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Even animals get jealous - for attention, or competing for the same thing - and Nature doesn't build in pointless emotions, so what is jealousy good for?

Anger gives us the strength and adrenalin rush to fight
Fear lends us wings to run away
Happiness rebuilds our strength to live another day
Love inspires us to build towards a future
etc

Jealousy seems such a destructive emotion but is it? I'm including things like

Envy of the achievements of others
Jealousy when a loved one seems to be making a connection with another and we feel threatened
Resentment when someone else is being praised

Benefits?

I have done a lot of thinking of late. Thinking about what might have been, what could have been, what has been and what has not been. For some things there is still time while for others, I fear, it is too late. Mercifully those are few. I have done most of what I wanted to do. Yes, I had my ups and my downs but the average line was always above the line.

Regrets there are only a few too. There are a few things that I should have done differently, but I’m happy with my life as it is.

Maybe it is because I never had any unrealistic dreams. I was often accused of having no ambition and that I don’t fulfill my potential but I’d rather build on what I am than to chase unreachable goals. I was blessed with so many talents. Some said I must become a writer and other said I must become an artist. My parents wanted me to become a preacher. Everybody had different plans for me. I disappointed them all and I’m not apologizing for that. I did what I wanted to do.

I have always been the champion of the underdog. Somebody once said it is because I’m a loser. Yet I never felt like a loser. I’d rather help the loser back to his feet before I cheer the winner. There is no disgrace in losing. I’d rather lose fairly than win by cheating. Such would be a hollow victory. You cannot bullshit yourself. If somebody defeats me by cheating I feel great because that is an admission by him that I’m better, stronger or smarter than him. Why else would he cheat?

More than all, I’m at peace with myself and I bear no grudges. I may retaliate when somebody does me wrong but I forget about it as soon as now. I cut my losses and get on with my life. I don’t hate anybody or anything; hate consumes you until you are just an empty shell. If somebody wants to hate me, it is his unhappiness. It cannot interfere with mine.

Yes, there are still a few things I still plan to do. And I’ll do it for they are all reachable. I’m not going to start chasing the end of the rainbow now. Achieving a goal has always been an anticlimax to me. The process of getting there is what brings me satisfaction.


May this be a joyful day to you all.

We all know about dying wishes, how they must be strictly followed and are sacrosanct. It is against all the laws of nature and various belief systems that such rules are followed to the letter, and so after much soul searching I have decided on my dying wishes, which are as follows- I want my ashes scattered right through the Sorbent toilet paper factory, in particular all the fillings and shards of bone to be spread around the production line with a leaf blower. I'll work out what to do with all the money and houses later.

The first thing you need to do if you want to progress in life is to know what your purpose is.
You will find your purpose in the date of birth.
example:
Any one born today: 11 dec 2017 has the following purpose.

we will count all numbers together in the following way: day + month + (19)+(2 last digits)
11 + 12 + (20) + (17)
11 + 3 + 1 = 15 = 1+5 = 6

The calculation of this is called the life path number. a life path number 6 means, a purpose of the life regarding family and friends. Anyone born on this day will need to develop strong relationships with others.

In my next pose i will describe all life path numbers.

A life path 1, will need independency. You will not get any support from others in this life, otherwise you can not progress as a soul. Stop expecting from others. They are doing a great job not helping you.

A life path 2, will learn to cooperate with others. Is very emotional. Will frequently have legal issues.

A life path 3, need to be optimistic, need to inspire others. Thew will miss focus.

A life path 4, will love order and structure in life.The are the pillars of society.

A life path 5, will love freedom. They are born to use their time wisely.

A life path 6, will love family and friends. They are people magnets, because they will need to learn to communicate on a deeper level with others.

A life path 7, are the seekers and investigators of the universe. They don't like people.

A life path 8, will love success and career. They will have a lot of set backs in their life. Without balance this person will not progress.

A life path 9, this life is a test. A test to demonstrate love.

You have 3 numbers that are life path numbers to and may not be reduced to a single digit.

A life path 11, will need to use their intuition frequenter.

A life path 22, will be able to accomplish big project, but will need to do this with others.

Finally, a life path 33, possess spiritual knowledge. Can be a spiritual leader. They don't have personal ambition.

I guess tomorrow is the big bad Valentines we all been hearing so much about. Maybe I'm just bitter but if you need a holiday to show someone you love them, your a a**hole and don't deserve to be with anyone. Just my opinion.

I think the most difficult part of aging is admitting to it. Before that you live in denial and sometimes make a spectacle of yourself trying to pretend that you’re still young.

My general image was the first to suffer as I grew older. First I got tired of the all-night parties; next the long hair with the occasional pony tail went out the door. Then my dress code went to the dogs. Gradually baseball caps made place for wide brimmed hats, T-shirts went out in favor of golf shirts & button up shirts, shorts became longer, canvas shoes gave way to leather shoes, jeans moved on for cotton slacks, and finally the vivid colors faded into something more sober.

