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Jun 12, 2008 8:12 PM CST If you could choose....
opalbeauty
opalbeautyopalbeautyWorcester County, USA8 Threads 851 Posts
between never feeling pain, skydiving from a plane or dancing in the rain, which would you choose and why?
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Jun 12, 2008 8:14 PM CST If you could choose....
gentlepaws
gentlepawsgentlepawsAny town, Ontario Canada1,019 Threads 13 Polls 9,583 Posts
I'd take my lunch.
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Jun 12, 2008 8:15 PM CST If you could choose....
dcj22
dcj22dcj22Somewhere, Tennessee USA102 Threads 3 Polls 11,581 Posts
Never feeling pain, because my life practically revolves around avoiding it at times.
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Jun 12, 2008 8:18 PM CST If you could choose....
Scottishlass
ScottishlassScottishlassKnoxville, Tennessee USA491 Threads 23 Polls 3,324 Posts
opalbeauty: between never feeling pain, skydiving from a plane or dancing in the rain, which would you choose and why?
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, feeling pain, while not pleasent, reminds us we are alive (where there is pain, there is life) and since I have danced in the rain, and enjoyed it very much, I would have to choose the skydiving since I have never tried it, (but only if I could do a "tandem" jump).
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Jun 12, 2008 8:21 PM CST If you could choose....
alex_192
alex_192alex_192sarasota, USA38 Threads 1,271 Posts
opalbeauty: between never feeling pain, skydiving from a plane or dancing in the rain, which would you choose and why?



dancing in the rain

are you talking about emotional pain or physical pain?
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Jun 12, 2008 8:22 PM CST If you could choose....
alex_192
alex_192alex_192sarasota, USA38 Threads 1,271 Posts
dcj22: Never feeling pain, because my life practically revolves around avoiding it at times.


are you talking about emotional pain or physical pain?
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Jun 12, 2008 8:26 PM CST If you could choose....
dcj22
dcj22dcj22Somewhere, Tennessee USA102 Threads 3 Polls 11,581 Posts
alex_192: are you talking about emotional pain or physical pain?




Mine is physical. Emotional I can handle.
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Jun 12, 2008 8:32 PM CST If you could choose....
trish123
trish123trish123Macclesfield, Cheshire, England UK177 Threads 4 Polls 13,724 Posts
dancing in the rain - why change my hedonistic tendencies at this stage grin wave
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Jun 13, 2008 5:53 AM CST If you could choose....
opalbeauty
opalbeautyopalbeautyWorcester County, USA8 Threads 851 Posts
alex_192: dancing in the rain

are you talking about emotional pain or physical pain?


emotional pain
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Jun 13, 2008 5:56 AM CST If you could choose....
prncss4someone
prncss4someoneprncss4someoneHopeful, Michigan USA57 Threads 8 Polls 7,227 Posts
boogie boogie boogie dancing in the rain.................daydream


why? Because it's funbouquet

I couldn't imagine never feeling emotional pain, wouldn't that mean that some of our emotions/feelings were gone? I wouldn't want that.
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Jun 13, 2008 5:58 AM CST If you could choose....
lola36
lola36lola36dublin, Dublin Ireland120 Threads 4,687 Posts
opalbeauty: between never feeling pain, skydiving from a plane or dancing in the rain, which would you choose and why?



confused I would choose a drink then...Lolwink hug
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Jun 13, 2008 6:03 AM CST If you could choose....
Lillym
LillymLillymSliema, Majjistral Malta33 Threads 3,391 Posts
opalbeauty: between never feeling pain, skydiving from a plane or dancing in the rain, which would you choose and why?


If I could choose between the three I would choose skydiving from a plane.

Why?

Emotional pain - Life is an emotional pain
Dancing in the rain - is a spur of the moment thing

Skydiving is an experience that you will never forget - this is one thing I really want to do and which I intend to do sometime in the future. thumbs up
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Jun 13, 2008 6:12 AM CST If you could choose....
kissmedeeply
kissmedeeplykissmedeeplyPetitcodiac, New Brunswick Canada70 Threads 15,139 Posts
For me taking all the Pain away from the world and taking it myself
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Jun 13, 2008 6:15 AM CST If you could choose....
stefonline
stefonlinestefonlineDublin, Ireland136 Threads 9,702 Posts
gentlepaws: I'd take my lunch.




