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Rose

10-11-2005, 10:22 AM

Easier, Christie, yes indeed - but a lot less fun. Because even in the worst times, there's still something there that makes it all worthwhile; even if you can't see it for a while.

If I look back over all the good times and the bad times so far, there have been some bad times that just take my breath away. I still can't see past the good times though, because overall, they have made it worthwhile. After a while the bad times kind of fade and the good times become more memorable, and eventually you can even have a laugh at times that overwhelmed you at first.

If you feel like living is wasting time, then it sounds like you're ready for some big changes. Those times are always painful times, but they pass. They provide an opportunity to find your way a little more.

Dwelling too much on the meaning of life doesn't achieve much, I've found. The meaning of life isn't something you can pin down, because it keeps on changing, so wanting to know it is just an exercise in futility. It's always just ahead of you somewhere. Maybe we get to see it at the end, but I suspect it's not going to be before that. Try just reaching for short-term goals, like finishing your studies; something you know you can do, and see how you feel when that's over and you've got a new achievement to look back on.

Life seems to be a challenge, just like studying. It's always forcing you to challenge yourself a little more, until you look back and get an enormous shock when you see how far you've come, without even noticing.

Just stay on board for the ride, even when you get a bit seasick; you never know where it'll take you. If you gave up you'd never know where it might have taken you.

Cheers, Rose :D

katerinalotus

10-11-2005, 12:57 PM

That would have to be the perpetual question wouldn't it??? I too wish I had an answer for you. From my own perspective, that's a complicated question. You see, I have two basic opinions...one's born from my logic, and the other is a product of my feelings. Logically I think that the meaning of life involves self development and ceasing opportunities, appreciating the moment, accepting differences in mankind. ...I could go on. Emotionally, I think love is success, but unfortunately I too also feel incidental in this world much of the time...it's negative and not necessarily the reality of it all....for me anyway. I know that my illness tries to convince me life isn't worth living, I too feel REALLY alone sometimes. And I do retreat within myself. After several suicide attempts, being hit by a car, nearly ODing, and a lot of other crap...I've survived for some reason. Today, I believe it is not up to me whether I die...and I think that my perception of death is quite healthy. In some cultures, people celebrate the life of the person at their funeral...it's a huge party!! Others are known to re-dress their ancestors corpses out of respect, and dance with them, generations of them...our culture is a little darker than that. If you believe in a God you're usually spared with the belief of an afterlife...I dont think anybody could "prove" the meaning of life, but I have a poster hangin' in my passage way...it's usually in the dunny..(that's a toilet for non-aussies)...it may help...with religious views anyways...lol...

Religious Views of Life

Taoism
SHIT HAPPENS

Confucianism
CONFUCIOUS SAYS, SHIT HAPPENS

Buddhism
IF SHIT HAPPENS, IT REALLY ISN'T SHIT

Zen
WHAT IS THE SOUND OF SHIT HAPPENING?

Hinduism
THIS SHIT HAPPENED BEFORE

Islam
IF SHIT HAPPENS, IT IS THE WILL OF ALLAH

Protestantism
LET SHIT HAPPEN TO SOME-ONE ELSE

Catholicism
IF SHIT HAPPENS TOU DESERVE IT

Judaism
WHY DOES THIS SHIT ALWAYS HAPPEN TO US?

Atheism
I DONT BELIEVE THIS SHIT

Agnosticism
WHAT IS THIS SHIT?

Please note, I just wrote this for a laugh, please interpret it in that way.

Love & Light, K:D

christie

10-12-2005, 01:18 AM

hey everyone,

im not feeling so gloomy and doomy today so im not going to write a negative comment. but i agree totally with what you said dooshka about how sometimes u can feel ont top of the world and other times u cant wait until the end comes. thats how i was feeling when i wrote that message and looking back at it i can see how people can suicide and family and friends had no idea that there was a problem. its alright to talk about how bad u feel when u arent feeling so bad but when u are really low u cant get out of that position and dont want to make light of your situation and there is nothing that anyone can do to help. that is why i think it is best if u speak to someone before u get to the point of considering suicide. i have never attempted suicide and dont even like to admit it to myself that im considering it. but i have started to find myself thinking of ways to do it, which scares the hell out of me. but when i get the courage to talk about it to someone its usually after the fact and i dont feel like i need to talk.

