RE: What does the word "hope" mean to you?

Hunger is the need of the body screaming to be fulfilled.

Curiosity is the need of the mind likewise demanding to be fed.

Hope is the yearning of the spirit for nourishment.

A positive anticipation of the inherent promises that make life enjoyable. Hope far exceeds the promise of a tantalizing steak or a good book though as it scratches an itch that is more than physical. Hope is expectation of good to be fulfilled in one's life. Hope is beyond expectation and optimism as it is borne in emotion rather than logic or deliberation.
Hope is one part of the spirtitual trinity of Hope, Faith and Love and as such one third of the reason we exist. It is one half of the foundation of Love along with its brother (sister?) virtue Faith.
Without Hope we fail to live as life was intended, and our spirit the greatest harm.

RE: Your Username........

I carefully chose this name for a few reasons.
Firstly it was exactly how my heart and spirit felt when I lost the woman of my life for a period that seemed infinite and miraculously ended 4 months almost to the day. I came back here before she reconnected with me and my soul was truly infertile and cold.
I did not want to have a user name that indicated broken or damaged goods but neither was I here to look for someone to replace her. I felt that such a name would suffice for all purposes in these cases.
Barren to me meant fallow or not in use. I am an avid naturalist and there is much beauty in the landscapes that appear barren to the eye. The deserts, tundras, mountains, etc. are all considered barren yet are teeming with vibrant life. Just not the sort of life that usually draws much attention.
Another reason for the barren nomenclature is the one that won it over for me enough to commit to it. When the Lord comes into a life he often has to strip it of everything that was there previously. Like a smith working the dross and impurities out of metal. To forge something, you need to get it as close to raw as possible, and in this state, being of one state it could be considered barren.
My heart and soul were full of misconceptions from my own environment and this needed to be cleansed. I am in a constant state of growth and healing in this manner and I cannot afford the luxury or confusion of terrain in my heart to lead me astray again. Hence the barren, as it is much easier to oversee the landscape when there are no obvious formations to block the view.
Barren, not infertile. In a constant state of growth and development so to speak.

~ Markinnocent

1-10 ?

OK for the shy and reticent amongst us perhaps this might loosen up a tongue or two and perhaps even provide some sort of stimulus for a connection.
Rate the person above you 1-10 (1 for not at all and 10 for extremely) on their dateability based on their forum input and physical image.
Please ignore age and distance, as this is purely conjecture.

As there is no one ahead of me I will pass and also because my heart is completely given I am likewise out of this particular loop.

Be honest you just never know what could happen, and it just might break down a barrier or two.

RE: wheres the best place to meet a man?

half-way??dunno

RE: females at work?

No actually he is quite clean (as in a blank slate really) the smell that is assaulting your senses in merely the portable bridge he carries on his hunched back from forlorn riverbank to forlorn riverbank. And the rotting scent of his burried decency of course.

RE: females at work?

Or perhaps a better question is whether or not they will ever find where 2enopaC burried his father for stealing the woman only he could Love?

RE: females at work?

To explain the early psycho-drama of your childhood, Freud turned to a dramatic work, Sophocles' Oedipus Rex, in which Oedipus (who, according to a prophecy, is fated to sleep with his mother and kill his father) attempts to escape his fate but, in the process, unwittingly does the very things he was attempting to avoid. Freud therefore coined the term, the Oedipus complex. One should note that anyone can get arrested at or insufficiently grow out of any of the primal stages, leading to various symptoms in one's adult life.

So which stage has this 'enlightened' man entered or been trapped in?

Alright we now return to the regular broadcast of As the Misogynyst Moans...

RE: What does this word mean?

From its useage here that I myself have seen it is an abbreviated version of ro-bot. Indicative of an automaton or pre fabricated response delivered by a machine.
Not sure if this is exactly how it has been used wherever you have seen it but in my view that was the best definition.

RE: Gaza !! Israel kills civilians ,, among international silence .. What do you think ? share !