Do you always have to be thinking about your stomach.......laugh
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Jun 13, 2008 7:15 AM CST If you could choose....
opalbeauty
opalbeautyopalbeautyWorcester County, USA8 Threads 851 Posts
I would not want to stop feeling emotional pain because if all we felt was happiness all the time we couldn't appreciate the happiness. Life would not be the same without pain, I believe we grow more from pain, we learn what hurts. As Scottishlass said it reminds us we're alive.

I will be honest, skydiving from a plane is not on my top 500 list.
I believe it would be a lot of fear to face at once. I would have to be thrown off the plane so I don't know if I could actually do that. We have fear to keep us safe and we have imaginary fears that we have built in our own minds, many are due to hurts and wounds. Fear as well as pain motivates me to always seek self-improvement. I believe I will always be facing into my fears and growing. If skydiving was a goal I really wanted to achieve, I would have to learn how to do it safely. Maybe I would start by taking horseback riding first. I'm not sure how that would help with skydiving but it is something I would like to do....be able to ride a horse fast and free and feel safe and as if I had mastered my fear.


I would choose dancing in the rain because I'm alive. I can feel. I can choose. I can dream. I can face my fears.


Remember, to love is to live.


"Well, by the time you see this, I won't be here anymore, and I know how much that sucks, for both of us. So seeing as how I won't be around to thoroughly annoy you, I thought I would give you a little list of the things that I wish for you. Well, there's the obvious. An education. Family. Friends. And a life that is full of the unexpected. Be sure to make mistakes. Make a lot of them, because there's no better way to learn and to grow. And, I want you to spend a lot of time at the ocean, because the ocean forces you to dream, and I insist that you be a dreamer. God. I've never really believed in god. In fact, I've spent a lot of time and energy trying to disprove that god exists. But I hope that you are able to believe in god, because the thing that I've come to realize, is that it just doesn't matter if god exists or not. The important thing is for you to believe in something, because I promise you that that belief will keep you warm at night, and I want you to feel safe always. And then there's love. I want you to love to the tips of your fingers, and when you find that love, wherever you find it, whoever you choose, don't run away from it. But you don't have to chase after it either. You just be patient, and it'll come to you. Don't be afraid. And remember, to love is to live."

~Jen from Dawson's Creek
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Jun 13, 2008 4:38 PM CST If you could choose....
Orenji
OrenjiOrenjiPensacola, Florida USA2 Threads 37 Posts
I think dancing in the rain would promote the most pure of both worlds. The pain is gone and the rain drops are sky diving onto your face. XP


Anyway, I think I would choose the Dancing in the rain because it tends to be the most calming experience. The water flowing over your skin, the general wetness cleansing your body and the hearing of the water droplets hitting the ground drowning out the sounds of the discomfort in the ongoing pattern of life.
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Jun 13, 2008 4:43 PM CST If you could choose....
2catchastar
2catchastar2catchastarCorning, New York USA10 Threads 830 Posts
I have had my fill of emotional pain as well as physical, I am stuck going skydiving in Aug, can't get out and am thinking more pain! lol. Dancing in the rain, sounds corny but fun! I will go with that!
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Jun 13, 2008 4:52 PM CST If you could choose....
Ricco
RiccoRiccoSan Cristobal, Buenos Aires Argentina13 Threads 539 Posts
opalbeauty: between never feeling pain, skydiving from a plane or dancing in the rain, which would you choose and why?


Never feeling pain,
Because if you have pain, how are you going to do the rest of your list? No way,scold
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Jun 13, 2008 6:05 PM CST If you could choose....
RedHeadedTaurus
RedHeadedTaurusRedHeadedTaurusHere, Michigan USA17 Threads 1 Polls 8,455 Posts
I'd go skydiving, cause I don't mind pain (interpret that however you may), and I just got back from dancing in the rain (it was fun & refreshing). smile





wink
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Jun 13, 2008 6:25 PM CST If you could choose....
Portiea
PortieaPortieaKonstanz, Baden-Wuerttemberg Germany93 Threads 11 Polls 4,000 Posts
dcj22: Never feeling pain, because my life practically revolves around avoiding it at times.
comfort
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