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Vivienne_
Quote | Reply | This message was updated on 11/1/2005 3:16:41 PM by Vivienne_ |
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replied on: 11/1/2005 3:16:17 PM Nice quote Riddick~ "Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender; it's holy ground. There's no greater investment." --Stephen Covey Vivienne Free Woman Fortress of Saphronicus |
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Tarkus
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replied on: 11/1/2005 10:42:13 PM Love him or hate him, he sure hits the nail on the head with this! To anyone with kids of any age, here's some advice. Bill Gates recently gave a speech at a High School about 11 things they did not and will not learn in school. He talks about how feel-good, politically correct teachings created a generation of kids with no concept of reality and how this concept set them up for failure in the real world. Rule 1: Life is not fair - get used to it! Rule 2: The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself. Rule 3: You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school. You won't be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both. Rule 4: If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss. Rule 5: Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping: they called it opportunity. Rule 6: If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them. Rule 7: Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you thought you were. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent's generation, try delousing the closet in your own room. Rule 8: Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life HAS NOT. In some schools, they have abolished failing grades and they'll give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer. This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life. Rule 9: Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF. Do that on your own time. Rule 10: Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs. Rule 11: Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one. If you agree, pass it on. If you can read this - Thank a teacher! If you are reading it in English -Thank a soldier!! |
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Jaaka Giha
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replied on: 11/17/2005 12:26:37 AM If you wake up in the morning, think of it not as just another day, but another chance at life - to live it to its fullest advantage. |
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Tarkus
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replied on: 11/17/2005 6:13:58 PM As we grow up, we learn that even the one person that wasn't supposed to ever let you down probably will. You will have your heart broken probably more than once and it's harder every time. You'll break hearts too, so remember how it felt when yours was broken.You'll fight with your best friend. You'll blame a new love for things an old one did. You'll cry because time is passing too fast, and you'll eventually lose someone you love. So take too many pictures, laugh too much, and love like you've never been hurt because every sixty seconds you spend upset is a minute of happiness you'll never get back. |
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Jaaka Giha
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replied on: 11/17/2005 8:49:00 PM The following "Maxims" are from a book entitled When God Whispers Your Name by Max Lucado *a personal favourite* Pray all the time. If necessary, use words. God forgets the past, imitate Him. Greed I've often regretted. Generosity - never. Never miss a chance to read a child a story. Pursue forgiveness, not innocence. Be doubly kind to the people who bring your food or park your car. In buying a gift for your wife, practicality can be more expensive than extravagance. Don't ask God to do what you want. Ask God to do what is right. You'll give up on yourself before God will. Know answered prayer when you see it, and don't give up when you don't. The right heart with the wrong creed is better than the right creed with the wrong heart. We treat others as we perceive God is treating us. Sometimes the most godly thing we can do, is to take a day off. No one is useless to God. No one. Conflict is inevitable, but combat is optional. Succeed in what matters. You'll regret opening your mouth. You'll rarely regret keeping it shut. Faith is the grit in the soul that puts the dare into dreams. Never underestimate a gesture of affection. When Jesus went home, he left the front door open. As soon as you can, pay your debts. As long as you can, give the benefit of the doubt. As much as you can, give thanks. He's already given us more than we deserve. |
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LadyNikita
Quote | Reply | This message was updated on 11/19/2005 9:00:57 PM by LadyNikita |
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replied on: 11/18/2005 9:09:15 AM Very nice Drakani. I really enjoyed these this morning. Thank You.... |
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Tarkus
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replied on: 11/24/2005 6:11:20 PM Survivors... TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED the 1950's, 60's 70's and 80's First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us. they took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes. Then after that trauma, our baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based paints. We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets, not to mention, the risks we took hitchhiking. As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags. Riding in the back of a pick up on a warm day was always a special treat. We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle. We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this. We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter and drank soda pop with sugar in it, but we weren't overweight because ............... WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING! We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on. No one was able to reach us all day. And we were O.K. We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no 99 channels on cable, no video tape movies, no surround sound, no cell phones, no personal computers, no Internet or Internet chat rooms..........WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them! We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents. We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever. We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays, made up games with sticks and tennis balls and although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes. We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just walked in and talked to them! Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!! The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of.They actually sided with the law! This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever! We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned .......... HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL! And YOU are one of them! CONGRATULATIONS! You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as KIDS, before the lawyers and the government regulated our lives for our own good. and while you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave their parents were. Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn't it?! |
