druidess6308 Forum Posts (13,695)

RE: Moi???? Have something to hide?????

Nice to see your face, Eggs. Pic or no pic is everyone's choice, as you said, but it is nice to have a face to place with a person's posts.

RE: I got it!!! I got it!!!

Congratulations, Snuggs!!!! She sure sounds like a beauty!

RE: No intro would do it right...

How wonderful of Pixar. This brought tears to my eyes. Thank you for sharing it.

RE: OMG My Brother Mike

What a beautiful poem, G.

RE: I cant make light of anything tonight

I understand, Bodle. Neither can I. Stressful day at work, then coming home to the news about Mike. It's not a day for lightness...but it is a day for Light.

RE: OMG My Brother Mike

I'm so sorry, Starshine. You have my sympathy.

RE: marriage life is great

Congratulations, and I wish you two the brightest of futures.

RE: i wanna date someone...

The Invitation by Oriah Mountain Dreamer:

It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living.
I want to know what you ache for
and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s longing.

It doesn’t interest me how old you are.
I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool
for love
for your dream
for the adventure of being alive.

It doesn’t interest me what planets are squaring your moon...
I want to know if you have touched the centre of your own sorrow
if you have been opened by life’s betrayals
or have become shrivelled and closed
from fear of further pain.

I want to know if you can sit with pain
mine or your own
without moving to hide it
or fade it
or fix it.

I want to know if you can be with joy
mine or your own
if you can dance with wildness
and let the ecstasy fill you to the tips of your fingers and toes
without cautioning us
to be careful
to be realistic
to remember the limitations of being human.

It doesn’t interest me if the story you are telling me
is true.
I want to know if you can
disappoint another
to be true to yourself.
If you can bear the accusation of betrayal
and not betray your own soul.
If you can be faithless
and therefore trustworthy.

I want to know if you can see Beauty
even when it is not pretty
every day.
And if you can source your own life
from its presence.

I want to know if you can live with failure
yours and mine
and still stand at the edge of the lake
and shout to the silver of the full moon,
“Yes.”

It doesn’t interest me
to know where you live or how much money you have.
I want to know if you can get up
after the night of grief and despair
weary and bruised to the bone
and do what needs to be done
to feed the children.

It doesn’t interest me who you know
or how you came to be here.
I want to know if you will stand
in the centre of the fire
with me
and not shrink back.

It doesn’t interest me where or what or with whom
you have studied.
I want to know what sustains you
from the inside
when all else falls away.

I want to know if you can be alone
with yourself
and if you truly like the company you keep
in the empty moments.

This is who I truly seek.

RE: What happened before the big bang?

According to the Kaballah (or Qaballah, depending on how you prefer to spell it), before the Big Bang there was the Light and the Vessel, but the Vessel got bored with always just receiving. The Vessel wanted to create too, it wanted to make its own destiny. And so out of a pinpoint, through the Big Bang, our Universe (or Multiverse, as we're now discovering) was created, along with everything in it as it evolved over the millenia.

That's why we have free will. And why we're part of the Light, and yet separate from it as well. All that we do here is for the growth of our souls. And the only enemy we have is time, for it is our own creation and we see it as linear, when it isn't. This is why sometimes we don't see the correlation between the good that we do and its reward.

Blessings...good thread, SF, just sorry I didn't see it much earlier.

RE: Update on my brother Mike

Have faith, Starshine. I will continue to pray for him. Afterward he will need to build his immune system. If he wants to know how to best do so, email me and I'll give you information to pass along to him. First he needs to get through this, and it sounds as if he's in really good hands.

RE: i think that this is love

Awesome!!!! Yes, that's definitely love. Good one, LF. Now I need to get the tears out of my eyes.

That's a beautiful story.

RE: unmarried relationship

I've done it before each marriage, and with some I didn't end up marrying. I truly believe in it, for it tells you whether or not you really can live together before you make it hard to get away legally and financially. And yes, in western society it's almost expected now at every age. When I first did so it was almost unheard of, now it's normal.

