer 'Red Dragon' "
Woman like a controlling man, but do not like being controlled. We like to feel nurtured and taken care of, but with respect and treated as an equal....at least I do.
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Billy Ray Cyrus.....
by SixofNine in...the swede.
ya'll settle down now, y'hear?.
time flies, and some give all, but keep it up and your going to break some hearts; some achy breaky hearts, dammit.
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OMG...I think Billy Ray C is a HOTTIE, HOTTIE!!! I could do without the mullet, though.