Replace all negative thoughts with positive thoughts...many sources of uplifting, love filled thoughts to ponder on...do the same with energy...negative energy is a strong generator of negative thinking.
" One thing if you are looking for an example in people they'll let you down time and time again."
The Christian is called to be a witness or reflection of Christ; Ruben had a valid point. Christ called Christians live a holy life...if they won't or can't, who can/will?
What I personally find hard to deal with is judgemental Christians who believe they know it all and constantly correct others because they believe have a personal hotline to God other Christians don't. Problems don't go away by denying or ignoring them - believe it or not, unless they are Christ Himself they don't have the authority to be anything more than another soul saved by grace.
I am sure your mom did not want to leave you, so there is no reason for bad feelings toward her. "bringing her back" in memory is a good thing, if you would search deeper to find her more in your heart and experience.
I would tell him what you wrote here, how you feel, and if he doesn't respond, he is not someone who truly cares about you.
Its understandable if he needs time to get through his deep grief, but he could at least explain what is going on in a truthul manner so you don't suffer (or hope!) needlessly.
You r right...Tomo did not include any pageant questions. Certainly that is a very important part of the selection process.
(I always thought the chicken came before the egg...but of course that leaves the problem of chicken pre-existence, lol.)
From Wikipedia:
Without some very serious scientific intervention an egg cannot be produced independently of its parent's body, whether that parent is a chicken, a lizard, or a spider.
So the chicken had to be there first, for the egg to form. Scientific researchers published a report confirming this, although their research is more concerned with shells in general: eggs were produced by the earliest egg-producing creatures millennia before chickens evolved.
Reason would also show that the chicken came first because of the methodology of evolution. An egg cannot occur unless a bird, or in this case a chicken, is able to lay that egg.
However, the question of whether the chicken or the egg came first can never really be answered: it is unanswerable. One can work out which came first, because one caused the invention of the other, but when we look at life forms in general we cannot say with any degree of authority whether the grass seed came before the blade of grass, or whether the bird came before the egg - hence the question.
swiss. you are probably right about those dynamics...just like if there was someone who was more beautiful, etc. Men complain that women go for looks/money but they discriminate just as harshly, if not more harshly.
I don't agree that men don't want women over 30, though. I have had men interested in me through every year of my life, including my current old age, lol. There are millions of women over 30 all over the world enjoying love relationships. To say they should forget about love does not correspond to the reality, even if most men desire the youngest women they can get.
ah! those irritated customer service personnel who earn a salary to help you (their lifeblood, the customer) but they don't want you around, lol!!! They are everywhere...and it's your fault they had to get up in the morning, you know.
(by all means, go somewhere else...they really don't deserve your business/money)
And just how do you get her phone number that quickly in the check out line? I've seen people in stores that look like they want to get to know you but no one knows how to make the first move (or at least one that will last after checkout).
Yes, as others have posted, don't take this comment to heart. It is often used in familial conjunction with "it's not you, it's me," meaning the other person doesn't think you're a match. In their awkward way they are trying to be kind (instead of saying you are too tall, too short, not blonde enough, and so on) ...a cousin of the age old refrain men dread hearing from women they love: "I can only offer friendship."
RE: Saying good bye to your heart.
not much worse pain (emotional) than a broken heart...here's hoping you feel better soon and find more love in your future!