How do you feel about the 160 or so children killed by your muederous brothers and sisters in your cowardly sect of murderers? I pray you never have to face your God for your support of the death of these innocent lost souls. WHatever God you have surely wil not take kindly to killing His children for a patch of dirt.
Do have a pleasant day and try to remember that while you seek to garner support for terrorists (Hamas) almost 200 children will never see the light of day that shines on you today.

Morning Blues

Just a dream but also a memory and a promise of hope and faith. The tears are just the release of a soul relieved by the onset of security and bliss. Thank you for your hope though as it will certainly be added to my own and help to surpass the miles that presently intervene between us.hug

RE: Gaza !! Israel kills civilians ,, among international silence .. What do you think ? share !

The OP has created a profile on a dating site and has only posted in two threads to date. Only to denounce the United Sates of America and Israel. This person has not produced a single thought which does not promte the cause of Hamas and the deaths of not only her own people but of all the innocents that have lost their lives in this Gaza conflict and by extension any conflict in which her terrorist organization has participated.

A real loving thought and a most promising person to consider dating?

RE: Gaza !! Israel kills civilians ,, among international silence .. What do you think ? share !

The number of deaths are not the real crux of the issue. It is the continuation of the attacks upon innocents that matters. If your neighbour fires a weapon at your child every day and misses each time do you let him continue? If he is using a pellet gun and can never be reached to sort out the issue and he has wounded dozens of local children and continues to promise the same for your own do you not retlaiate?
When the neighbour publicly airs his opinion that all the children in his neighbourhood will be exterminated how long before someone close by takes the matter into their own hands to stop the terror?
There is a reason that Hamas is not armed better, they might seek to gain a position in one of the neighbouring countries where they could hide better and continue to instigate their despicable acts of terrorism upon the Jewish State and none of those neighbours want that kind of attention. Thus they are poorly armed amidst nations of 'friendly' faces who harbour their own groups with a similar goal. To the Middle Eastern Arabs the Palestinian people are an acceptable loss as long as the war continues and Hamas can get the issue on the front page of News Papers. Propaganda works on both sides here.

RE: Gaza !! Israel kills civilians ,, among international silence .. What do you think ? share !

Exactly the sentiment that continues the war. Any delineation or definition of just desert, is one reason too many. No one deserves death. With your defined parameter how many different versions can likewise use this acceptance to fashion their own hate filled rhetoric?
I am opposed to terrorism as well but I do not believe that anyone deserves death. Many who are used as pawns in this infernal game are oblivious to the real reasons and in essence are as innocent as the one who die because of them. It does not make their actions better by any means but it does not make them guilty of the sentence of death from a person who is not living under their conditions.

RE: Is Marriage an Act of Desperation?

The only extent for which dissolution seems the only option is the complete and total intentional abandonment of the initial goals that drew two people together. For example an illness that precludes the original life is not appropriate as there is a mutual expectation to support through thick and thin, and this would infer a selfish interest wherein one's personal life came before the others. Bringing another person into the monogamous relationship would definitely be a reason as there would be a breach of trust and respect. The risk of disease and the separation of two individuals for purely selfish reasons.

Abandonment is a symptom not the cause though so its reference is sort of off course. No one can make us feel anything it is in our own choice or failing that we reach conclusions one way or the other. Of course there will be some sort of awareness however deep or passing that will accompany such a loss. Perhaps equivalent to a death if one's personal attachment was uninterrupted or pure. These are still the after effects or fall-out and not the cause.

If neither has any impositions of any sort then it is up to both of them equally to make better what has become a routine which threatens their once thriving life. You only fail when you give up. Effort, any effort will make things change and with drive and determination there are no obstacles that cannot be overcome if both partners are seeking the same goal. You can lead a horse to water but you cannot make it drink, is what will occur if one of the two does not maintain the same desires though. And that is selfish to pretend or refuse.

RE: Is Marriage an Act of Desperation?

