Yeah, I like that one. Bought a new sketchbook this week and sharpened my Staedtler pencils... off for a hike shortly with them in my backpack.
My final thought is to leave CS... it has served a purpose and I no longer need to be here. I owe many of you thanks for your posts whether entertaining, insightful or kind.
Have fun, be good to one another, and remember:
"In heaven all the interesting people are missing". - Friedrich Nietzsche
Many people die with their music still in them. Why is this so? Too often it is because they are always getting ready to live. Before they know it, time runs out. - Oliver Wendell Holmes
He's never asked to be on a pedestal. Regular guy, sure, but his posts are more interesting and worth reading than most of what's posted on CS. (This thread excepted of course )
You're right... going through life day to day surviving but not truly living. Thoreau wrote that "the mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation".
For me, rethinking spirituality makes me feel like I've just awakened... with a whole new life ahead of me. I'm all over the map searching, which is a bit nuts, but there's so much to encounter, consider, discard, revist, debate, evaluate... I can't help but be keyed up.
I worked retail many years ago and by the time we got to the 24th nobody on staff had any Christmas spirit or goodwill left. Shoppers are nuts this time of year.
Peace, love & joy... not a seasonal wish... a life wish... to all.
Bringing you back to my point though... your last statement could be construed as taking an air of 'holier than thou', n'est pas? Leaving that part unsaid would not lessen the value of your response.
Cut and paste the responses you found valid then, and add your thoughts. Don't just reflect back what I or anyone else says.
It's a bit disappointing to log in to CS and see posts by people who are just agreeing, or making what are essentially non-responses. Not that I liked the bickering that went on a few days ago, but you get the idea. Intelligent debate/discourse.
Let me take it a step further: when people who know how to push your buttons really hit hard, how do you keep defences up?
Over the years I created a Useless People List. My ex mother-in-law became the first member, shortly after she told me "God doesn't think you're fit to be a mother, so stop trying". Anyone on the list can be in the same room with me, even speak to me directly and I do not acknowledge them to be the person with whom I have issues. I can be polite and dismissive without affronting them. Mind set. Takes practice.
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Yeah, I like that one. Bought a new sketchbook this week and sharpened my Staedtler pencils... off for a hike shortly with them in my backpack.My final thought is to leave CS... it has served a purpose and I no longer need to be here. I owe many of you thanks for your posts whether entertaining, insightful or kind.
Have fun, be good to one another, and remember:
"In heaven all the interesting people are missing". - Friedrich Nietzsche
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