katerinalotus i think that u are great to be where u are now after such a hard life so far. and u are willing to help peolple. because im sure that there are people who may read these posts and possibly get some strength from the fact that there are people out there who have been where they may be at the moment. big cyber hugs for u. and rose i too think that life is a journey and that we need to stick it out because i wouldnt want to end it too soon to find out that i have missed out on the prize because there must be some point to it all, i think...

take care everyone and keep your chins up :D because if i can try so can u (that goes for anyone who might be feeling down in the dumps right now) :) ;) :rolleyes: :o

Chaplain

10-29-2005, 09:33 AM

Hey there ppl
Some interesting comments. I just can't help thinking as I read that life is more than a ride. Stuffs Ok when your on the ride and when you get off it's a bummer. Sorry I can't handle that. What we do when stuff happens is what makes us into someone who when it comes knocking again we are able to say "Sorry been there done that, don't want to go to that place again". I am who I am today by the experiences that I have had in my life. I love the good and the bad has made me stonger, I have learned not to make the same mistakes (I won't say twice) but not too many times anyway. When stuff is not what we expect we start dumpping on ourselves. What a downer that can be. There has to be a time when we get up and just say I'm not going to go there again. Go out do something you like, meet some friends for coffee, go to the movies and pick one that will make you laugh, get your hair or nails done or whatever turns you on. What?? You think I'm preaching! Just cos my handle is Chaplain it dos'nt mean I don't know whats going on. I have been there and done most of that. Yeh I'm an oldie and I can say that. When I first came to Brisbane in '74 I was very much alone, In a small flat in Kelvin Grove. I still vividly remember crying myself to sleep many nights because of the loneliness I felt, and I've had my share, Yehh definately, of other disappointments. Today I have the most fabulous wife and two older children, one married and I have all the usual trimmings, including the bank mortgage. I looked for it, accepted myself and that my life is for living and got on with it. For me any way I have chosen to believe there is a spiritual aspect to a person and yes as the name suggests I passionately believe in a loving God who wants the best for me. What you ppl do is for you to choose but I pray whatever that you don't dump on yourself, don't put yourself in a box with walls that you can't get out of. Life is for living and worth living. In my experience find out what it is and go for it and do it with all your heart, with all your mind, with all your strength and don't look back. Tomorrow is a new opportunity to be who you want to be, not what circumstances dictate.
Blessings
Larry

dooshka

10-29-2005, 02:04 PM

Chaplain, I understand your view but it does sound like you're preaching. For example, what about a poor bloke who's been wrongly imprisoned for a crime he did not commit? Are you telling me that he has something to look forward to?? Is he supposed to look forward to rape? Is he supposed to believe the book will prevent him from being bashed daily?? Is the book going to stop others from stealing his food? No, he's going to have to do whatever it takes, right or wrong, to stay alive.

If we .. were all as stong as your view suggests, (with such a positive go-get-'em attitude - like you preached), we'd all be happy and wouldn't need a forum like this one. Unfortunately, we dont all have that. If you'd suffered from depression, you would understand that sometimes, physically and mentally, you are just UNABLE to control your feelings. A few lonely sleeplesss nights...in a flat!!.., doesn't constitute that you know what is going on. You're looking at this with blind ignorance and putting forward a view that is not of your own, but is a view from a book.

You have chosen to love a God that wants the best for you. I am very glad that it works for you- really. I'll start believing something like that when he pays my electricity bill, or mortgage, or feeds/houses people on the streets.

If you told the people where I grew up .."whatever you want, go out and get it with all your heart, mind and strength...and DONT look back", they'd be doing an armed robbery at the nearest bank!!

Anyway, my whole point is, we are all very different and can end up in some pretty nasty places- not through our own "choice". For you to say that " I have been there and done most of that", got me angry because it proves to me you have been nowhere, and dont know what you're preaching about.

I have seen some of the nastier things and some really fantastic things that life has to offer. But, by no means, have I "been there, done that".

DOOSHKA, :mad:

Chaplain

10-29-2005, 04:34 PM

Please forgive me if I have offended you in any way Dooshka. You are right, we all have different experiences. In this sense also I am not suggesting that every situation can be worked out the same.
The few nights you mentioned were actually many many months, and I did find it hard then to get out of that and was depressed and wished that someone had just said something to me then.
The encouragment was from my heart and not a book. I am not prepared to hide who I am, just as I know you have'nt either. Your honesty in the stuff you share amazes me and touches my heart.
I know that now I have the advantage of hind sight.
Please know that I appreciate you ppl out there enough to bother to try. So again please forgive me.
Blessings (I mean it) Let good stuff be all over you every day.
Larry

dooshka

10-29-2005, 05:32 PM

Hello Chaplin,
I don't think you need to be forgiven,
I didn't mean to come down so hard on you and I really do appreciate the fact that you do obviously care. I am glad that there are people as caring as yourself and many other people on this forum. It is a fantastic way to help people and I think everybodys view is valuable. I just wanted you to look at things from a different perspective.

