everyday, when things get a little hectic, i escape to a little spot outside the school where i work so i can sit, relax, and have a ciggie.
for the last two weeks, every single time i go outside and sit down (enjoying the beautiful cool weather for a change) there has been an orange butterfly that lands on some wildflowers not 2 feet from where i sit.
today, i went outside again, he wasn't there (as usual) and the very moment i sit down, there he comes flying in.
This may sound strange, but I could pea today. Sometimes you don't appreciate something so ordinary untill you can't. Night before last I was up almost all night trying to pea, and Monday is my bowling day. I decided to go anyway, although I felt really bad. By the time I finished bowling I was doing much better, and by evening I was back to normal. Never underestimate how valuable the simple things you do each day are, like a simple trip to the bathroom.
Ken P.
interesting page at tolerance.org.
this test probes for an automatic stereotype that native americans are not as "american" as white americans.. .
this test measures unconscious or automatic associations of "good" and "bad" with imagery reflecting diversity in sexual orientation.. .
What do you mean HIDDEN biases? I don't hide mine, it is usually obvious.
Ken P.
anyone have a "hand of jehovah" experience?
something that happened that at the time made you feel it had to be jehovah intervening?
if so, how do you feel about it now?
My family was out pioneering, Dad, Mom, brother and I and it was the day before payday. My mother said we didn't have anything to fix for supper and we didn't have any money. Someone said "Jehovah will provide" and I said something like it's about time. When we got home my aunt had fixed supper for us and it was on the table at our house. I felt a little strange.
Ken P.
I see a video.
Ken P.
do you find that time flies, and that years go by so fast.
well thats my feeling about time.
the older you get, the faster it goes.
Born in 1936. Loved the 50s, my teenage years but couldn't really say I liked any period better than another. I have loved the whole trip and it is about over for me. Time flies so fast that from one season to another seems like weeks, instead of months. Too bad it doesn't last forever.
Ken P.
That would be funny if it weren't so damn true!!
Ken P.
i decided to start this thread, because so many time we go at each other because of difference of opinion.
( myself included ) but yet for me i love this place.
i love the different opionions, they make me think, i love the freedom of expression, the friendships, and the expriences that make this a special healing place.
It has played a big part in freeing me from the WT propaganda. I have also met a few people who I consider friends and others who I would like to know better. There are many caring people who post here and I like the feeling that people are normally this way. There are always a few ass holes around but I like hearing their thoughts too. It's a good place to express you feelings, good or bad and always makes me feel better.
Ken P.
i used to like ketchup.
lashings of lovely red tomato ketchup smothering runny eggs, all mopped up with a doorstep of bread and lumpy butter.
oh dear me no.
I loved the video, played it several times. I think they played this tune at the beach in the RV park and several people danced to it this summer. The way my mind has been working lately, I can't be sure.
Ken P.
if you were god what would you have done differently?
i think i would have forgiven adam and eve and the last six thousand years would have been a cakewalk.. i wouldn't have had to send down my son to be nailed to a tree and die a horrible death.
i also would have been much more clear in what i expext of my creation, maybe write a book that could be understood by anyone..maybe i would have sent some of my angels down to the babylonians when they were throwing babies in the fire as sacrifices to say don't do that!!
I must be God. He does nothing and so do I.
Ken P.
i don't think i will never join another organized religion.
that being said however, i have enjoyed going on occasion to non-denominational churches, watching the band play music, and the speaker.
if you did or would attend another church regularly, which one would you go to and why?
I attended a little group for about a year. I liked the preacher as a person, we talked and I went with him to visit people in the hospital, and we had meals together at times. I went with my wife since she is a christain but it didn't give me any comfort or faith. I just feel that religion is just between me and whatever god there might be out there somewhere. If you like to be with people socially it might appeal to you but I don't think you will ever trust a religion again to provide a dream of future bliss.
Ken P.