Mind you, I still wear jeans more often than I should but that is because I think I still can. The thing is, I still have the same body as when I was 25. Over the last 40 years I gained 5 kilos. My ex-wife told me the other day that my bottoms don’t fill out my jeans as they used to but then my six-pack is still there; somewhat depleted but still there. So, as long as I can wear hipsters, I will. See, still the young man syndrome.

And I don’t know exactly when, why or how it happened but my taste for alcohol has faded. It was no conscious effort. I just discovered one day that I don’t drink half as much as I used to drink. My current view on alcohol is that I gave it up 20 years ago. I feel so proud of it that I celebrate it regularly with a few glasses of wine or brandy.

But it is not all milk and honey. In the mornings when I get out of bed my knees creak like an old shìthouse door and when my feet touch the cold floor all I can say is “f*ck, I’m still alive”, based only on the assumption that ghosts cannot feel the cold.

I cannot read without glasses and more than often I cannot remember where I left them last. I frequently find them on my head after looking everywhere else for 30 minutes or more. But there are advantages to a short memory; I forgive those who did me short much easier and I can read the same books and look at the same movies after a year or so.

Not ideal but it could have been worse. I have not (yet) grown any unruly hair at the most ungodly places and apart from a spot of arthritis and hypertension, I enjoy good health. Most my friends have many more ailments and they enjoy their old age; and so do I.

Admitting to old age does not mean surrendering to it.


And enjoy whatever you do today.

Their is one thing for sure ,in life we all die ,,if we are lucky we go though being old ,,what we like to call wise,,but no one wants to hear your wisdom, ,because it is not relavent in todays world ,,how many things did your grandmother do ,that you still do ,,for me not a thing ,,oh i might bake now and again ,,times change , ,and so do we ,,so your wisdom becomes history of i remember when ,,,

Watch live as a super moon, blue moon, and lunar eclipse happen together for the first time in 152 years. There are a lot of information regarding this. Please check this out into various sources why it is important and how it effects and affects somebody status of their lives.

With the current drought in the Western Cape we only have water until April 12, 2018. Water restrictions are in force and we may not water our gardens. We use bath water to flush our toilets and dishwater to water the plants.

I have a tiny enclosed backyard (±24 squared meters) as part of my one-bedroom dwelling and the lawn has given notice and departed for greener pastures a long time ago. Only the sand remained. I wish I had the savvy to take a pic of how it looked before.

I decided to make a plan about this arid semi desert landscape that I called a back yard. The best quote for artificial lawn came to R 9,000. After checking the prices I found that this artificial lawn will cost me much cheaper if I do it myself. There is no ways that I’m going to pay a half-witted idiot R 3,000 for a few hours work. More than half the people in this country does not earn that in a month.

I showed the quotes to my sister and asked her, seen that it is her property, if she would carry half the expense but she said that she cannot bothered with lawn in my backyard and if I wanted lawn there, it was my baby. I said ok, in which case I’ll roll it up and take it with me when I decide to move away.

I tackled the job on Saturday. Four and a half hours and R 6,000 later, I had the most beautiful lawn in Cape Town. And I'd never have to water it again.


I spent a few Rand extra on a few other things. Even the flowers are artificial.


From the other side it looks like this. My sister liked it so much that she reimbursed me with half the amount on the quote on the spot and she wants me to do a piece of her yard as well. Well, at least I’ll know how to quote for the job. She and her husband went out on Sunday and I had to make my own Sunday lunch. I invited BeaPatient to come over for the day and she did the salads. See! My fire is going.


Look at her trying to hide in the only piece of shade around.


And I had to suffer in the sun in front of a sizzling-hot fire to get the meat done. I think next time I’ll make the salads and let her stand in the sun.


Now, have a whale of a week, will ya!

The society of today's world seems to be a mess, mother's cry while the father's living a stressful life. It is disgraceful as children mock you to your face every day, the news and the newspapers show that crime and rape is sky high while unlawful laboratories manufacture all types of drugs and it's not to find it including sex and prostituting and it looks and seems that the world has gone blind for what the people fail to see, is messing up societies, as Dad's is no longer head of their homes , and kids sits and chat by phones what once to all has been a home, is looking like a war zone, no longer do you find that kids are playing in the parks, for it's become a hideout place for drug selling and gangsterism during day and night times. What once was right now seems so wrong, no more joy and happiness as what this all was meant to be lies buried in the cemetery and by telling these things, my aim is not to make anyone angry or mad it's just to tell the real honest truth, which soon will let parents realize to have a better mindset of this awful chaos of this world of hurt, despair, and lots of pain with hate along with treachery all done for selfish gain....There is one thing I know of and sincerely believe with all my heart when I do pray to "Almighty God" that "GOD" will make a definite way to our world and societies to become a better place for all humanity......