Thank-you for your comments.

Blessings to you (and I mean it too)

DOOSHKA :)

christie

11-09-2005, 09:27 PM

im glad that u both apoligised and made up. good to see! i didnt dare write a comment as i was worried i would get my head bitten off. we must remember that we all come from different backgrounds and have diferent experiences so we are bound to have different views. being open to others views is a great way of living. u dont need to accept those views just understand that we are all different.

catch ya later :D christie

katerinalotus

11-10-2005, 05:41 PM

i didnt dare write a comment as i was worried i would get my head bitten off.

....that crack's me up!!!!!!:D :D ... LOL.... I guess sometimes this forum can be brutally honest.....but that's BECAUSE WE CARE!!!!!!! ;)

we all come from different backgrounds and have diferent experiences so we are bound to have different views
A fundemental point....just like many other issues, rings VERY true with Homelessness.

WE ARE ALL WONDERFULLY UNIQUE!:cool:

Love, Light & Metta, k

Konstantìn

11-10-2005, 06:03 PM

WE ARE ALL WONDERFULLY UNIQUE!

Which in that respect at least, makes us just like everyone else. ;) :D

Konstantìn.

Chaplain

11-11-2005, 05:32 PM

Hey Konstantin
Everyone's the same, just different???
Still thinking about that.
When I go to the street van on the weekends I see many homeless. I'm just amazed at how many different reasons have brough each of these people out that night. I usually get to talk to only about 3 or 4 to any length but each one has a different story. I certianly get to put my problems of too many red traffic lights or a slow day at the office in a far different perspective. I find thier determination speaks volumes for their character. Problems sure but great people.

Hey Christie
More power to ya!!
Keep on LOL
By the way I haven't bitten any tasty heads lately.
Keep on reading the forum and LOL
Blessing all
Larry

christie

11-13-2005, 03:01 PM

now u mention it larry i havent biten off any tasty heads lately either.

WE ARE ALL WONDERFULLY UNIQUE- thats a contridiction isnt it? hehehe

catchya :rolleyes:

katerinalotus

11-13-2005, 03:04 PM

.................................................. Zen?k:cool:

christie

12-01-2005, 12:25 AM

huh! whats zen? :confused:

please fill me in..

katerinalotus

12-01-2005, 01:33 AM

With all due respect christie, that is another question that could possibly make my head self combust into subconscious thesis that has taken a life-time to discover:) :) .....but....let me attempt to retrieve some kind of definition for you that adequately satisfies your hungry mind....;)

:) (please hold the line)_____________________________________________ _

...it has many meanings...(just like the word normal)... here's one

Zen: As the traditional, four-phrase summary of Zen puts it:
Outside the teaching, apart from tradition.
Not founded on words or letters.
Directly pointing to the human mind.
Seeing into one’s nature and attaining Buddhahood.

Zen, or in its Chinese form, chan, literally means "meditation." The word dhyana is the original Sanskrit form of the Chinese "chan" and the Japanese "Zen." The Pali word is jhana.

and another...

Zen is the Japanese name of a well known branch of Mahāyāna Buddhism, practiced originally in China as Chan, and subsequently in Korea, Japan, and Vietnam. Zen emphasizes the role of meditation (zazen) in pursuing enlightenment. Zen can be considered a religion, a philosophy, or simply a practice depending on one's perspective. It has also been described as a way of life, work, and an art form.

Zen is everything and nothing. Zen is light and darkness. It is the stillest mind in the most confusing moment. It is knowing how beautiful something can taste...then tasting it ..AND LIVING IN THE MOMENT. It is a million more things too...:) ;)

dooshka

12-02-2005, 07:56 AM

See what i have to live with Christie. :D
I am becoming well edumocated now though :D

DOOSHKA :cool:

christie

12-02-2005, 08:24 PM

thanks for the explanation, but it think i regret asking now LOL :D

there are so many things that i dont know. i wish that i could just flick a switch and know it all. but learing is half of the fun isnt it. im currently learning to welsh. should be fun. ydw thats the only word i know. means yes, hahaha

christie :) bye

katerinalotus

12-02-2005, 09:15 PM

but it think i regret asking now LOL :D
Ahhh, just take me with a pinch of salt. :o ;) :) . You ask the most amazing questions. Please let me add that I don't believe in ANY way or form that "I know stuff", I am open to ANY suggestion....love all your suggestions... it helps me grow. The day I think to myself I have a (correct) answer for every query fired towards me, is the day I stop appreciating the world. I feel quite confident answering sillier questions...like, why were shoulder-pads SO BIG in the 80's??? (That comment really showed my age.....LOL).

