artgurl0927 Forum Posts (2,442)

RE: the CS chocolate bar is now open

oh holy hell.....did I just die and go to chocolate heaven?

RE: Let's hear your best pick up lines!!

see better ... Hello

RE: Did you ever?

All the time love! But even in the darkest of times, I choose to be grateful. Everything that happens gets you ready for the next thing.

All things in their time.

When Edison was asked about all of his failures with the light bulb ... he allegedly replied I have not failed 1,000 times. I have successfully discovered 1,000 ways to NOT make a light bulb."

You get to choose how you frame your reality. All will work out as it is meant too. Roll with it ... what else is there to do?

I'm here for you Chic

RE: WHAT R U INTO?

RE: Let's hear your best pick up lines!!

a chainsaw huh? Stihl, Husqavarna or John Deere?

I am more of a compound mitre saw with laser sight kinda girl but .....

RE: Age difference

I didn't mean that I would date anywhere in the middle ... I prefer within 10 years either way ... but the question was not specific about me ... just generally speaking what was reasonable ... and I make no judgment about what others choose for themselves.

RE: Age difference

on the spectrum

legal ------------------------------------------------------still breathing



I would say somewhere in the middle.


I wouldn't make a judgment about what is reasonable for anyone else.

RE: Weddings... should we look at marriage differently

I'm not sure - it was just a random thought that popped in my head while reading the thread.

It seems a lot of people are getting married though without knowing each other very well. It also seems that some people lack the skills necessary to work through issues in a constructive way.

We train people on the job. We teach people to drive. We educate them about things that happened hundreds of years ago. And yet we don't do anything to prepare them with the skills necessary to nurture themselves and to fully participate in a successful union.

Working in post-secondary for so many years I noticed it becoming a bigger and bigger issue with each passing year. Many children have been forced to raise themselves. How then do they learn. There is more disrespect, more a sense of entitlement and less personal accountability. No, this does not apply to everyone ... it is just a noticeable trend. It is little wonder that so many marriages fail.

I have no answer ... just an observation that sparked a ...

RE: I am the Genie of the Lamp I grant you one wish what would it be.....................

dismantling of all EGO


It would take care of all the rest of the ills of the world.

RE: Just to say to CS

RE: Any City or country gals lookin for their cowboy lol in Alberta

baaad roo

RE: Let's hear your best pick up lines!!

Hello

RE: Weddings... should we look at marriage differently

Random question: If it were more difficult to get married would people would value it more and be less likely to throw in the towel so easily?


The last I saw, the divorce rate was around 57% - remove any abusive situations from the equation and that still leaves an astounding number of breakups,


Just curious ...

RE: My disaster of a life just got worse.

OH my goodness! The tone of isolation and desolation is palpable in your words. I don't just read them, I feel them.

Please know that you are not alone. And you are wrapped in light and vitual hugs from many of us here. Everything will be alight. YOU will be alright.

To say your life is changing is an understatement. It does not have to be a bad thing. You mother will pass on, yes this is true and you can't stop it from happening. You have done for her while putting your own life on hold in some ways. It is an amazing gift you have given her.

These times of transition shake us to our core. The ground breaks away and we tumble unsure of what is solid to land on. Rest assured that we do always land. It is our attachment to things which causes us such pain and confusion. Surrender to what is and allow the emotion to wash through you. Sit in the center of the storm...it is in the eye that the winds are calmest.

You have a light and a resilience beyond what you know is there. Allow the light of others to buoy you as you prepare for the changes happening in your life. I will wrap you in light and I know many others here will as well.

I posted the following writing in a blog but feel drawn to share it with you directly. It speaks of change, of surrender, of accepting what is. Perhaps a line or two will resonate with you.

Please email me anytime.

(hugs you and whispers) Everything is going to be okay.

**************

It is winter here. A time of rest. A time of waiting. Seeds lay dormant in the earth awaiting the first rays of the spring sun. Grass sleeps beneath its blanket of snow. It doesn’t question the need for winter any more than it questions the coming of spring. It just accepts what is.

A bamboo tree lives on the corner of my dresser. Each leaf perfectly formed and each day it grows into a grander version of itself in spite of me. It does not question its new surroundings. It embraces what is.

Outside my window I can see the mountain ash towering over the neighbour’s fence. The red berries act as beacons for the birds they are meant to feed. Even in winter, there is life just as there is sacrifice.

And as much as we’d like to believe that the world stops with us when we pause, it does not. We are invited to go with it. We are asked to accept. We wish to embrace. And we strive to be grateful even in the coldest of times.

RE: Any City or country gals lookin for their cowboy lol in Alberta

Welcome ... enjoy the CS ride! Be warned though - there is no known cure for the addiction.

RE: what are you doing for ST.Patties day

nuthin

RE: Why CS is a good thing

Hi Urs

It has been fun in here hasn't it? I think I hurt myself laughing.

RE: from when or till when can we change our personality?

We can't always choose what happens to us but I believe we can choose what we do with it. Release what no longer serves, keep what works, try on something new ... we mold our lives as we go. What was does not have to define what can be.

The archetype of victim/martyr can be very seductive because it means someone else is to blame. True empowerment cannot co-exist with victim thinking. Transcend the past and walk forward into the brightest future imaginable.

RE: Why CS is a good thing

It would just seem selfish to not spread the joy I think ... It is an obligation I take very seriously .... well as serious as one can covered in body paint and talking about lunch.

RE: I am new here...whats up?

Hello indeed!!!!!

Welcome - you'll meet many great people here. Jump right in. I'm Sherrie.





Oh my!

RE: whats your opinion about below lines.... I think ladies wont agree on it

I agree ...two wholes co-existing in truth and beauty...because they choose to not because they need to.

RE: WHAT R U INTO?

An open, beautiful, generous SPIRIT!!!!


Geez, I wish we could get off the wrapping paper

RE: Anyone still up out there?

I value honesty, integrity and authenticity in my friendships. That means sometimes saying what they don't want to hear. But I love them too much to watch their self destructive behaviour and keep silent.

What about her thinks that she is only good enough to share someone else's husband. Does she not deserve one of her own ... a full-time one?

If he is doing it with her he will do it too her. And even if he leaves his wife for her ... it has less than a 2% chance of survival.

Not to mention the wife and possible children involved. Being knowingly - the important word being knowingly since many lie about their status - involved with a married person is low. Might sound harsh but it is.

Keep quiet? Not THIS friend!

RE: poker face

RE: poker face

Oh Lee, my face hides NOTHING!!!! dammit

RE: poker face

RE: poker face

freudian slip perhaps

RE: poker face

^^^^he just stuck in and left when he didn't see any paint

RE: poker face

OMG - at any moment there is a bend in the track and who knows where we end up .... damn I love roller coasters

RE: poker face