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Here's a wild idea- how about we start a thread, of all topics, on... hope?
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I hope I get to toss socialists and communists out of a helicopter.
She always was a size queen, that’s why you didn’t stand a chance scooter
You’re not my real dad!I'm really very OK with that...........
I think our man @OREGUN here is spot on as far as Dante/Hell/hope, and probably how the wider western Christian-influenced culture views hope as well. But my memory of my Dante studies is fading, lo’ these many years…I defer to others.
However, there is a different way to think about hope. It comes from the East (and probably other regions). I learned about it from a book named the Tao te Ching. There are many, many different translations of the Tao, but I find Steven Mitchell’s version uniquely approachable for English speakers.
First read the foreword here if you’ve never heard of the text.
Here’s just the chapters in HTML:
I suggest buying the book as it includes very helpful explanations of each chapter in the index. These explanations are left out of the web versions that I’ve so far run across.
The chapters are very short.
Here’s a chapter about hope.
Chapter 13
(I’ve bolded the bits about hope)
Success is as dangerous as failure.
Hope is as hollow as fear.
What does it mean that success is a dangerous as failure?
Whether you go up the ladder or down it,
you position is shaky.
When you stand with your two feet on the ground, you will always keep your balance.
What does it mean that hope is as hollow as fear?
Hope and fear are both phantoms that arise from thinking of the self.
When we don't see the self as self,
what do we have to fear?
See the world as your self.
Have faith in the way things are.
Love the world as your self;
then you can care for all things.
If you’ve never read anything about the Tao, this is probably going to be confusing.
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Your extra small “miracles” (condoms), look like finger covers.Thank God for small miracles !
If you get your jolly's off of veiled postings here... who am I to tell you otherwise- however if you want to mascaraed as a thief of joy- yeah I'll call you out on that partner.I'm really very OK with that...........
-LD
How strong is the hate that the itching in your crotch holds? Still want to fight a small bit of truth or how about you admit that there may be a bit of truth bombs being dropped here?
-LD
So your entire basis is that the concept of hope doesn't exist then? Go home- bow out of this conversation because it's clearly above your mental comprehension. You likely don't understand what's being discussed here but your participation in this conversation serves only as an embarrassment to yourself. Come back another day a little bit smarter and wiser.
-LD
You write something and I have t read it or I have poor character? Fucking communist.
I could only hope that bitch whore just dies so all the hopeless that votes for the Hoe stroke out with all the whining and screaming.
You see? this is exactly what I argue with my "supervisors" about... Otherwise good old boys having a good time weighing in and others making statements that trigger IRS audits. Fucking wild right?
-LD
I HOPE this means youre leaving us. Gather up the other "hurt feelings" and whinny bitches, and take them too!
Do ever wonder why some topics by some members go certain ways? Probably not.........huh?
Ever wonder why some topics that would otherwise be an interesting conversation seems to attract the worst of the Pit like flies on shit?
Excuse me if I continue to not be offended. You'd rather participate in a thread about hope and better days by playing the role of a flying monkey and swooping and shitting all over the place. I can't speak for the other half dozen or so but for myself- frankly I'm not impressed. Honestly I'd like to lower myself to your position, but, and that's a big but, I can't do so if for no other reason I can't help but feeling sorry for you. Think about that for a second- rather than engage with you... you solicited sympathy from "the duck" of all posters" here. Better start rethinking your life choices chief.
-LD
So, I’ll say that I can see the point of the OP. I will also say that in the short time I’ve been a member I’ve learned that a topic like this one is not going to get a lot of warm fuzzies going on in here. I’m all for hope. I believe in hope, but I’m not going to get into theology or religious beliefs in here. I make plans and do things and HOPE it works. I will also say that this thread, while exposing what people feel about hope, has also provided me with a lot of laughs. One last bit of wisdom that my dad used to share with @Makinchips208 and myself “Life’s tough, then you die.” Hope someone gets something out of this rambling post
Bought a couple of these. No hope for them suckers (yellow jackets and wasps - 2 different nests) I killed today. This stuff works great!
Hey! On that note-as a truck driver and equipment operator I can tell you that starting fluid takes them right out of the air. Kind of an expensive way to kill the beggars, but it works
My FIL, whom I get along with (even tho he is democrat) is recovering at my house from a triple heart bypass. He bought me and the wife a nice tv (have a 15 year old 40" tv that refuses to die) as a thank you for nursing him while he is recovering.
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