I have a wedding photo of someone I don't know...

My thoughts on Deb, and aaaaaaall her posts;

Extremely self centered

But

I so love Starry's post
StarSong said:
I guess the overarching question for us all is: how do our attitudes work for us?

Are you joyful or cheerless?
Do others find you helpful or cantankerous?
Are you trusting or suspicious?
Are you generally content or dissatisfied?
Do you feel like the world is a slightly better place for you having spent time here or do you think nobody will much care when you're gone?
Do you have friends, neighbors, loved ones and acquaintances who seek out your companionship, or do the people in your life make excuses to avoid spending time with you?
Are you greeted warmly by clerks at the stores you frequent or do they grit their teeth when you approach the register because of your frequent complaints?
Are people generally happier to see you come or to see you leave?
What - if anything - makes you truly, deeply happy?

We each must answer these questions and so many more for ourselves, as Socrates said and @Pepper reminded us.
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We all have our imperfections

Some are blatantly out there, for all to see

It's so very easy to comment when its that way

My heart goes out to the ol' gal

After being a certain way for a lengthy period of time, one just doesn't see its hideous side

Lately I've made myself aware of my own tendencies
....and it disgusted me

Change is so very hard when its hammered over the fire of years in development

Not to bring religion into this, (forgive me) but, I'm praying for our member, Deb
 
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Gary O' said:
My thoughts on Deb, and aaaaaaall her posts;

Extremely self centered

But

I so love Starry's post


We all have our imperfections

Some are blatantly out there, for all to see

It's so very easy to comment when its that way

My heart goes out to the ol' gal

After being a certain way for a lengthy period of time, one just doesn't see its hideous side

Lately I've made myself aware of my own tendencies
....and it disgusted me

Change is so very hard when its hammered over the fire of years of development

Not to bring religion into this, (forgive me) but, I'm praying for our member, Deb
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Maybe some religious humility and introspection is what’s missing here.
 

StarSong said:
I've never perceived karma to be a direct repayment of our actions by a larger force in the universe, but instead the gradual building of the lens through which we perceive life, the world and other beings.

People who treat the world and others gently and generously develop an expectation that the world will be gentle and generous with them. Those who are suspicious and angry toward the world find themselves surrounded by people whom they believe intentionally treat them badly.

We each construct the world we inhabit. At least that's how I see it.
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"Human Kindness" .... considered a trait that many people have in their lives, but for some it is totally evasive.
They miss out on so much in life, and I just feel sorry for them.
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Thanks but honestly I was the blessed one for the opportunity. I still think about his face when I hear about the old-school Fisher Price toys....I think I received the most from that exchange..
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Back when I was a toddler in the late 1940s my mother accidentally bound up a lincoln log in my Dy-Dee and it rode up my tender crack for hours before it was taken away by the nappy servicemen never to be seen again. It was an indispensable "corner" log and I never could complete building a cabin without it ever again. I'm sure I'd recognize the fragrance still today so if you find the thing I'll gladly pay you five bucks for it.

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Verisure said:
Back when I was a toddler in the late 1940s my mother accidentally bound up a lincoln log in my Dy-Dee and it rode up my tender crack for hours before it was taken away by the nappy servicemen never to be seen again. It was an indispensable "corner" log and I never could complete building a cabin without it ever again. I'm sure I'd recognize the fragrance still today so if you find the thing I'll gladly pay you five bucks for it.

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ROFLMAO!

Thank you for the laugh, Verisure! :giggle:
 
terry123 said:
My kids had tons of Fisher Price toys. They were in great condition when I donated them to our Church's nursery. Of course I made sure they were clean even though they got cleaned again by the workers before the children got them.
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I'll betcha' they were cleaner when you gave them away than they were after the "reclean".
 
I would have offered to return the photo at no charge especially since the person was willing to pick it up. Since you intended to charge for it, that should have been stated up front. You compared this to getting money at your yard sales but this wasn't a yard sale. You contacted that person with an offer to return a family photo. All such stories I've seen about situations like this, the parties who had the (whatever...once it was a diamond ring, another time it was thousands of dollars), gladly gave the items back to the rightful owners without charging.
 
