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The Secret Box |
I'm trying not to turn into a bitter & cynical person, but i feel myself slowing slipping into being that way. when you get burned time after time its hard to stay positive about people, relationships, friendships or life in general.
Lately i've been feeling a bit invisible. well really thats a pretty reoccuring feeling for me. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Poor people desire money, rich people desire heaven, but the wise person desires tranquility. *Connecting home and school: http://www.modernparentsmagazine.com/ |
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I know you didn't post this asking for a response, msprettygirl, but you know me.
 I agree, it's hard to say 'soft' when shit happens, especially serial-shit. However I don't think you could become a cynical and bitter person even if you tried.  Maybe you're at a low point and need a big whallop of energy and hugs.   If you're feeling invisible, you need to go buy a knock-dead look-at-me outfit (without busting your wage), and go out with girlfriends looking fabulous. Now you're probably thinking that all sounds superficial... and in a way it is... but sometimes when energy is low, and 'you're' feeling low, the soul needs some nourishment, and whatever it takes. I've 'been there' this week, mainly coz I've been overworking and felt totally physically fatigued, which plays havoc with my normally charming and wonderful persona!  Suddenly vague disappointments about things not going right or not having a Mr Right grow into ugly monsters that crowd your mind and make you miserable  or  msprettygirl, make sure you're looking after your health, getting out and about, taking time to unwind and feed your soul, and loving and nurturing yourself. When the soul feels starved, everything suffers. I took a day off, wandered about an art gallery, treated myself to a nice lunch and a glass of wine and went home and slept! I just needed a day to relax and a day to treat me. It helped. I still have things to do deal with and people I'd like to strangle, but it helped me get my 'balance' back and face things with more energy. A big HUG!! I hope this helps. |
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The Secret Box |
Thank you firefly
i do know you yes i could use some energy and hugs!!  My soul needing nourishment is a good way to put it actually.  I'm doing an ok job of looking after my health-I've been consciously trying to eat better, take vitamins, take time for myself to be by myself. I've been saying for the longest that i am going to treat myself to a spa treatment, full body massage and all-thats my goal for this month.
That is it EXACTLY  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Poor people desire money, rich people desire heaven, but the wise person desires tranquility. *Connecting home and school: http://www.modernparentsmagazine.com/ |
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The Secret Box |
what is exactly the difference bet. the casual thoughts and random thoughts posts? i know random thoughts is the place to bring up questions you may have had about posts in other threads but besides that what is the difference?
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Poor people desire money, rich people desire heaven, but the wise person desires tranquility. *Connecting home and school: http://www.modernparentsmagazine.com/ |
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The Secret Box |
hum i guess no one knows
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Poor people desire money, rich people desire heaven, but the wise person desires tranquility. *Connecting home and school: http://www.modernparentsmagazine.com/ |
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MSPretty...I know that feeling and it sucks! LOL...
I've just been trying to focus on all of the things that I am grateful for...that helps me stay positive. Just to breathe each day is enough for me; things could be so much worse on any given day and I've been trying to just enjoy my life.  "Don't talk about it: BE ABOUT IT!" "To BE One, ASK ONE!" -OES |
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C5 |
My mother makes the greatest turkey EVER!
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Just just bought a big pie.
I don't eat pies. *yum* If you miss me at the back of the bus You can't find me nowhere Come on over to the front of the bus I'll be riding up there -Seeger Don't Talk. DONATE! |
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The Secret Box |
whoa, i was feeling pretty low that day ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Poor people desire money, rich people desire heaven, but the wise person desires tranquility. *Connecting home and school: http://www.modernparentsmagazine.com/ |
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Random vs. Casual.. I wondered the same thing.
Anyway... Yesterday, for the 2nd time in as many weeks, someone at work started off a conversation with, "Okay... Here's the situation." Both times, I thought to myself, "My parents went away, on a week's vay, cation." It also has happened recently that someone (a friend; this did not happen at work) began a question to me with, "Do you remember..." I immediately cut them off and responded by uttering those "Dah! Sch-Dah!" noises that Michael Jackson makes in his song, "Remember the Time," after he sings, "Do you rememba?" at the beginning of each verse. Both instances are examples of how pervasive music is to my mind... and they also make me wonder if I'm too silly sometimes for my own good. ____________________________________________________ |
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The Watcher |
I suffer from the same condition Vox. So, if nothing else, know that you're not alone...