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Jaaka Giha
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replied on: 11/25/2005 8:22:10 PM The man who insists on seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides. - Henri-Frédéric Amiel For most of history, Anonymous was a woman. - Virginia Woolf The first duty of a revolutionary is to get away with it. - Abbie Hoffman In times like these, it helps to recall that there have always been times like these. - Paul Harvey It's a poor sort of memory that only works backward. - Lewis Carroll |
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Vivienne_
Quote | Reply | This message was updated on 11/29/2005 8:48:10 PM by Vivienne_ |
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replied on: 11/29/2005 8:45:20 PM I wouldn't say this is a current event but amusing all the same....use the arrow keys to the right of the page to see the specific years... knowing the year closes soon, I decided to do a little research on what was going on a 1,000 yrs ago~~ 1005 information Time Reference Russia |
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Vivienne_
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replied on: 11/30/2005 1:22:07 PM Love Love means to learn to look at yourself The way one looks at distant things For you are only one thing among many. And whoever sees that way heals his heart, Without knowing it, from various ills A bird and a tree say to him: Friend. Then he wants to use himself and things So that they stand in the glow of ripeness. It doesnt matter whether he knows what he serves: Who serves best doesnt always understand. Czeslaw Milosz |
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Vivienne_
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replied on: 12/2/2005 6:20:30 PM lol, this applies to my real life... been kinda rough lately.. Every position must be held to the last man: there must be no retirement. With our backs to the wall, and believing in the justice of our cause, each one of us must fight on to the end. - Earl Douglas Haig (1861-1928), British general and commander of the Expeditionary Force in World War I Vivienne Free Woman Fortress of Saphronicus |
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LadyNikita
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replied on: 12/4/2005 9:30:13 AM "When you walk out of your house, make sure that women hate you, men want you and gays want to be you" |
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Tarkus
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replied on: 12/5/2005 7:39:21 AM Remember My Birthday??!! As you well know, we are getting closer to my birthday. Every year there is a celebration in my honor and I think that this year the celebration will be repeated. During this time there are many people shopping for gifts, there are many radio announcements, TV commercials, and in every part of the world everyone is talking that my birthday is getting closer and closer. It is really very nice to know, that at least once a year, some people think of me. As you know, the celebration of my birthday began many years ago. At first people seemed to understand and be thankful of all that I did for them, but in these times, no one seems to know the reason for the celebration. Family and friends get together and have a lot of fun, but they don't know the meaning of the celebration. I remember that last year there was a great feast in my honor. The dinner table was full of delicious foods, pastries, fruits, assorted nuts and chocolates. The decorations were exquisite and there were many, many beautifully wrapped gifts. But, do you want to know something? I wasn’t invited. I was the guest of honor and they didn't remember to send me an invitation. The party was for me, but when that great day came, I was left outside, they closed the door in my face......... and I wanted to be with them and share their table. In truth, that didn't surprise me because in the last few years all close their doors to me. Since I was not invited, I decided to enter the party without making any noise. I went in and stood in a corner. They were all drinking; there were some who were drunk and telling jokes and laughing at everything. They were having a great time. To top it all, this big fat man all dressed in red wearing a long white beard entered the room yelling Ho-Ho-Ho! He sat on the sofa and all the children ran to him, saying : "Santa Claus, Santa Claus"... as if the party were in his honor ! At 12 midnight all the people began to hug each other ; I extended my arms waiting for someone to hug me and .... do you know .... no one hugged me. Suddenly they all began to share gifts. They opened them one by one with great expectation. When all had been opened, I looked to see if, maybe, there was one for me. What would you feel if on your birthday, everybody shared gifts and you did not get one? I then understood that I was unwanted at that party and quietly left. Every year it gets worse. People only remember to eat and drink, the gifts, the parties and nobody remembers me. I would like this Christmas that you allow me to enter into your life. I would like that you recognize the fact that almost two thousand years ago I came to this world to give my life for you, on the cross, to save you. Today, I only want that you believe this with all you heart. I want to share something with you. As many didn't invite me to their party, I will have my own celebration, a grandiose party that no one has ever imagined, a spectacular party. I'm still making the final arrangements. Today I am sending out many invitations and there is an invitation for you. I want to know if you wish to attend and I will make a reservation for you and write your name with golden letters in my great guest book. Do you know how you can answer this invitation? It is by extending it to others whom you care for. I'll be waiting for all of you to attend my party this year... See you soon .... I love you ! -Jesus- |
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Vivienne_
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replied on: 12/5/2005 6:39:03 PM Lady Nikita I usually enjoy your postings on this site but your last posting threw me for a loop... Can you tell me where you found it and how it hit your that you enjoyed it? Just curious~ Vivienne Free Woman Fortress of Saphronicus |
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Vivienne_
Quote | Reply | This message was updated on 12/8/2005 5:41:54 PM by Vivienne_ |
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replied on: 12/8/2005 5:40:22 PM In the final analysis there is no solution to man's progress but the day's honest work, the day's honest decisions, the day's generous utterances and the day's good deed. - Clare Booth Luce Vivienne Free Woman Fortress of Saphronicus |
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