Depressed a bit..

[TheCrazyOrange]

This thread seems like a trap to me. I am biting my tongue trying not to weigh in because as soon as I do that is when Skuzzy will see this thread and ban me. I feel like a mouse trying to figure out a way to get the cheese off the trap without getting my neck smashed. 

Send in a recon rat.

[craz07]

then please don't weigh-in silver thank you 

[zack1234]

I am awesome by the way

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I did tattoo Gods name on my face and hand for a reason.



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[Rich46yo]

As long as you have family and love you'll never get depressed. Or rarely.

If you dont have it then get it. If booze or drugs is getting in the way of it then get help. Dont feel embarrassed, that Demon lies in all of us.

Ive been wearing some kind of uniform since 1977. I have seen, and been involved in, some truly horrible things. I dont tell stories cause I dont want to think about them. And I believe the goodness in people far outweigh them. I have one story I do like to tell tho.

We were traveling in S/E Martial Law Turkey back in '79. We stopped at a cafe for lunch and were ignored for about 20 mins. We got up to leave cause it was obvious they didnt want Americans there, most of all those with military hair cuts. A poor Turkish/Muslim family motioned for us to sit back down. Their lunch had just arrived and they picked it all up and put it on our table for us to eat. They paid for it, refused our offer to pay them back, and left after never eating anything. They went hungry because they were ashamed "guests" were treated like that. We ate and as we were leaving many of the patrons got up and shook our hands welcoming us to their village.

I wish I could meet that family again so I can tell them what their act of kindness meant to me in my life. I wonder if they know?

And since then I have tried to live as they did. Be it helping a stranger change a tire or crawling under a fire to save a child. We are all connected in this life, either by acts of selfishness or brutality or by acts of selflessness and kindness. Pick the latter and I bet your not often depressed.

[craz07]

True..  <S>   it's more being happy together and nothing else..

[zack1234]

I did tattoo Gods name on my face and hand for a reason.



cremator

 

How did you tattoo your own face?

Did you do it looking in the mirror?

That would make very awesome if you did

[danny76]

I did tattoo Gods name on my face and hand for a reason.



cremator

 

Wouldn't that be directly in contravention of his law?

[danny76]

Oh god, my sides  .


But seriously, Motherland has it right. If that god came down and proved his existence to me, I'd tell him to take a long walk on a short  pier.

Absolutely, I would also have a few more searching questions regarding his administration 

[zack1234]

Danny is a chimney sweep from a long line of sweeps

He is not related to a TV series called "Sooty and Sweep", but he did get "half a teacake" looking at Sue

He knew Mary Popins who was mucky he said

[mechanic]

True..  <S>   it's more being happy together and nothing else..

being happy all the time is meaningless. A good balance of good and bad is what makes the good things special

[PJ_Godzilla]

At times like these, a little Marcus Aurelius is in order. I maintain one of his quotes as a personal motto, but I heard this one below and only later found it was by Aurelius:

Be like a rocky promontory upon which the waves are continually crashing.

I searched it up because I get a lot of noise coming in as I pursue my purpose. But I maintain my purpose, despite the noise. Clarity around this purpose I call a gift - and so I don't let the noise get in the way. Let the waves break.

Yes, there are crazy people out there, but they're collateral to my purpose, so I neither seek them nor avoid them. Happily, it is rare for me to see them at all. This pursuit seems to keep me out of trouble.

Lately, I've found myself distracted. I have an urge to develop a new type of pie for the good folks of Northern England, but then, usually after a spasm or two and a clean-up, this urge seems to pass. THen  I go and fly a Yak-9T and drink until I pass out face down in a pile of my own sick.

Kidding, of course... I never fly the Yak-9T.

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Wouldn't that be directly in contravention of his law?

nope

the old Hebrew laws...yup...but I am a follower of the Messiah....and he explicitly says we only follow the ten commandments.... we live by faith not laws. 

How did you tattoo your own face?

Did you do it looking in the mirror?

That would make very awesome if you did

no I didn't do it myself.

[PJ_Godzilla]

It's all about Zack, ultimately.

[TheCrazyOrange]

Hail Zach! None shall set himself above you!

Praise be to Zach, for he is on my team.

With Zach, I shall not want for targets, nor fear the bandit on my six, for he shall clear me.

Oh Snailman, who art in Germany, venerated be thy name. Thy charts are accurate, thy numbers be representative of AH and they are on the boards. Read us this darbar, their likely targets, and plot the intercept that we might shoot down those who trespass against us. Lead us by your example, and deliver us pie charts. Amen.