In this materialistic world we have lost many of the things that are what we are. The human entity is triunal in essence. Body, mind and spirit. The nature of today is to remove the concept of the spirit due to the interferences imposed upon us by the multitudes of religions that all claim to be the one. The harm done by these political factions that strive to dominate people is very real and tangible to most if not all. The removal of our awareness of our spiritual nature has crippled the lives of far too many and is in direct proportion to the number of failed marriages and other human failures (such as suicides).
Addictions are used to dull the pangs of loss, and then become habits which continue this 'comfort.'
If we fail to feed the spirit we are starving ourselves and it will always leave an empty pit that cannot be filled with the food for the mind or body.
The individual needs of the spirit of one person are similar but in no way identical to any other person. It is very dependent upon their environment and path or level of growth. More hunger at times and less at others. The same as an athlete requiring more calories during performances. Or an intellectual pursuing goals requires more and more information to come to conclusions.
Love is God and God is Love. Lose the one and you lose the other. This loss will certainly starve a person to death, perhaps not immediately physical but a starvation that will force them to seek elsewhere to fill the burning pang of the empty pit they leave behind. Thus without Love (God in whatever capacity it can exist in one's heart) a relationship that is intended to be based on Love will ultimately fail.

RE: Gaza !! Israel kills civilians ,, among international silence .. What do you think ? share !

rolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing

RE: Is Marriage an Act of Desperation?

Marriage is a declaration, not of desperation, but of acceptance and public applaud. Proof to all who witness it that there will always remain hope, faith and Love.
There may or may not be a singular soulmate out there for each and every person, but there is in truth no requirement for such. Commitment and determination to press through whatever issues arise that must me met head on equally by both parties is absolutely required to maintain this illustrious position.

Monogamy is not the cause of failure in marriage, it is rather the pressing individual needs that is nurtured by our media that is crippling our ability to persevere against obstacles as more than a singular entity. A failure to maintain a connection to the spiritual and thus allowing us to lose our focus. We are all about the here and now and how that affects us as if there is nothing else. The loss of spiritual goals has made the concept of unity fade to a bitter dream for many and an impossibility for more.
Seeking the new world goals of personal success has driven us out of the conceptualization of forever, groups, or any sort of social togetherness. As long as we seek to better only ourselves at the cost of others, the insidious nature of our fortresses of solitude will keep us separate from anthing that could possibly weaken us in the eyes of the others who press ahead and leave their trails of carnage in the lives of others.
If our mate is less in some way should we not seek to bolster those points as they would do for us? Rather than abandon them to seek something that will make us 'better?'
Most marriages fail because of selfish impositions. When marriage is intended to be a selfless prospect that supports two individuals in a union of one.

Love is an act of God, in whatever form it manages to reside in those who understand it.

RE: CAN LONG DISTANCE RELATIONSHIPS WORK?

I applaud you Starlin. Seriously I always knew you had it in you.
Best of luck and she won't be disappointed I am sure and neither will you.handshake

Morning Blues

I just wish it would not leave me touching myself so damn often...
But for one simple caress from my Love I would trade it all...smitten

Thanks Danahug

And Dru for the kind words as wellsmitten

RE: slow poison...STOP IT?

And the taxes garnered through the purchase are mostly used to bolster the medical field for treatments and research for cures or relief from every illness humans suffer.

RE: Gaza !! Israel kills civilians ,, among international silence .. What do you think ? share !

Rather than decide not to forget your victims, try to recall all of those lost on both sides.
It appears your allegience to Hamas is finally clear. And with this you are correct in stating they will never be destroyed as they have managed to infiltrate and poison far too many nations ignorant of the heads of this insidious hydra.
Now you seek to find some sort of favour internationally for your own horrible murders to right the wrongs done against the Palestinian people. And you wonder why this situation is so tense and further from any sort of resolution each day?
Harbour your hatred and cry for your losses but with this approach you will only dry the well of tears that will be endless. Just as you will not stop neither will your enemy as long as this sort of mentality or lack thereof persists.

