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From: weB2cats
Date: 10-21-2003, 10:04 PM (1 of 5)
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There's not too much I have to regret in my life. I suppose I regret that I didn't take better care of my teeth. Maybe that I gained so much weight since years ago. Or that I didn't spend more quality time with my parents. Didn't study as hard as I could have. Or said some scathing thing about another person because I was feeling cranky. Yelled at my daughter more than a few times when she was goading me. Or missed church because I was lazy and wanted to do my thing. However, I can think of many giving, loving and selfless things I have done in my life simply because it was the right thing to do. And any time I feel blue, I think of soldiers and children alone and many of the truly unbelieveable things happening in the world. And I am thankful every day to live as I do. I may not be rich or famous (like I want that) but I am content and healthy. And sometimes, that's all a person needs. What is the meaning of life? To be a blessing to others, I believe. E. |
User: weB2cats
Member since: 11-07-2002 Total posts: 232 |
From: chiloGod
Date: 10-22-2003, 08:41 AM (2 of 5)
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Sometimes we look at life selfishly, when we should be focusing on doing and caring for others. Yes we should take care of ourself, but there are times when we ought to be denying ourselves and what we want or want to do or have and show love to our neighbor. The thing that I regret in life is that I did not come to the acknowledge of the real purpose for living sooner than I did and that purpose is to please God. |
User: chiloGod
Member since: 08-19-2003 Total posts: 65 
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From: weB2cats
Date: 10-22-2003, 06:55 PM (3 of 5)
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This has been a day to remember. I've had the most incredibly, (and coincidentally), opnoxiously bad luck day, today. I couldn't wait to get home, just to feel safe. Many strange events occured today that had me getting jittery. Things seemed to conspire against me and I stayed away from new situations. Things broke, misunderstandings happened, phones didn't work. Like I'm being directed for some reason. To pick up a phone and call someone or turn on the news, or any number of possibilities. Very uncanny. Have you ever had a dream, or something you couldn't explain that made your hairs stand on end. Later you found out something happened to someone you knew or some big event happened in the world? That's what I felt. How do you explain that? Are you psychic if you haven't got a clue what those odd mean? I'm not answering any phones or doorbells for awhile. Until this crazy feeling passes, I'm not in. : |
User: weB2cats
Member since: 11-07-2002 Total posts: 232 |
From: LeapFrog Libby
Date: 10-22-2003, 07:41 PM (4 of 5)
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Well. I cannot resist chiming in with my 2 cents worth here... I am a child of the depression, (born 1934) so I have a different outlook than most of you..But I was raised in a different world that these baby boomers today. (the almighty I - I - I ). When I was small, I learned a lesson in Bible School that I still live by today... How to Spell JOY Jesus first Others next Yourself last _ My Grandmother was a very loving and unselfish person also, and she used to let me help her find good deeds to do .. Our goal was at least one good deed or totally unselfish act each day... I still try to do that every day... When I lay down at night and finish my prayers, I go right to sleep at peace with the world.. 
Sew With Love
Libby |
User: LeapFrog Libby
Member since: 05-01-2002 Total posts: 2022 
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From: Aimee S
Date: 10-22-2003, 07:57 PM (5 of 5)
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I dont know exactly what Baby boomers, or Generation Xers are but i know what you mean about the People who do the I I Is My grandmother stayed in an abusive marriage just to make sure the kids had two parents. (not physical abuse but verbal) My parents after 25 yrs of marriage and 5 girls decided they needed to do things for them selves. My fathers excuse was that he needed a younger woman to make him happy. I took care of my mother after the divorce to the tune of paying the bills, getting the groceries and doing the laundry and much more. I was 12. When she recovered and joined the real world and stopped with the sleeping pills every time she got a boyfriend she would kick me out of the house. To live with my father and his wife that was only 5 yrs older then my next olest sister and a year yonger then my second oldest. When she got pregnant I got the boot back to my moms house. At 16 She told me to take my child support and find a place to live because she needed to "Save Her Self Before She could save others" I guess what I am trying to say no matter how bad it gets I will be with my hubby and I will never have regrets about himor anything else. They say what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Well after this last bit of life I will be a Titan or dead. The more you disaprove, the more fun I am having!
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User: Aimee S
Member since: 02-23-2003 Total posts: 488 
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