Chaplain

12-03-2005, 08:58 AM

Hey Dooshka
Here is some edumocation for ya

I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid Aoccdrnig to rscheearch taem at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Such a cdonition is arppoiately cllaed Typoglycemia :)-

Amzanig huh? Yaeh and yuo awlyas thought slpeling was ipmorantt.

Some young people like Katerinalotus are just Psychic?? Knowing about the shoulder pads doesn't make you old, just advanced knowledge, they just haven't come back yet. Start inventing, it might become the next years fashion.

You ppl are just awesome.
Blessings
Larry

dooshka

12-03-2005, 09:25 AM

Hey Dooshka
Here is some edumocation for ya

I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid Aoccdrnig to rscheearch taem at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Such a cdonition is arppoiately cllaed Typoglycemia -

( enter Kat...I think I'm fluent at Typoglycemia :eek: ....lol...sounds like a disease...lol.....exit Kat)

Edumaction has nuffin to do wif anyfin! :D All streeties eventooly LEARN to stay as sharp as a nife, and as wize az an owel! ;) Itz ow way! :cool:

Konstantìn

12-03-2005, 01:31 PM

Dew knot trussed yore spell chequer two fined awl missed aches. :D

Regards,
Konstantìn.

christie

12-05-2005, 11:50 PM

hang on a sec is this the right spelling-Typoglycemia? or did u change that word around too?

:confused:

katerinalotus

12-06-2005, 09:27 AM

Heya christie, I went out and retrieved the Wikipedia definition for you...:) ...

Typoglycemia............................

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Typoglycemia is the lighthearted name given to a purported recent discovery about the cognitive (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognition) processes behind reading written text. The name makes little sense as glycemia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycemia) is the concentration of glucose (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glucose) in the blood. It is an urban legend (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_legend)/Internet meme (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_phenomenon) that does have some element of truth behind it.

The legend is propagated by email and message boards and demonstrates that readers can understand the meaning of words in a sentence even when the letters of each word are scrambled. As long as all the necessary letters are present, and the first and last letters remain the same, readers turn out to have little trouble reading the text.

The phenomenon is illustrated by this widely-forwarded e-mail message: I cdn'uolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg: the phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid. Aoccdrnig to a rsceearch taem at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Such a cdonition is arppoiatrely cllaed Typoglycemia :)-

Amzanig huh? Yaeh and you awlyas thguoht slpeling was ipmorantt.

In actual fact, no such research was carried out at Cambridge University (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Cambridge). It all started with a letter (http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=mg16221887.600) to the New Scientist (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Scientist) magazine from Graham Rawlinson in which he discusses his PhD (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PhD) thesis:

In a puiltacibon of New Scnieitst you could ramdinose all the letetrs, keipeng the first two and last two the same, and reibadailty would hadrly be aftcfeed. My ansaylis did not come to much beucase the thoery at the time was for shape and senqeuce retigcionon. Saberi's work sugsegts we may have some pofrweul palrlael prsooscers at work.The resaon for this is suerly that idnetiyfing coentnt by paarllel prseocsing speeds up regnicoiton. We only need the first and last two letetrs to spot chganes in meniang.
...catch ya 'round!

christie

12-06-2005, 09:38 AM

so it was spelt right.

thanks for clarifying that for me katerinalotus. i can always trust on u for a free definition. can u do my essays next year?

christie :)

katerinalotus

12-06-2005, 09:45 AM

:D For some strange reason, defining words comforts me...................LOL...:D :D

I couldn't have you confused if I could help it.;)

And even though I'll give you point for asking about the essays....LOL.... I like to structure my "arguments" far and beyond what a university accepts as "normal".;) :D
:D :D

Chaplain

12-06-2005, 05:13 PM

Hey K
Whats normal
Blessings
Larry

christie

12-07-2005, 04:42 PM

now dont start that again.