 ------------------------------ R.I.F. (Reading IS Fundamental)... "There are five dangerous faults which may affect a general: (1) Recklessness, which leads to destruction; (2) cowardice, which leads to capture; (3) a hasty temper, which can be provoked by insults; (4) a delicacy of honor which is sensitive to shame; (5) over-solicitude for his men, which exposes him to worry and trouble." -Sun Tzu |
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If you do this consistantly you could be my friend any day. I would seek you out just so you could do it. I have a friend who is 'silly' like this. She always brightens my mood, and I her's, because she brings the silliness out in me, we feed off of each other. Some of our friends say we should take our act on the road. I love her dearly. You and she are definately not too silly IMO. Egungun, Egungun ni t'aiye ati jo! Ancestos, Ancestors come to earth and dance! "I'm sick of the war and the civilization that created it. Let's look to our dreams, and the magical; to the creations of the so-called primitive peoples for new inspirations." - Jaques Vache and Andre Breton "Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone." -John Maynard "You know that in our country there were even matriarchal societies where women were the most important element. On the Bijagos islands they had queens. They were not queens because they were the daughters of kings. They had queens succeeding queens. The religious leaders were women too..." -- Amilcar Cabral, Return to the Source, 1973    |
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Oshun,that's why I say if the world population started a blunt rotation,we'd all just sit n chill,laugh,eat,and nod our collective heads to good music.It'll be ONE PLANET UNDER A GROOVE,for real!!!You just happened to be naturally blessed with the traits other people need weed to have.
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The Secret Box |
  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Poor people desire money, rich people desire heaven, but the wise person desires tranquility. *Connecting home and school: http://www.modernparentsmagazine.com/ |
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I've met quite a few people in the West Indies/Caribbean islands who live that lifestyle. - although they do smoke weed as well... and I never heard them complaining... they are as chilled as it's possible to BE! . . "We look forward to working with the Prime Minister and the Government on working out the terms of the compensataion package if that's what his words mean." Michael Mansell, National Aboriginal Alliance |
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Well, maybe my brain chemistry is permanently altered from the puffung I used to do when I was young. I am from Cali, you know it's damn near legal there...LOL  Egungun, Egungun ni t'aiye ati jo! Ancestos, Ancestors come to earth and dance! "I'm sick of the war and the civilization that created it. Let's look to our dreams, and the magical; to the creations of the so-called primitive peoples for new inspirations." - Jaques Vache and Andre Breton "Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone." -John Maynard "You know that in our country there were even matriarchal societies where women were the most important element. On the Bijagos islands they had queens. They were not queens because they were the daughters of kings. They had queens succeeding queens. The religious leaders were women too..." -- Amilcar Cabral, Return to the Source, 1973 |
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Bad Mother Fucker |
What's the Difference between "Casual Thoughts" and "Random Thoughts"?
Has it been decided? Oh and Vox... My favorite instance is when someone said to me "... man, what would we do without music?"... I responded with an emphatic and dramatic "I don't know, I don't know..." and they got it!! Peace, AudioGuy ************************************************* "I am African, not because I was born in Africa; but because Africa was born in me" -Anonymous "The cost of Liberty is less than the cost of repression." -W.E.B. DuBois, John Brown 1909 "... can you imagine Doobie in yo' funk??!!" -G. Clinton Sense is far from COMMON! ... The tragic irony here is that a lot of African Americans may not fully recognize the implications of this decision for years to come. Stop by any barbershop, barbeque or church basement in Black America and you will hear – with distressing frequency – that old canard that "integration" ruined the Black community. William Jelani Cobb ************************************************* |
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what is it - that magic spark between two people.... that lights up the horizon, the eye and the mind, that sends a lightening bolt through your heart and electrifies your pulse... when you both know you share a common beat? At the edge of friendship... an enticing space... before anything else
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The Secret Box |
I do this all the time and in fact did this today! The person did not get it at all! They started out saying something with "And if I ever..." and I said "...ever fall, In love again I will be sure that the lady is a friend.."  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Poor people desire money, rich people desire heaven, but the wise person desires tranquility. *Connecting home and school: http://www.modernparentsmagazine.com/ |
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After work I stopped off at Toys R Us to purchase a Kimora Lee Simmons doll. A colleague at work loves her; and she collects dolls. Since she's retiring soon I thought it would be nice to get her the doll (her coworker agreed to split the cost with me).
Anyway, there were Hoola Hoops near the register. I've wanted to buy one for a while and at 5 bucks a pop, why not? It's like being 10 years old again. Now if only AARP would quit mailing me stuff. I'm not there yet. *********************************** “It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.†-- James Baldwin |
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