THE STRANGER
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Posted:Jan 18, 2016 8:16 pm
Last Updated:Apr 26, 2024 11:15 pm
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A few years after I was born, my Dad met a stranger who was new to our small town. From the beginning, Dad was fascinated with this enchanting newcomer and soon invited him to live with our family. The stranger was quickly accepted and was around from then on.
As I grew up, I never questioned his place in my family. In my young mind, he had a special niche. My parents were complementary instructors: Mom taught me good from evil, and Dad taught me to obey.
But the stranger...he was our storyteller. He would keep us spellbound for hours on end with adventures, mysteries and comedies.
If I wanted to know anything about politics, history or science, he always knew the answers about the past, understood the present and even seemed able to predict the future!
He took my family to the first major league ball game. He made me laugh, and he made me cry. The stranger never stopped talking, but Dad didn't seem to mind.
Sometimes, Mom would get up quietly while the rest of us were shushing each other to listen to what he had to say, and she would go to the kitchen for peace and quiet.
(I wonder now if she ever prayed for the stranger to leave.)
Dad ruled our household with certain moral convictions, but the stranger never felt obligated to honor them. Profanity, for example, was not allowed in our home - not from us, our friends or any visitors.
Our long time visitors, however, got away with four-letter words that burned my ears and made my day squirm and my mother blush.
My Dad didn't permit the liberal use of alcohol but the stranger encouraged us to try it on a regular basis. He made cigarettes look cool, cigars manly, and pipes distinguished.
He talked freely (much too freely!) about sex. His comments were sometimes blatant, sometimes suggestive, and generally embarrassing.....
I now know that my early concepts about relationships were influenced strongly by the stranger. Time after time, he opposed the values of my parents, yet he was seldom rebuked
......And NEVER asked to leave.
More than fifty years have passed since the stranger moved in with our family. He has blended right in and is not nearly as fascinating as he was at first. Still, if you could walk into my parents' den today, you would still find him sitting over in his corner, waiting for someone to listen to him talk and watch him draw his pictures.
His name?..........
We just call him "TV.!
He has a wife now......we call her "Computer.'
Their first is "Cell Phone".
His second "I Pod"
And JUST BORN THIS YEAR WAS A GRANDCHILD: "IPAD"
OH MY-----------HOW TRUE THIS IS!
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The Rules For Being Human
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Posted:Jan 4, 2016 6:31 pm
Last Updated:Jan 16, 2016 8:26 am
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1. You will receive a body
You may like it or hate it, but it will be yours for the entire period for this time around.
2. You will learn lessons.
You are enrolled in a full-time informal school called Life. Each day in this school you will have the opportunity to learn lessons. You may like the lessons or think them irrelevant and stupid.
3. There are no mistake, only lessons.
Growth is a process of trial and error: Experimentation. The "failed" experiments are as much a part of the process as the experiment that ultimately "works."
4. A lesson is repeated until learned.
A lesson will be presented to you in various forms until you have learned it. When you have learned it, you can then go on to the next lesson.
5. Learning lessons does not end.
There is no part of life that does not contain its lessons. If you are alive, there are lessons to be learned.
6. "There" is no better than "here."
When your "there" has become a "here," you will simply obtain another "there" that will again look better than "here."
7. Others are merely mirrors of you.
You cannot love or hate something about another person unless it reflects something you love or hate about yourself.
8. What you make of your life is up to you.
You have all the tools and resources you need. What you do with them is up to you. The choice is yours.
9. Your answers lie inside you.
The answers to Life's questions lie inside you. All you need to do is look, listen and trust.
10. You will forget all this.
Cherie Carter-Scott
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.Hope
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Posted:Jan 4, 2016 6:09 pm
Last Updated:Apr 26, 2024 11:15 pm
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You don't seem to realize that a poor
person who is unhappy is in a better
position than a rich person who is
unhappy. Because the poor person has hope.
He thinks money would help.
Jean Kerr
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A Free Society
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Posted:Jan 4, 2016 6:05 pm
Last Updated:Apr 26, 2024 11:15 pm
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If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.
John F. Kennedy
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I USED TO THINK
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Posted:Jan 4, 2016 6:01 pm
Last Updated:Apr 26, 2024 11:15 pm
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I used to think I was poor. Then they
told me I wasn't poor. I was needy.
They told me it was self-defeating to
think of myself as needy, I was deprived.
Then they told me underprivileged was
overused, I was disadvantaged. I still
don't have a dime, But, I have a great vocabulary.
