Tag: spirituality
group name: importantthings
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June 28, 2007 03:11 PM EDT --
A couple of years ago my friend John heard that a friend of his was terminally ill. He hadn’t seen this friend in many years and so was struggling over whether to visit him or not. Knowing . . . more
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September 25, 2007 02:53 AM EDT --
I used to pride myself on being a self-composed, confident man whom it took a lot to fluster. I have never been ashamed to display my emotions, but I never allowed them to overwhelm me – my logical, . . . more
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October 03, 2006 12:31 PM EDT --
Last year in my sons junior year at his vocational school, they were teaching the theory of Evolution. Of course my son totally disagrees with that theory as does the rest of my family.
They were . . . more
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February 15, 2007 04:53 AM EST --
Vacate your spirit
Chant a mantra to the Fates
Renew, revive, replenish
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October 05, 2006 11:12 AM EDT --
Winford- Speedway 5-17-59
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September 12, 2006 05:43 PM EDT --
SORRY/BUT/MY/SPACE/BAR/IS/BROKEN!
1) The older I get, the more ignorant I become. Why? Because I awaited karma to reward me for the hardships I've endured. Arms akimbo, I sat, antsy , waiting for . . . more
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September 13, 2006 04:53 AM EDT --
Noah was a drunk
Abraham was too old
Isaac was a daydreamer
Jacob was a liar
Leah was ugly
Joseph was abused
Moses had a stuttering problem
Gideon was afraid
Samson had long hair and was a womanizer
Rahab . . . more
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February 28, 2007 07:46 PM EST --
Raised a devout atheist, it was engrained in me that God was a myth; religion the root of all evil. I still believe fundamentalist thinking is manipulated for political and monetary gain and has . . . more
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May 11, 2007 11:35 PM EDT --
In the Old Testament, He presents as a loud, Warrior King Who has chosen a nation for His own.
In the New Testament, except for a very few instances, He is the peaceful Lily Poet Who chooses individuals . . . more
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September 17, 2006 11:39 PM EDT --
To laught is to risk appearing the fool.
To weep is to risk appearing sentimental
To reach out for another is to risk invovlement
To expose feelings is to risk exposing your
true self.
To place your . . . more
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September 18, 2006 11:34 AM EDT --
Why does music have such an impact on people's lives? Be it nostalgia, elation, or tears, songs have a major effect on our moods.
ME: My favorite musician is Mozart. He's unpredictable and a paradox . . . more
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September 24, 2006 01:57 PM EDT --
As I watched the pair Dance this morning,
Floating free and dancing together
the play so intimate, and forbidding
the gracefulness as they have returned
once again, the brilliance there dance
how . . . more
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November 09, 2006 07:45 AM EST --
"....and if I die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take.". She shivered.. She curled into a fetal position and squeezed her eyes shut, trying not to think of the morbidity of . . . more
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September 30, 2006 05:33 PM EDT --
Before he died
he asked for a bowl of strawberries.
He knew he should not have them
But he said
"What the heck -
Death is coming no matter what
I eat."
So I went down by the . . . more
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December 22, 2006 07:55 AM EST --
This was written December 16th.
Yesterday at about 4pm Joey's Memaw died. I was on 65 north and had Tyler in the car with me when Anita (Joey's mom) called and said Memaw went to . . . more
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January 30, 2007 04:31 PM EST --
Last evening there was a fatal car crash in our area. The two teens were on their way back from the girls basketball game. Unfortunately, several students happened across the accident as they . . . more
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May 09, 2007 10:44 AM EDT --
I’m currently struggling with temporal trials where I feel like a weeping willow amongst a throng of oaks.
I must reacquaint myself with the forces of spirituality and acquiesce to God’s . . . more
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November 05, 2006 01:11 AM EST --
We pride this country on the freedom given to everybody no matter if you are black or white, irish or german, a woman or a man, but no, not those homosexuals you can be anything except that . . . more
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October 19, 2007 06:36 AM EDT --
I must admit up front that I feel a little bit contemptuous of people who blame everything bad that happens to them on fate. I have equal scorn for those who keep asking God for material favors; and . . . more
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December 12, 2007 02:47 PM EST --
Near Christmas I often remember the last night I worked before driving to Missouri to spend the holiday with my mother that year. I wasn't in ICU that night. The 'step down' telemetry unit . . . more
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