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It's rough all the bull that's going around
PeopleDisappoint you? My answer to that Low Expectations.
We're close to Christmas and I'm trying to send greetings so merry Christmas if you care.
I'm so Buddha replied so if I refuse what you're offering me doesn't it not then belong to you? The man was stunned speechless. It is a reminder that we do not have to accept the negative opinions of others.
I like this Buddhist parable about Buddha. It has variations of it but the gist of it is all the same. An angry Man came upon Buddha as he was teaching and insulted him continuously. Buddha did not respond. The man talked until he ran out of things to say. Buddha asked him if someone offers you a gift and you refuse it to whom then does that gift belong to. The angry man said well I guess it belongs to the one who offered it.
This is something I have seen discussed. Do you think men and women can be truly friends without it being complicated by a desire for Romance or such? There was a guy who wrote an article and he concluded that they could not be because of attraction. I really think that from what he was saying that he was just using friendship as a "Trojan Horse "to try and get a relationship with her what do you think about this.?
Do you ever think that maybe if you had said something different you would have kept a correspondence going?
I'm curious what is your opinion about artificial intelligence and do you use it?
In the U.S. it has become more common to use fist bumps instead of an ordinary handshake.If you don't knowa fist bump is clenching the hand into a fist and touching the knuckles together with someone.I am not sure ifhas ever been done in more formal situations but I really think a handshake is more appropriate esp. In formal situations. What do you think? Has the fist bump become common in your country?
Why do some people on here want to go on WhatsApp or something and they don't even want to try and see if we have a connection on here first. That would seem to me the smart thing to do.
How is everybody doing? It's getting close to Christmas and one of the songs I kind of enjoy is Paul McCartney's simply having a wonderful Christmas Time. I wish everyone a Merry Christmas on here and hopefully a joyous New Year.
I'm thinking today a little more clearly about something that has trouble made for quite some time. When we have someone who is important to us sometimes it is alonly an illusion so when they let us down we're disappointed. We mourn them for what we think they were and when it turns out to be a lie we wrestle with the illusion until we realize it's true that they never cared about us anyway. When we come to this realization we are free.
Things. She had me believing that we were going to be at the very least friends from that point on. After a while I began to suspect she wasn't being truthful with me and so I confronted her about it not to force her into anything she didn't want to do but to tell her that I didn't want her to continue the contact with me if she was no longer interested. It was painful but it was the only thing I could do with any integrity.
My parents lnstiiled honesty in me when I was a kid. That means you don't lie. You don't steal. You don't cheat people, and you honor your commitments. I used to write pen Pals through the mail and it was a nice experience. After learning something about me one pen pal promised to write me indefinitely. I wrote don't make promises you can't keep. I won't hold you to your promise. I also spent time in contact with someone who told me all the right
Loneliness does not come from having no people about one, but from being unable to communicate the things that seem important to ones self or from holding certain views which others find inadmissible. Carl Gustav Jung
Questions are very interesting because they can help you find solutions I've seen someone discuss this before. Rudyard Kipling had what he called the sixth serving men for solving problems. Who what when where why and how. So here's a question what if most of us in the more affluent parts of the world did just a little bit to help end world hunger what kind of impact would that leave?
The problem they are trying to solvethinking about something and giving it proper evaluation is not unproductive it's how we get new and better ideas. Just remember that we live in a world than frowns on Independencet thought and telling the truth about certain things.
What do you think about the term nover thinking? I think it is largely a manipulative ploy to discourage people from thinking for themselves. While I am sure the person who came up with the term initially had good intentions I think it has become a tactic for stopping independent thought. I acknowledge that staying stuck on a negative thought loop is bad for people and it contaminated their thinking and prevents productive solutions to the probem
Is anybody on here familiar with the Buddhist concept s of Anatta and Annicha?. I have found the concept of no self and impermanence liberating. I am interested in your knowledge and experience of it and particularly if you happen to be a Buddhist
I wonder if anybody it satisfied with their experiences on here and if so what that has been like.
Yet another photo without the hat.
I went to a fall festival Friday. I had myself made up to be a vampire. And this is that photo. It didn't work out so well I don't think. I'm not sure that I really want to be on this app any longer it's been a disappointment anyway.
I sure wish they would fix this notifications o
I am getting.I am told I got a message and it does not take me to one,
If your love life is Like Charlie Brown just quit drinking so hard and don't trust Lucy any more.
Anybody on this site found any groups that are interesting ?How about good experiences?
I just I just found out that there is a redneck Day in the United States on July 3rd. That's a day before our independence day but that's okay since rednecks areverh Patriotic.
I learned the Secret of Discerning a woman's
Love from Richard Pryor ,unfortunately I can't repeat it.
I am getting the impression this app has a lot of scanmers
In the US I propose that we have a redneck pride day I think that would be kind of cool as in Jeff Foxworthy's comedy. I was in a bad mood one day and to break myself out of it I listen to his CD games rednecks play and it took me right out of it.
I posted an article I wrote about Doug Wiliams The first Black quarterback to play inthr Super Bowll
Titled Doug Williams:The First Black Quarterback To Be Seen.He was preceded by 2 others but he got the attention of America when he was named the starting quarterback for the Redskins in 1987.Here is the link to that article
September 28th is National good news today in the United States.
As I understand it today September 19th is National talk Like a Pirate Day. That of course is likely only in the United States. And that spirit I say ahoy matey and Aaaasrrrrrrrrggggghhhhnhh
There are people with anher and hatred in their hearts and I learned it only hurts them.I used to have a lot of anger and since I have unurdended myself of it Life has been so much better.
There are a lot of people on here and similar websites looking for love and here are some thoughts .You should try working on loving yourself because you attract people with the same self concept into your life.If you want a healthy relationship be sure that you would want a person like yourself as a mate.Your relatitonship with othe other people is a mirror of the relationship you have with yourself.There are some good meditation and hypnosis