Jules Feeffer
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If a man likes you
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Posted:Dec 19, 2015 9:13 am
Last Updated:Oct 17, 2016 6:42 pm
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"If a man likes you he will move mountains to be with you. He will call you, text you, let you know how important you are to him. You will never have to wonder when he is going to call, he will call more than he texts, he will call you beautiful or pretty instead or sexy or hot. He will tell you, you are his world and do anything to let you know that and see that. Actions speak louder than words and his words will follow his actions. Anything less--it's bullshit, and time to move the hell on." 
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How does one communicate on FriendFinder-x?
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Posted:Dec 18, 2015 2:16 pm
Last Updated:Jan 7, 2016 5:55 pm
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Is a first meeting a date? or have the potential to turn into a first date? Chemistry (two way) is definitely a huge factor.
If a profile catches your attention, how many times do you send a e-mail to that person to get their attention/reply?
Are most people here seeking attention or sex?
Here are some simple questions that most people would like a answer to here.
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GOOD MEN
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Posted:Dec 14, 2015 8:20 pm
Last Updated:Dec 15, 2015 8:43 pm
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Good Men! Are indeed all around us, We pass
them on the streets, in the malls, and at work, Most
we can't see because we don't know what a good
man really looks like, He usually isn't flashy enough
or rich enough to turn our heads, He might not wear
a suit or push a Lexus. He might not have a body like
Tyson with a Denzel face. But, as you mature you realize
it's better to find someone who's got your back rather than someone
who turns your head.
A good man doesn't agree wholeheartedly with
everything you say. he doesn't just tell you what you want
to hear and do the opposite. He doesn't declare how
sensitive, sweet, caring, s
incere etc. he is (he won't have to
because it shows). He has his own opinions and yours may clash,
but he doesn't have a degrade you to prove he's right, He even admits
at times to being wrong, especially if your are willing to do the same.
A good man is not going to meet every item on your checklist. He
is human with frailties and faults mixed in with all of his wonderful, strong attributes. He needs your love and respect. He needs to feel that your don't live to catch him doing something wrong so your can declare, "Aha! I knew you were dog!"
A good man isn't insecure about his woman having great achievements
In fact, he is her number one supporter and becomes disappointed with her
when she begins to lose herself especially for the sake of not hurting his
feelings, or only wanting to make him happy. His happiness comes with seeing her excel! In her dreams and accomplishing her goals for as she excels and is exalted, a good woman with bring her good man right along with her. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!
A good man doesn't necessarily give you a huge birthday or Valentine's
gift. He shows his love in the ways that are comfortable to him. Don't judge him by the TV standards. No one is really living a fairy tale. You'll miss out on your own fairy tale by buying into the myth that our men are no good.
It's just not true.
A good man is a man of his word. He says what he means and means
what he says. His word is his bond. He never leaves you wondering if he is going to call or show up - he is dependable. That is right!
A good man has a love and heart for his Higher Power. As his
relationship and love with that Higher Power grows so will his relationship
and love with and for you grow. (AMEN!!!)
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Talent
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Posted:Dec 11, 2015 4:13 pm
Last Updated:Apr 26, 2024 11:15 pm
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It is your duty to use your talents.
Remember if you do not use you will lose.
It is reported of Charles Darwin that when
he had finished his scientific work, he settled
down to enjoy life. He thought that he would
now enjoy poetry, music and art. Sad to say he
soon discovered that these things did not strike
a response in his being, Later he said, "It is too late
now because I have allowed these parts of my being
to atrophy," 
Zollars
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Self Made Men
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Posted:Dec 11, 2015 4:02 pm
Last Updated:Dec 12, 2015 1:56 pm
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I am tired of hearing about self made men.
There is not a self made man in the world.
The so-called self made man is the man who
has seized his opportunities, and those
given him by circumstances, and has made
use of them.
Lucius Tuttle
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What Luck Means
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Posted:Dec 11, 2015 3:59 pm
Last Updated:Apr 26, 2024 11:15 pm
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Luck means the hardships and privations which
you have not hesitated to endure; the
long nights you have devoted to work.
Luck means the appointments you have
never failed to keep: the trains you have
never failed to catch. 
Max O'Rell
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Don't waste time
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Posted:Dec 9, 2015 9:38 am
Last Updated:Dec 13, 2015 1:27 pm
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"No one wants to die. Even people who want to
go to heaven don't want to die to get there. And
yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And
that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best
invention of Life. It is Life's change agent.
It clears out the old to make way for the new.
Your time is limited, so don't waste it living
someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma
--which is living with the results of other
people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others'
opinions drown out your own inner voice. And
most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.
They somehow already
know what you truly want to become.
Everything else is secondary."
Steve Jobs
1955-2011
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Do something
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Posted:Dec 1, 2015 7:01 pm
Last Updated:Apr 26, 2024 11:15 pm
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You can't build
a reputation on
what you are
going to do.
Henry Ford
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