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Twist_U_Up (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 07:58 AM Original message |
Everything happens for a reason. |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 08:17 AM Response to Original message |
1. Good post |
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RFKJrNews (760 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 08:45 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Good taste in sig line photos, too |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 12:19 PM Response to Reply #4 |
21. His voice is missed |
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RFKJrNews (760 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 06:49 PM Response to Reply #21 |
33. Very sorely missed |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 10:48 AM Response to Reply #33 |
44. True. Sadly, I suspect there are more deaf ears today re his "crazy" ideas |
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frogcycle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 08:36 AM Response to Original message |
2. to the contrary |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:17 AM Response to Reply #2 |
9. I have to agree, frogcycle. |
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renate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 02:37 AM Response to Reply #9 |
38. whether or not that's true... |
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SheWhoMustBeObeyed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:19 AM Response to Reply #2 |
11. Things happen and then we rationalize the reasons why |
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nancyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 11:10 AM Response to Reply #2 |
17. I agree with you. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 11:27 AM Response to Reply #2 |
19. I agree . I think that many need to believe that everything happens for a |
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ldf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 02:55 PM Response to Reply #19 |
63. you make too much sense |
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piedmont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 06:51 PM Response to Reply #2 |
34. Amen. nt |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 06:53 PM Response to Reply #2 |
35. How you react is what you can control. |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
3. I don't buy that anymore. |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
5. They say that if someone hurts you, respond with love. |
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I Have A Dream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:10 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Yes, this is really difficult to do, but it helps to not continue to be "bound"... |
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I Have A Dream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
7. Thank you for this inspirational post, Twist_U_Up. K&R! |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
8. Well, I Have Always Believed That Everything Happens For A Reason... |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 01:19 PM Response to Reply #8 |
26. Well, that's OUR 'job.' |
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Grateful for Hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
10. Excellent post, Twist! |
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babydollhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:24 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. There is nothing, nowhere, neither in heaven ,or on earth, |
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watercolors (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
12. Thank you for reminding me |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
13. Even * is teaching us to be cautious... |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
15. bookmarked to remind me of some universal truths that are sometimes easy to forget . . . n/t |
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Annces (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
16. Thanks for the thoughts n/t |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
18. I don't believe someone else's illness or death is a "test" for me. |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 12:59 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. i know, it's totally egocentric and childish to think so. what pablum. |
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Toots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
20. I like your rationale |
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MedleyMisty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
22. There are no reasons |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 12:43 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. It's one of those things that can't be explained away rationally |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
25. i've been told dementia happens to people who were cruel + responded: what a sad fate for you! |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 02:58 PM Response to Reply #25 |
64. You nailed it. "blame the victim" |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
27. oh what a pant load |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
28. In the words of Billy Madison's principle |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
29. oops! I call bullshit! |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
30. Shit happens. |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
31. Create your own life and then go out and live it |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 02:37 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. We take credit cards! |
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undergroundpanther (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 01:50 AM Response to Original message |
36. I lost faith in things happen for reasons long ago |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 02:31 AM Response to Original message |
37. Tell that to the five year old I declared years ago |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
39. An aside: Jung on synchronization {meaningful coincidences and the collective unconscious} |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 12:23 PM Response to Reply #39 |
59. jung? oh please |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
40. Mostly wrong, but everything up to a point does has a determinable causality |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 10:39 AM Response to Reply #40 |
42. By that postulation, being the "president of a Fortune 500 firm" is a good thing |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 10:48 AM Response to Reply #42 |
45. It is... Bill Gates has done 5000 times the good that Edwards has done for example |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 10:55 AM Response to Reply #45 |
46. That personal variables are real and present is a given. What I find suspect is... |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 11:01 AM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Well... yeah social status, wealth and altruism taken together are tokens of success |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 11:03 AM Response to Reply #47 |
48. I suspect you're avoiding the point I'm making...however, yes, "generosity" is crucial |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 11:05 AM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Actually, that's not true either... technically Edward Teller was "successful" |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 11:09 AM Response to Reply #49 |
50. ???...I'm not making the point of Edwards' success or generosity |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 11:12 AM Response to Reply #50 |
51. I've kind of lost the original idea... wasn't it that CEO's aren't a priori successful? |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 11:14 AM Response to Reply #51 |
52. I'm addressing prevailing notions of what constitutes "success," and why, on what terms, etc |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 11:17 AM Response to Reply #52 |
54. Well... what precisely does "success" mean to you? To me... |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 11:22 AM Response to Reply #54 |
55. It is subjective as its meaning and implications vary. What I see as problematic in modern society.. |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 11:31 AM Response to Reply #55 |
57. I don't think that being rich = being successful |
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RedCappedBandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
41. Keep telling yourself that.. |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 10:42 AM Response to Reply #41 |
43. this sort of bromide does not bear scrutiny |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
53. Bullshit Bullshit Bullshit |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 11:27 AM Response to Reply #53 |
56. Do you honestly believe the OP is attempting to trivialize the plight of others? I don't |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 11:44 AM Response to Reply #56 |
58. Ok, then, let me break it down for you... |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 02:14 PM Response to Reply #56 |
61. well anyone who's actually had horrible things happen randomly to them are fed up with hearing |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 02:32 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. I can only speak for myself. |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 07:38 PM Response to Reply #62 |
65. it betrays their selfish need to make shit "about them" too. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
60. what a load. |
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