:D :D
christie

Punter

12-07-2005, 05:00 PM

Yeah I thought we worked out some words just can't be defined. :D

christie

12-08-2005, 12:32 AM

maybe we should create a dictionary filled with words lacking a definition. im sure that kat could help us out here since she is a very useful walking talking dictionary.

hmm could make a few quid selling to new uni students.

cya :) christie

katerinalotus

12-08-2005, 06:20 AM

Isn't it AMAZING how the definition of "normal" falls short???? It's supposed to be a word that explains everything.....but in effect....describes whatever the person percieves that word to be.

So, my hypothesis is that there are just as many definitions of the word "normal" as there are people in this world.

The word "normal" seems like such a useless word, and I'm afraid for myself, I can only use it in a funny context because of how stupid I think the definition is.

nor·mal (nôrhttp://cache.lexico.com/dictionary/graphics/AHD4/GIF/prime.gifmhttp://cache.lexico.com/dictionary/graphics/AHD4/GIF/schwa.gifl)
adj.

Conforming with, adhering to, or constituting a norm, standard, pattern, level, or type; typical: normal room temperature; one's normal weight; normal diplomatic relations.

We are all infinately different.... we are all far from typical ...we are unique...
and in understanding that, the word "normal" may not be such a confining, useless word. It can seperate and unite us. A very slippery definition.

(Am I on the right track Konstantin...:) )

I know I've exhausted the use of this word on this forum, so I apologise. Words are sacred to me, and I really appreciate when they are used with conscience and understanding.

Chaplain

12-08-2005, 05:07 PM

Hi Katerinalotus
You sound pretty normal to me.
I'm normally right about these things.
Normally I try not to eat too much chocolate but look what I just found out.

Chocolate, the 5th food group:

Chocolate is a vegetable: Chocolate is derived from cocoa beans. Beans = vegetable.

Sugar is derived from either sugar CANE or sugar BEETS. Both are plants, which places them in the vegetable category. Thus, chocolate is a vegetable.

To go one step further, chocolate candy bars also contain milk, which is dairy. So candy bars are a health food.

Chocolate covered raisins, cherries, orange slices and strawberries all count as fruit, so eat as many as you want.

If you've got melted chocolate all over your hands, you're eating it too slowly.

The problem: how to get 2 pounds of chocolate home from the store in a hot car. The solution: eat it in the parking lot.

Diet tip: eat a chocolate bar before each meal. It'll take the edge off your appetite, and you'll eat less.

If I eat equal amounts of dark chocolate and white chocolate, is that a balanced diet? Don't they actually counteract each other?

Chocolate has many preservatives. Preservatives make you look younger.

Put "eat chocolate" at the top of your list of things to do today. That way, at least you'll get one thing done.

A nice box of chocolates can provide your total daily intake of calories in one place. Now, isn't that handy?

If not for chocolate, there would be no need for control top pantyhose. An entire garment industry would be devastated. You can't let that happen, can you?

Blessings
Larry

Konstantìn

12-08-2005, 09:51 PM

Kat:

Normal implies a sample within a defined range.
The question you must always ask is "whose" defined range?
It's like Australian and Un-Australian.

Regards
Konstantìn

katerinalotus

12-09-2005, 01:07 AM

thankyou larry for continuously confusicating my head.....:D :D :D :D ....

....thankyou Konstantin for finally putting my mind to rest. :D I can see what you are saying....like the politician who sets the parameters yeah....he would be deciding normality on our behalf? ...!!!!!!!!!!! Gotcha;) ! (YIKES:eek: :D !!!)..lol..

(Geez I hope I'm right:o ....I wrote that with such conviction....lol :D)

Rose

12-09-2005, 02:24 AM

Here you are; take your pick. :D :D

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being.
Oscar Wilde

To refuse awards is another way of accepting them with more noise than is normal.
Mark Twain

I'm really normal. I play football, go to the beach, drive. We have dogs. I can imagine people calling me a character, but I'm Joe Straight.
River Phoenix

Normal love isn't interesting. I assure you that it's incredibly boring.
Roman Polanski

After remaking the animal's organism in accordance with our design, which naturally caused more or less damage to the experimental animal, we had to find a modus vivendi for it that would ensure an absolutely normal and long life.
Ivan Pavlov

The basic thing nobody asks is why do people take drugs of any sort? Why do we have these accessories to normal living to live? I mean, is there something wrong with society that's making us so pressurized, that we cannot live without guarding ourselves against it?
John Lennon

On the one hand, I've had such a normal upbringing with my mum, who has kept me grounded, but on the other, the wild experiences through my dad.
Julian Lennon

