Re: What opened up your heart today?

Posted on Oct 26th, 2009 by Meenakshi in The Power of Light

The ability to bring peace into a family by cooking, feeding, serving.

Re: What makes your heart SING ?

Posted on Aug 10th, 2009 by Meenakshi in Questions & Reflections: The Group

I'm a bit of starlight--I keep surpriSING those around me with the different things that can make my heart sing. A discussion like this, definitely! A friend's post that seems to 'get' me A vibrant... More »

happy to be here..full of rose petals i am!

Posted on Jul 2nd, 2009 by Suni in Meeting Love

hi everyone! I'm Suni. I am here because...i am very sure that when i have any sort of day, good or bad, this place will cheer me up, because it's all about love! love is... More »

Re: Hands Together for Sean and Valerie

Posted on May 21st, 2009 by Tharlam in Three Turns Buddhism Forum

* It should be noted at this time that our friend Sean is about to undergo a long distance move - relocating a great many miles across the US.  He may not be active for... More »

Re: From my Front Porch/Home 4

Posted on May 20th, 2009 by sandy in Peace,Politics and Philosophy in our Patch's.

Hard to believe that the rain is stopped, although there is more looming- but for the moment the sun is even peeping through! It is very wet everywhere, but we were lucky here that we... More »

Re: Not me assignment

Posted on May 20th, 2009 by Jenny in DIVING DEEPER: A Writing Workshop

Zoe brought out another bag of marshmallows.  It had become a ritual during autumn and winter.  We would all congregate at Louise's house when Carissa came home, and break bread or eat marshmallows and have... More »

Re: What does happiness smell like?

Posted on May 20th, 2009 by whitefang in Questions & Reflections: The Group

Happiness smells like love and lust             From your friends, family, and loverHappiness smells like life and death             Thou it ends the memory goes onHappiness smells like the sweet on your brow             A... More »

Re: What inspires me.

Posted on May 20th, 2009 by Albert in Walking the Labyrinth

Anna, thats simple: Radical responsibility and commitment to the tasks I have decided for. My job, my partnership, family, friends and simply orchestrating my blog here for now over 3 years:) it requires tremendous sacrifice... More »

Re: Pets...

Posted on May 19th, 2009 by Sylvia in Bear's House of Many Colors

Hi, Kayla - in the picture you shared of your fur family - Jasmine appears to me as though she's sitting on an angelic cloud :-).  I wonder with whatever comes next, if there are... More »

How will you celebrate your 80th birthday?

Posted on May 19th, 2009 by Siona in Questions & Reflections: The Group

My grandmother turned 80 this May, and my family is planning a gathering to celebrate. (My Oma, for those that don't know, is a terrifically inspiring woman: she ran a marathon a month ago and... More »

Nottingham in a Tudor Tent : )

Posted on Aug 12th, 2009 by TimeToShine

Always delightful to sojourn again to my Nottingham family but this is the first time we pulled out the Tudor Tent and erected it in their very small garden (to accommodate my being here along... More »

We are the liars.

Posted on Aug 10th, 2009 by ch3shyr3_cat

I've been contemplating our family.. As always. For everyone's family there is ups and downs.. quirks.. and I'm quite sure there are familes that are much more ... interesting.... than ours.. but I've recently realized... More »

Who around you do you consider wise?

Posted on Aug 10th, 2009 by basicsense

to me wisdom is having a calm yet intense purpose for life.  wisdom is being able to focus on truth. It's being able to determine when to accept what is and when to change what... More »

How did your grandparents meet?

Posted on Jun 26th, 2009 by Dionne

perhaps its time i asked around, my parents may know :) great topic for me to chat with them about! thanks! db

Who do you want to be when you grow up?

Posted on May 21st, 2009 by Mitsu

I want to be a strong, confident, financially and spiritually abundant person.  I want to be rich in all aspects of life, with strong connections to my family and relatives around the world.  I want... More »

Where do you go for help?

Posted on May 21st, 2009 by Darlene

If I need help I turn to my family, particularly my parents. Most of the time recieving help from anyone else is too difficult form. I find it really hard to even ask for help.

What in your life gives you the most satisfaction?

Posted on May 21st, 2009 by Mitsu

Gosh, that's a good question.  I think spending quality time with my family and friends.  Improving someone's life in a big way.  Learning a valuable skill.  Obtaining lots of money. I should really ponder this... More »

L357 assignment #(13-8)

Posted on May 20th, 2009 by Fa- La- La- La- La- La- La-

Disillusionment with disillusionment ala Wallace Stevens The mind is hollowed By White crown shine, When there’s no Blue or Green while Blue sings or Blue with Yellow things or Yellow with Red rings. Let’s try... More »

What are your legacies?

