HappyHighwayman
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I love a number of Beatles songs and a number of Doors songs but can't say I am a fan of either though I did visit his grave in Paris.
Seeing the positive
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Don't have to be grumpy to not like the Beatles. I dig the band members solo stuff more than them as a group. At some point I did buy a CD by George Harrison and another by John Lennon.
You'd have to be really grumpy to not like George Harrison.
So do I and the message got through as intended.
MysterYvil
Mr. Bad Example
Work on the little things, let the big things grow from there.
Pause to let someone merge. Swap places in line for someone who is pressed for time. Cover a fellow shopper's $1.17 on their $100+ charge. Pause for pedestrians. Corral up some shopping carts just because. Help someone cross a busy street. Be kind to clerks and servers.
I don't do it for acknowledgement, I do it because it seems right to me. I have little but time to share these days but sharing what I do have seems to make folks smile. Sometimes I even get a wave or a thumbs up, and that makes me smile. If that makes me self-centered so be it.
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Pause to let someone merge. Swap places in line for someone who is pressed for time. Cover a fellow shopper's $1.17 on their $100+ charge. Pause for pedestrians. Corral up some shopping carts just because. Help someone cross a busy street. Be kind to clerks and servers.
I don't do it for acknowledgement, I do it because it seems right to me. I have little but time to share these days but sharing what I do have seems to make folks smile. Sometimes I even get a wave or a thumbs up, and that makes me smile. If that makes me self-centered so be it.
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MysterYvil
Mr. Bad Example
I'm a superstionalist quasi-pagan.
I find beauty and truth in those words. It is unfortunate that some are triggered, but truth is truth.
Perhaps (no offense intended) filing the serial numbers off would help get the word out?
Eldritch
is insensitive
When you have studied as much Bushido and Asatru as I have, death is always present. It is in all things, intertwined with life and unable to be separate. It makes contentment much easier and happiness much simpler to find in my my experience. Once you have fully come to absolute peace with your own mortality and death holds no fear at all, most humans have a tremendous burden lifted from them.
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Godsdarling
Smile & Wave for me!
Ah but I believe in giving credit where credit is due :laughing No offense taken :kiss There is beauty in scriptures, there is pain but mostly there is hope and peace. I am happy because I am content in who I am and what I do. To me life is a gift and I do enjoy gifts like any woman :laughingI'm a superstionalist quasi-pagan.
I find beauty and truth in those words. It is unfortunate that some are triggered, but truth is truth.
Perhaps (no offense intended) filing the serial numbers off would help get the word out?
You study those and I study the Bible and yet we come to the same conclusion that death holds no fear. :laughing It is such a trip to me how the same yet different we are :laughing
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HappyHighwayman
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How come people only quote the "good" parts of the Bible?
2Ki 2:23
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And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.
2Kings 2:24
And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.
2Ki 2:23
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And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.
2Kings 2:24
And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.
Smash Allen
Banned
Well, the title of the thread is 'Seeing the positive'... maybe that has something to do with it? :laughing
HappyHighwayman
Warning: Do Not Engage
Good point lol
ThumperX
Well-known member
For me always seeing the positive side of things would kill me.
My partner sustained a traumatic brain injury at the end of 2007. He is still the same brilliant, testostorne filled, amazing man but there are many disconnects. Some days I simply pack up, wallow in self pity for 24 hours, scream at the top of my lungs, curse God and the Devil, wish for a different life, rent a hotel room and get very OCD with my things,then pack up, go home and leave that turmoil and hopelessness behind.
This works for me and if someone tells me to be grateful for what I have I usually will tell that person to fuck the hell off.
Once it's out of my system I can see the brightside of things, I can be social without gringing on the negitives, and I become tolorent again.
My partner sustained a traumatic brain injury at the end of 2007. He is still the same brilliant, testostorne filled, amazing man but there are many disconnects. Some days I simply pack up, wallow in self pity for 24 hours, scream at the top of my lungs, curse God and the Devil, wish for a different life, rent a hotel room and get very OCD with my things,then pack up, go home and leave that turmoil and hopelessness behind.
This works for me and if someone tells me to be grateful for what I have I usually will tell that person to fuck the hell off.
Once it's out of my system I can see the brightside of things, I can be social without gringing on the negitives, and I become tolorent again.
Smash Allen
Banned
Thank you for sharing
I think that's a great strategy - realize you need space and time, take the time and find a place, and work through / deal with things in a way that works for you.
Personally I am prone to getting stuck in negative-feedback loops. One way I can get out of those mind-funks is by taking some time and getting some space, usually by going on a ride.
Someone who has never lived through a dark night has a hard time appreciating the sunrise in the same way as someone that has lived through many.
:loveI never knew, G. From the outside, it looks like you've got it all together. Where you live, what you do for a living, living the way you want to live.
I'd be the first to say I am envious of your life, but I only know the life you choose to share.
No way should anyone say you should be grateful for what you have.
It's important to "feel", to be real to yourself. Nowhere does it say you need to be positive all the time. Says who ? <3
I do agree that being positive is better than being negative. Being negative is probably not great for your health.
I'd be the first to say I am envious of your life, but I only know the life you choose to share.
No way should anyone say you should be grateful for what you have.
It's important to "feel", to be real to yourself. Nowhere does it say you need to be positive all the time. Says who ? <3
I do agree that being positive is better than being negative. Being negative is probably not great for your health.
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Eldritch
is insensitive
Godsdarling
Smile & Wave for me!
Look at you reading your Bible! You get a gold star today :laughing Stay positive! :laughing
You are the epitome of a strong beautiful woman and I envy you your strength.
"A strong woman is one who feels deeply
and loves fiercely.
Her tears flow just as abundantly as her laughter.
A strong woman is both soft and powerful.
She is both practical and spiritual.
A strong woman in her essence is a gift to the world."
- Ritu Ghatourey
:roflYou Minx, stop flirting with me.
Smash Allen
Banned
Hopefully more time is spent with family during this period of uncertainty and will bring people closer together (6ft distance of course )
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