Morning Blues

Stiffness forces me to shift my body in the tight confine of my blanket. The weight of the couch back presses against me holding me rigid and there is no space ahead to relieve this pressure. Heat rises in my chest and my breath is encapsulated in a nebula of warmth I cannot escape. Shifting my head to seek fresh cool air invites a tickle on my nose and I realize that something is obscuring my path to freedom. My right arm is motionless and incapable of rising to wipe the tickle away. My eyes open and through the haze of sleep and the darkness of the room I sense a silent form inches away. I feel her warmth pressing against my legs, stomach and chest and then I see the hair that makes a nest of my exhalations. There is no noise, no movement just a depth of warmth that almost drives me to forget and fall back into unconsciousness. Almost. My futile attempts to alleviate my confined position seem to cause the body ahead of me to adjust slightly. My left hand rolls out from my side to lower against her body, and draw it nearer. With but a touch she stirs to life, slowly and gracefully. Her own hand blindly seeks the new weight on her side and tiny, firm fingers slide into my own waiting hand. Gently drawing my hand up tight to her face. Wet heat softly and gently grazes my hand and then is drawn back as a kiss is planted on each knuckle. Safely nestled under her chin in a firm and controlling grip I can hear her breathing through our touch. Comfortably numb now my senses begin to drift into passive acceptance until I feel a warm trickle that cools as it passes running from the uppermost part of my hand and seeping into our entwined digits. Curious I seek to draw my hand back to test the fluids but her strength resists my feeble efforts. Her body pushes back harder into mine as if seeking to be completely enfolded. Again I try with a little more persistence to pull my hand back to my field of vision and her whole body turns with it. The faint glow from the streetlights venting through the blinds all seem to be drawn into the shimmering, sapphire blue gem of her eye, like the ground zero of a lightning strike. Amidst the near blinding electric azure I can see pools of liquid that leave trails down the graceful curves of her cheeks. Sadness and deep concern drives my strength to pull harder but she anticipates it and rolls into my chest to assuage the mild distress. A smile that ignites the vibrancy of both eyes and illuminates the wondrous curve of rose tinted lips explodes silently upon her face and my resolve is gone. Her lips part slightly as her face draws tight to my own. The tingle of contact then the pressure of firm resolve burns my lips and pulls me into her kiss. Brief yet firm and determined. I try to grasp at her lip as it is withdrawing with my teeth, to no avail as her face recedes and begins to lower back to the intense heat emanating from my chest. Her fingers loosen their grip on my own and my arm raises slowly to allow her to close tighter. I place my arm around her back and draw my fingers tight on her nape enfurled with her hair. Holding her close I can feel my shirt getting wet from the tears that produce no shudders. My tension from these tears and their cause vanishes as her head once more tilts to lift her gleaming eyes straight into my own. Passion, trust and Love flow from those liquid pools of light and it seems to break the flood gate of my own. A single tear begins to run down my own cheek but is intercepted by a tiny single finger from her hand. It's entire liquid essence lited clear from my skin with no effort, her finger lowers to her face and her tongue gently draws the glistening orb into her mouth. Her hand returns to my face and gently cradles it, a solitary insistence closes my eyes and we soon fall alseep again entwined in the one place I could never leave.
(con't)

Would you...

I assure you I am not scared of anything that could ever happen in a digital world, or for that matter much that could happen in real life.
As for what I said I am sorry if it came across wrong as I can see how it could be misinterpreted and this is my fault. I have not looked at more than a dozen profiles since I have been here and then only one that I was interested in. The others are of friends to write mail to them or a few that when I was writing on a thread that said ten things about a friend where I did not know them well enough to read their profile and check some posts to get a better depth of understanding into who they are.
I do not hate you by any means. I just try to stay away from people who are most often involved in petty squabbles far too often. Whether or not they are justified or not. I have enough of that in my life with two exes, and I do not have the time or inclination to deal with more of it in my spare time.
I am sorry you feel that in some way I feel this about you. I do not know you beyond posts in the forums so I could never feel anything in regards to you one way or the other. Sometimes you are funny, sometimes I don't get it, sometimes I don't care...

Would you...