Posted on May 20th, 2009 by SerpentKing

Don't have any.

L357 assignment #(13-9)

Posted on May 19th, 2009 by Fa- La- La- La- La- La- La-

Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Sunbeam Ala Wallace Stevens I Among trillions of hydrogen mols Two atoms touch, two fuse and such, Balloon filling and a pulse ensues. II Existence of three kinds, at... More »

If particular care and attention is not paid to the Ladies we are determined to foment a Rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any Laws in which we have no voice, or Representation.

The most notable feature of a disturbance in your city last summer was the hanging of some working people by other working people. It should never be so. The strongest bond of human sympathy, outside of the family relation, should be one uniting all working people, of all nations, and tongues, and kindreds.

Here's Abraham Lincoln's incredible journey to become the sixteenth president of the United States of America! 1809 - Born February 12 in a log cabin in the backwoods of Hardin County (now Larue County), Kentucky 1816 - He worked to support his family after they were forced out of their home. 1818 - His mother, Nancy Hanks, died. 1831 - Failed in business. 1832 - Defeated for Illinois House of Representatives. 1832 - Lost his job, couldn't get into law school, worked odd jobs. 1832 - Chosen captain of company of volunteers which did not see battle in the Black Hawk War. 1833 - Grocery business failed. Declared bankruptcy, yet paid off the money he borrowed from friends to start his business. 1834 - Elected to Illinois state legislature and served four successive terms (until 1841). 1836 - Obtained license as an attorney. 1837 - Became law partner in Springfield, Illinois, with John T. Stuart. 1838 - Defeated in becoming speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives. 1840 - Defeated in becoming elector. 1842 - Married Mary Todd on Nov. 4. They had four sons. 1843 - Defeated for US House of Representatives. 1847 - Served one term in US House of Representatives as a Whig. 1849 - Defeated for US House of Representatives. 1849 - Rejected for the position of Commissioner of the General Land Office. 1849 - Retired from politics. 1855 - Defeated for US Senate as a Whig. 1855 - Became a Republican. 1856 - Considered for vice-president (got less than 100 votes in convention). 1858 - Nominated as the Republican candidate for US Senator from Illinois. 1858 - Challenged Stephen A. Douglas. The seven debates became famous. 1858 - Defeated for US Senate as a Republican, he had made his mark. 1860 - Selected as the Republican candidate for president. 1860 - Elected president of the United States with a minority of the popular vote. 1861 - Inaugurated March 4. 1861 - Seven states had seceded by the time of his inauguration. 1861 - On April 12, Fort Sumter was fired upon and the Civil War had begun. 1863 - Issued Emancipation Proclamation on Jan. 1. 1864 - Elected to second term as president by a great majority. 1865 - On April 9, Gen. Robert E. Lee and Gen. Ulysses S. Grant signed the terms of Confederate Surrender. 1865 - On April 14, Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth while attending a performance at Ford's Theater in Washington, DC. He died the next morning.

When you clench your fist, no one can put anything in your hand, nor can your hand pick up anything.

To his sister-in-law: What a contrast between us! You live a warm and glowing life, surrounded by loved ones whom you care for and who care for you; you are anchored in contentment. I drift about without rudder or compass, a wreck on the sea of life; I have no memories to cheer me, no pleasant illusions of the future to comfort me, or about me to satisfy my vanity. I have no family to furnish the only kind of survival that concerns us, no friends for the wholesome development of my affections, or enemies for my malice.

Our cities with their swollen populations and cliff dwelling high-rise buildings are breeding places for loneliness. Neighborhoods crumble under the housing development bulldozers and families scatter in pursuit of jobs and professions everywhere. In a world of wheels, old and comfortable groupings of people have disappeared.

DELUSION, n. The father of a most respectable family, comprising Enthusiasm, Affection, Self-denial, Faith, Hope, Charity and many other goodly sons and daughters.

MAMMALIA, n.pl. A family of vertebrate animals whose females in a state of nature suckle their young, but when civilized and enlightened put them out to nurse, or use the bottle.

Love is a balm that contains the power of healing and of renewing and of everlasting life within its effulgent essence. Love is the great refiner and beautifier. Love is more! Love is the key to every door. It is the creative reality behind every righteous desire and every ardent hope. Love is the cohesive power of the universe as it binds together atoms and substance. It holds families together-the world and the entire universe. If love were withdrawn all things would fall apart and disintegrate. When a human being eliminates love from his life he too begins to fall apart. Love is not only eternal but it is the most desirable element to possess.

. . . even those for whom cooking is an oppressive chore or a source of self-doubting anxiety, acknowledge that a meal shared by friends and family is one of the bonding rituals without which the family, society even, can fall apart.

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