RE: We are a family CS Family … have u ever feel that ?

Yes, I often feel that way. There are many here who I love as sisters and brothers, and good friends. I share my laughter, my joy, my tears, and my pain here, and I share in all of those with others who share theirs here. My heart lifts with those who have something wonderful happen, and it bleeds for those who are going through bad times. It's usually a good family, though sometimes a bit dysfunctional too. But it's a family I chose to join and choose to remain in for better or worse (though I try to do my part to make it better as often as I can).

Happy Solstice and Happy Litha!

Whether it's Summer Solstice or Winter Solstice for you, Peace and Light.

It's the first day of summer here, and the longest day of the year, and I am enjoying it so far.

Blessings to all. And Happy Litha to those who celebrate the Sabbats, as I do.

RE: If I was an animal I would be a ____ Because____

Actually, we are...if you look at the three kingdoms of animal/vegetable/mineral then we're animal. And many are very much like animals already anyway...oh, wait, that rather insulted the animals.

RE: If I was an animal I would be a ____ Because____

Cougars, dear. They're called cougars. Similar, though.

RE: I'll miss everybody...kinda (not a goodbye thread)

I will miss you, whether you miss me or not, T.

Have fun and do your best...it's all anyone can ever ask of us. Blessings and safe journey.

RE: If I was an animal I would be a ____ Because____

A dog because I could lie around in the sun, chase birds and squirrels, cuddle with all humans in the house, and someone else would have to clean up after me instead of the other way around. Yep...I'd love to have a dog's life. Especially one of my dogs.

RE: What's in a nickname....

I've seen you post what it stands for, so it's not fair for me to "guess"...I know the answer.

RE: Fathers day gift ?

A card...he has everything he could possibly want. I just wish I'd remember these holidays early enough to send the card in time. It was so much easier before they moved 10 years ago.

RE: What's in a nickname....

I'm Celtic, and my spiritual beliefs and practices run close to those of the ancient druids. The ~ess is to denote being female, though it's not a term truly used by the druids. The numbers correspond to my birth year and month because apparently there are a lot of druidesses out there in cyber world.

I'll be back to read the rest of these...but it was cool to learn your "diva" part had nothing to do with being a diva. I've kind of wondered about that because you seem so down-to-earth, not a diva type.

RE: Mental Feng Shui

I love all of these, but I'd make a minor change to this one:

TWO. Marry a man/woman you love to talk to. As you get older, their conversational skills will be more important than any other.

RE: Prayers for my brother Michael

He's in my prayers, Starshine.

RE: I hate make-up ?

I agree...I hate the feel of it on my face, and I don't wear any.

RE: any girls like to hike?

I love to go trail hiking. We have some wonderful wooded trails around here in the parks. Hills and flats combined. I haven't done a long hike in years, but would love to if I found a partner to hike with me again.

No backpacks necessary, though. I don't do that kind of trail hike, unless it's just a long day trip.

RE: Sticks and stones may break my bones.

Very good post, John. I also live by what I post, and it's really the only way we have here to form our opinions of others and decide who we do and don't like.

And I live by my word. If I give it, I live up to it.

RE: Sticks and stones may break my bones.

I worked with a woman who used to say, "If they're talking about me, they're leaving someone else alone."

Personally, I just never worry about what others say, and I don't pay attention to gossip about others either. I make up my own mind about things and people.

RE: Wow! What a journey....

Welcome to the nut house! You'll fit in here just fine, Magenta. Love the user name, and love the entry OP. I still have fond memories of Mork and Mindy, too.

RE: 12 Step Program....

The thirteenth sign fits in here, Kid!

RE: 12 Step Program....

Very true, Laura. Yes, it must be a CS full moon tonight. Look...it brought Zee back to us, though! I love the things that can happen during a CS full moon!