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I would have offered to return the photo at no charge especially since the person was willing to pick it up. Since you intended to charge for it, that should have been stated up front. You compared this to getting money at your yard sales but this wasn't a yard sale. You contacted that person with an offer to return a family photo. All such stories I've seen about stories like this, the person who had the (whatever...once it was a diamond ring, another time it was thousands of dollars), gladly gave the items back to the rightful owners without charging.
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Absolutely correct. I found a mobile telephone on the seat of a city bus a couple of years ago. Before I could contact the owner (or someone on the list of contacts) it rang. It was the owner's boyfriend and I arranged to meet him as soon as it was possible to give him the phone. When we met he asked if I would accept a "finder's fee". I said no. That's the correct way a dialogue should be conducted.
 
Verisure said:
Absolutely correct. I found a mobile telephone on the seat of a city bus a couple of years ago. Before I could contact the owner (or someone on the list of contacts) it rang. It was the owner's boyfriend and I arranged to meet him as soon as it was possible to give him the phone. When we met he asked if I would accept a "finder's fee". I said no. That's the correct way a dialogue should be conducted.
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When my husband and I were on vacation in Virginia beach, I took a walk down to the fair that was on the boardwalk by myself. My wallet was in my pocket and must've fell out when I sat down on the steps leading to the beach. My husband called to tell me someone had found my wallet. Blessedly the couple were at a beachfront hotel not even two blocks away. When they gave me my wallet, I offered, in fact I insisted on giving them something but they refused to take it.

BTW...I wish I had a dollar for everything I've given away...especially clothes. I honestly feel that when I do something nice for someone, it comes back to me, maybe even two-fold and sometimes in unexpected ways.
 
OneEyedDiva said:
When my husband and I were on vacation in Virginia beach, I took a walk down to the fair that was on the boardwalk by myself. My wallet was in my pocket and must've fell out when I sat down on the steps leading to the beach. My husband called to tell me someone had found my wallet. Blessedly the couple were at a beachfront hotel not even two blocks away. When they gave me my wallet, I offered, in fact I insisted on giving them something but they refused to take it.

BTW...I wish I had a dollar for everything I've given away...especially clothes. I honestly feel that when I do something nice for someone, it comes back to me, maybe even two-fold and sometimes in unexpected ways.
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Same here. When I was younger, so much younger than today I was inexperienced in travel so I walked about the city of Athens one evening with my passport in my back pocket. At the evening's end, I went back to the Youth Hostel and went to bed. The next morning I realized that my passport was missing so I went down to the front desk to ask what I should do and if maybe (please, maybe!) I left my passport with the desk the night before. As I was explaining the situation the front desk telephone rang. It was a man who found a passport on the sidewalk and from the age of the bearer, he figured the owner might be staying at one of the hostels or other places where young foreigners normally stayed. Yep! He turned out to a wealthy-looking middle-aged Greek man in a Mercedes Benz who was happy to have found me and he refused my offer of a finder's fee. A similar thing happened to me in Pakistan.
 
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The news is always chock-full of badness these days, but we should never lose sight of the fact that 99% of humanity are good folks who try to do the right thing and live by the Golden Rule.

I had a fifth-grade teacher who, after we recited the Pledge of Allegiance and the Lord's Prayer, always had us recite the Golden Rule. She said that if you obeyed that, you wouldn't need any other "rules". That has always stuck with me, more than the 3R's did......
 
jujube said:
...... we should never lose sight of the fact that 99% of humanity are good folks who try to do the right thing and live by the Golden Rule.
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Yes. That is precisely why this thread has gone on for so long. Stories of the 99% ers are now so boring. Humanity needs a JR Ewing to make life interesting again. How many seasons did he reign?
 
Verisure said:
Yes. That is precisely why this thread has gone on for so long. Stories of the 99% ers are now so boring. Humanity needs a JR Ewing to make life interesting again. How many seasons did he reign?
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The JR Ewings are now in politics or in bed with those who are.
 

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