Your personal battles with anyone here on the forums do not hold any interest for me and i really would rather stay out of any battle as long as they are managed in a way that does not involve gang-land character slayings. You have been mentioned in mail to me but not from me. I don't bother in that way.
In reagrds to me resorting to insults, please check again and see that it is not someone's belief that I am irritated by, rather the callous way that some deem it worthy to demean and ridicule anyone who does not share their specific belief. The world is as intersting a place as it is because of differences in belief. Not all are right not all are wrong. Parts of each make the whole of humanity a much better place than if it were stale enough to be forced under one banner.
The only other time I have really been rude to any extent is when people find it amusing to mock or make light of my personal tragedies regarding my mother, children, or my past. I do not seek some pathetic back-patting but I likewise do not deserve ignorant abusive attacks. You have not done this and I never said you did. I was just trying to point out that when I have been caustic or rude these are the causes.
As for visiting my profile I really do not care or I would make it invisible. There is nothing there anyways as I have no interest in anything here but the forums and my friends.
I would just have rather you posted your initial reply as:

How about go sleep with lions after getting lost on a bus to nowhere... rather than adding some imaginary situation that only represented some fictional perspective that has no bearing on reality.

Since i don't particularly care for strangers, who have shown me hostility from the word go, i'd probably not care if you slept with the lions after getting lost, on a bus to nowhere.

You asked!

I have not by any means shown you hostility from the word go and in fact if you could remember who I was before you would likely remember me sticking up for you more than once. I believe in a war with Daniel once and somewhere else that I cannot recall.
One post about an emoticon that perhaps was misinterpreted and that months ago and still some form of hostility. That is odd don't you think?

Would you...

Again with some sort of ego? You are the last person I would even mention in the forums or as you imagine behind the scenes. I do not spread gossip, nor do I follow anyone around the forums.
I only responded to you perhaps once or twice in all the time I have been here in either incarnation. I do not not like you nor do I like you, I am quite neutral on the issue really. The threads I ahve begun have never been inspired by you as i find you uninteresting at the best of times. There has never been anything about you that would inspire me to waste the breath or time really. Not in a negative way of course, I just have no interest in you. The thread I wrote earlier was not about you (Carly Simon comes to mind here). It was just something that I have noticed throughout my time here and thought it might show some interest. Beleive me I do not try to get any response from you as I really do not care one way or the other. Whatever guilt you carry in your life is yours and yours alone. The one good thing that has come from this episode you seem to be suffering is that you have finally stopped visiting my profile. Something I assure you I have never done for yours. I thought everything was just fine and dandy after that but it appears someone's feelings are hurt here. Sure not mine.
I defend myself when my children are mentioned in a derogatory manner by anyone as any self-respecting parent would. I am unimpressed by people who have nothing polite to say about losing my mother or my childhood. You have done neither but find it important to bring this up? Real mature, sort of why I do not bother with you. I likewise defend people when they are treated poorly for no reason. I have defended you in the past as well (not in this incarnation but before). I still would if it was undeserved.
This thread was not a forum for your negativity. I am sure you could find subjects more worthy of your slander. Post where you like but please leave me out of it. I don't have time for your high-school gang games.
So please take your hoola-hoop and find your way back to the little girl's side of the playground.

Would you...

OK back later Canada vs Russia in IIHF (Hockey for those not in the know...)

peace

Would you...

I was wondering whose petite foot that was perched upon my noggin? You are such a dear to let me surface... unless of course its a trick... glub...glub...blurble....blues tongue

Would you...

I didn't know that ignoring you was hostile? Sheesh I better go revise the definition of hostility in my dictionary. Hang on just going to print your picture... there we go it fits over all those words that were apparently wrong all this time... who'd a thunk it eh?
Some people's ego's just get in the way I suppose that's why you don't wear a hat?dunno

RE: Does our online persona

I am a little more emotional in real life and perhaps a little more humourous. Other than that even though this environment is rather sterile in its medium I am exactly who I am online. I am always aware of the reality of a situation and am not shy to explore any sort of depth of any issue. Of course the medium allows for a bit of thought before words have to be sorted but as anyone who has had any sort of outside of the forum contact with me there is little delay in my responses and I feel they come out in much the same way.
I am a relaxed person who has little uproar in my life on purpose. I prefer quiet times in small gatherings rather than large boisterous ones in public. There is merit to the latter but I do tend to avoid their constantcy.
Other than that I would have to respect the worthy additions from those friends who know me better than merely a poster on the forums.

RE: Ever faked one?

I'm telling Eric...tongue

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