I don't think the money people in Hollywood have ever thought I was normal, but I am dedicated to my work and that's what counts.
Angelina Jolie

In Europe we thought of wine as something as healthy and normal as food and also a great giver of happiness and well being and delight. Drinking wine was not a snobbism nor a sign of sophistication nor a cult; it was as natural as eating and to me as necessary.
Ernest Hemingway

Normal is in the eye of the beholder.
Whoopi Goldberg

But I think the Pacific Northwest is a particularly great place to raise a normal family and to have some privacy.
Melinda Gates

Every normal person, in fact, is only normal on the average. His ego approximates to that of the psychotic in some part or other and to a greater or lesser extent.
Sigmund Freud

No aquarium, no tank in a marine land, however spacious it may be, can begin to duplicate the conditions of the sea. And no dolphin who inhabits one of those aquariums or one of those marine lands can be considered normal.
Jacques Yves Cousteau

Well, all of it is a freak thing, because it doesn't coincide with what the normal person thinks of the normal city.
Alice Cooper

All my pictures are built around the idea of getting in trouble and so giving me the chance to be desperately serious in my attempt to appear as a normal little gentleman.
Charlie Chaplin

Because psychologists have been able to discover, exactly as in a slow-motion picture, the way the human creature acquires knowledge and habits, the normal child has been vastly helped by what the retarded have taught us.
Pearl S. Buck

That a whole part of the middle class detests me... is utterly normal. I would be troubled if the contrary were true.
Simone de Beauvoir

The only normal people are the ones you don't know very well.
Alfred Adler

Rose

12-15-2005, 05:00 PM

What is zen? Please fill me in.

Your Daily Moment of Zen

1. Do not walk behind me, for I may not lead. Do not walk ahead of me, for I may not follow. Do not walk beside me, either. Just leave me the hell alone.
2. The journey of a thousand miles begins with a broken fan belt and a leaky tire.
3. It's always darkest before dawn. So if you're going to steal your neighbor's newspaper, that's the time to do it.
4. Sex is like air. It's not important unless you aren't getting any.
5. No one is listening until you make a mistake.
6. Never test the depth of the water with both feet.
7. It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others.
8. If you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of car payments.
9. Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.
10. If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you.
11. Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish, and he can drink beer all day.
12. If you lend someone $20, and never see that person again, it was probably worth it.
13. Don't squat with your spurs on.
14. If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.
15. If you drink, don't park. Accidents cause people.
16. Some days you are the bug, some days you are the windshield.
17. Don't worry, it only seems kinky the first time.
18. The quickest way to double your money is to fold it in half and put it back in your pocket.
19. Timing has an awful lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.
20. A closed mouth gathers no foot.
21. Duct tape is like the Force. It has a light side & a dark side, and it holds the universe together.
22. There are two theories to arguing with women. Neither one works.
23. Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.
24. We are born naked, wet, and hungry. Then things get worse.

katerinalotus

12-15-2005, 10:36 PM

Originally Posted by Christie
What is zen? Please fill me in.

.... or you could try http://www.do-not-zzz.com/ for another explanation....lol;) :D

Athena

02-16-2006, 07:31 AM

Your Daily Moment of Zen

1. Do not walk behind me, for I may not lead. Do not walk ahead of me, for I may not follow. Do not walk beside me, either. Just leave me the hell alone.
2. The journey of a thousand miles begins with a broken fan belt and a leaky tire.
3. It's always darkest before dawn. So if you're going to steal your neighbor's newspaper, that's the time to do it.
4. Sex is like air. It's not important unless you aren't getting any.
5. No one is listening until you make a mistake.
6. Never test the depth of the water with both feet.
7. It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others.
8. If you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of car payments.
9. Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.
10. If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you.
11. Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish, and he can drink beer all day.
12. If you lend someone $20, and never see that person again, it was probably worth it.
13. Don't squat with your spurs on.
14. If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.
15. If you drink, don't park. Accidents cause people.
16. Some days you are the bug, some days you are the windshield.
17. Don't worry, it only seems kinky the first time.
18. The quickest way to double your money is to fold it in half and put it back in your pocket.
19. Timing has an awful lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.
20. A closed mouth gathers no foot.
21. Duct tape is like the Force. It has a light side & a dark side, and it holds the universe together.
22. There are two theories to arguing with women. Neither one works.
23. Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.
24. We are born naked, wet, and hungry. Then things get worse.

That first one made me laugh :p Actually, most of them made me laugh :D Although, I didn't get the one about a closed mouth gathering no foot. What is that supposed to mean? :confused: