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drifteri

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Loyal
Onus on you, don't shift to me. :wink:

SMLJ! You are the one that raise the question. I said No, the onus is on you to proof. :wink:

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Frodo

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Loyal
You are living in your fantasy world reading the PG version of the evil book. No wonder you are so gong :wink:

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Abysmally ignorant village atheist believes that evil exists? How does he know what is evil? Atheism supplies no basis for good and evil. Betcha didn't know that. :wink:
 

drifteri

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Abysmally ignorant village atheist believes that evil exists? How does he know what is evil? Atheism supplies no basis for good and evil. Betcha didn't know that. :wink:

Brabrabrabraaaaabra, gong lanjiao way. The greatest evil book with craps and fabricated lies like the gong cheebye lang..

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Frodo

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Loyal
Brabrabrabraaaaabra, gong lanjiao way. The greatest evil book with craps and fabricated lies like the gong cheebye lang..

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Hey abysmally ignorant village atheist, define evil and tell us how you can know what is evil according to your atheism beliefs. :wink:
 

beensetfree

Alfrescian (InfP)
Generous Asset
Mental Conditioning

A customer was bothering the waiter in a restaurant. First, he
asked that the air conditioning be turned up because he was
too hot, then he asked it be turned down cause he was too cold,
and so on for about half an hour.

Surprisingly, the waiter was very patient, he walked back and
forth and never once got angry. So finally, a second customer
asked him why he didn't throw out the pest.

"Oh, I really don't care or mind," said the waiter with a smile.

"We don't even have an air conditioner."
 

beensetfree

Alfrescian (InfP)
Generous Asset
You Were Expecting?

You were expecting a Thanksgiving message today?

So why didn't I send an issue specifically geared for
Thanksgiving on Thanksgiving Day?

I did.

This IS the issue.

True thanksgiving is not just being thankful when you get
what you expect.

It's being thankful for what you've got.

Understanding that principle,
will take you a very long way in life.
 

beensetfree

Alfrescian (InfP)
Generous Asset
Trust Me On The Sunscreen

by Mary Schmich

If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen
would be it. The long-term benefits of sunscreen have been
proven by scientists, whereas the rest of my advice has no basis
more reliable than my own meandering experience.

I will dispense this advice now.

Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth.
Oh, never mind. You will not understand the power and beauty of
your youth until they've faded. But trust me, in 20 years,
you'll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you
can't grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how
fabulous you really looked. You are not as fat as you imagine.

Don't worry about the future. Or worry, but know that worrying
is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by
chewing bubble gum. The real troubles in your life are apt to
be things that never crossed your worried mind, the kind that
blindside you at 4 pm on some idle Tuesday.

Do one thing every day that scares you.

Sing.

Don't be reckless with other people's hearts.
Don't put up with people who are reckless with yours.

Floss.

Don't waste your time on jealousy.
Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind.
The race is long, and in the end, it's only with yourself.

Remember compliments you receive. Forget the insults.
If you succeed in doing this, tell me how.

Keep your old love letters. Throw away your old bank statements.

Stretch.

Don't feel guilty if you don't know what you want to do with
your life. The most interesting people I know didn't know at 22
what they wanted to do with their lives. Some of the most
interesting 40-year-olds I know still don't.

Get plenty of calcium. Be kind to your knees.
You'll miss them when they're gone.

Maybe you'll marry, maybe you won't.
Maybe you'll have children, maybe you won't.

Maybe you'll divorce at 40,
maybe you'll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding
anniversary.

Whatever you do, don't congratulate yourself too much
or berate yourself either.
Your choices are half chance. So are everybody else's.

Enjoy your body. Use it every way you can.
Don't be afraid of it or of what other people think of it.
It's the greatest instrument you'll ever own.

Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but your living room.

Read the directions, even if you don't follow them.

Do not read beauty magazines. They will only make you feel ugly.

Get to know your parents.
You never know when they'll be gone for good.

Be nice to your siblings. They're your best link to your past
and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.

Understand that friends come and go, but with a precious few you
should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and
lifestyle, because the older you get, the more you need the
people who knew you when you were young.

Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard.
Live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft.

Travel.

Accept certain inalienable truths:
Prices will rise.
Politicians will philander.
You, too, will get old.
And when you do, you'll fantasize that when you were young,
prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children
respected their elders.

Respect your elders.

Don't expect anyone else to support you.
Maybe you have a trust fund. Maybe you'll have a wealthy spouse.
But you never know when either one might run out.

Don't mess too much with your hair or by the time you're 40 it
will look 85.

Be careful whose advice you buy,
but be patient with those who supply it.

Advice is a form of nostalgia. Dispensing it is a way of fishing
the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly
parts and recycling it for more than it's worth.

But trust me on the sunscreen.
 

beensetfree

Alfrescian (InfP)
Generous Asset
The Unthanked Faithful

Keith took up half of our discussion at the board meeting.

Keith is a homeless man who lives around the church.

When he first came to the church, he said that other churches
always put him out and banned him from their church. My mother
said, "What a shame that a church would do that!" Something in
the back of mind said, "I wonder why EVERY church would ban him?"

I found out.

Keith illustrated a principle that I have been dealing with
concerning MountainWings. I had spent far more time with
Keiths than with those who bend over backwards to help us.

You have Keiths in your life too.

They take up a tremendous amount of your time and energy.
They contribute nothing but chaos.
They get joy out of causing confusion and disruption.
You end up spending more energy on Keiths than on those who
love and try to help you.

Let me tell you what was happening at MountainWings.

We get disgruntled people who write to us. It is a very small
percentage but with a large subscriber list, you just can't please
everyone. It takes far more time dealing with the disgruntled
people than the overly pleased people.

Most of the time, even after you take the time to communicate
and do your best to explain, they are still disgruntled.
It's real hard, if not impossible to please grouches. Sooner or
later, they'll find something else to gripe about even if you
smooth the current thing over.

Sound familiar in your life?

What hit home was when a lady emailed about a check she had
sent. She wanted to make sure that no one had stolen it and
cashed it. MountainWings got it. The problem was that we never
sent anything that said we got it.

We hadn't. We should have but we didn't.
Again, does that sound familiar in your life.
You should, but you don't.

Why?

I lost sight of priorities.

I spend so much time counseling and answering hurting, lonely,
depressed, and lost people that I didn't take time to thank
people who helped make it possible and helped to ease the load.

We all make that mistake.

I will always spend time trying to help those who truly need
and want help, but the Keiths are a different story.

People think that MountainWings is a huge company.
We don't have any employees.
I do all of the issue screening, the majority of the writing,
half of the technical work, and most of the other stuff.

I had a lot of excuses why I had not thanked the people who
helped us. I had good excuses but not a single right excuse.

Sound familiar?

The lady had sent a check for $400.00 and had not heard a word
from us. It was one of our largest donations but I was busy
with the Keiths of life.

I reordered priority.

I now take time and pray for every internet contributor by name.
I pray two prayers. A prayer of blessing for the contributor
and a prayer of thanks. I often send a thank you email.

I pray for the person who sends every envelope that comes to the
office.

Most of you have spent so much time dealing with the Keiths in
your life that you have failed to thank the real contributors,
those who have helped encourage and sustain you.

You should devote some time to the Keiths but keep things in
perspective. Most of the Keiths you can't change. They don't
want to change but they will take up all of your time and energy.

Devote plenty of time to those who sincerely need your help,
but again, keep things in priority, see about your family first.

When was the last time you thanked your parents?

So much time on the grouches,

so little on the blessings.

It's not too late to correct that.
 

beensetfree

Alfrescian (InfP)
Generous Asset
Christmas or Christmess?

10 Steps to Enjoy a Peaceful Christmas instead of a Christmess

Do you want to have a stress free holiday without going into
debt, enjoy a holiday dinner without family drama, try to keep
your weight down and your gratitude up? Fill your home with the
jammin' aromas from the kitchen and some jammin' soulful gospel
versions of holiday music. To enjoy and endure the holidays
think about these tips for you and your family:

1. You're creating stress if you're trying to impress.
Don't allow the pressure of society, media hype and holidays to
put you in debt. Living a financial lie of denial or a need to
impress others will create a miserable Christmess instead of a
Christmas of harmony and financial peace.

2. Depression and suicides are at an all-time high during the
holidays. Try not to isolate yourself and turn down invitations
to be with others. Depression is a thief that will steal your
joy, peace of mind and health. If you're depressed and grieving
about that loved one who won't be with you this holiday, stay in
contact with other family members and friends. Make a special
effort to keep your mind and heart free from self-pity and gloom.

Try not to soothe your broken heart by over indulging in
food, alcohol, drugs, shopping or sleeping. Don't ask for
trouble or play with someone's heart by calling up that ol'
boyfriend or girlfriend out of your desperation and loneliness.

3. Be proactive. Start saving early for those long distance
trips to avoid the separation and loneliness next year. Ship
your out of state gifts early to avoid the extra costs of shipping.
If invitations and opportunities are few or if you live far away
from family and friends, plan ahead to serve and help others at
local churches, community centers, hospitals, shelters, etc.

Planning early to help others gives you something to look forward
to and turns your attention away from your pain and loneliness.

4. Try making creative gifts like: candles, baked goods,
greeting cards, record their favorite music selections on an
audio tape/CD, a collage of photographs, a poem on fancy paper,
a special greeting or memory recorded on a video tape, quilts, etc.

5. Don't allow excuses (i.e., family grudges, my house needs
painting, I need new furniture, I don't have enough chairs) to
keep you from enjoying family and friends. Don't procrastinate.

Enjoy family and friends now.

Being around laughter and good food is healing.
If your money is low, don't be embarrassed to ask everyone to
bring a dish (sweet potato pie, peach cobbler, greens, macaroni
and cheese or the beverages).

Even if everyone has to bring a chair because you have only one
couch, so what! Ask them to bring a chair and a card table.

6. Attention parents, especially single parents, don't allow
your children to make you feel guilty and pressure you into
spending and shopping until you drop.

Stay within your budget and don't allow your children's begging,
harassment or tantrums to stress you out.

You may feel inadequate because you're single, unemployed,
going through a divorce or because you see everyone around you
buying the latest and greatest gifts.

Don't put yourself into financial bondage or let your children
buy you a first class ticket on a guilt trip.

7. Take some time with your family and friends and share your
blessings, achievements and testimonies from this past year.

Share your goals and plans for the new year.

Each of you write down at least three goals you have for the
new year.

Place them in separate sealed envelopes and pray together over
them asking for God's grace, guidance and blessings.
Next year all of you plan to meet again in December 2004 to
review and celebrate your achievements.

8. Remember the reason for the season.
The holidays have become more commercial and less consecrated.

Put the words "holy" back into "holidays,"
"thanks" and "giving" back into Thanksgiving
and "Christ" back into "Christmas."

Give and receive the warm feelings and acts of kindness, love,
hope, harmony and peace.

9. Don't drink and drive. Be responsible and careful.

10. Remember that the best things in life, aren't things.
The best present to give the ones you love is your presence.

Don't get stuck in debt.
 
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