Once Again...

One step in the door and it was like being home.  Had I not known these people all my life????  Sure seemed like I have.

This comes as no surprise to many of you I am sure.  You have traveled distances to meet your on line friends to find with the first smile, the first great hug, this was not a new friend but a friend whom you had already given a large part of your heart.  It seems like this continues to happen with each friend I meet in person.  They are special on line. When you meet you find they are even more special.  I find myself so comfortable... it seems as though we have been together for years and it is very easy to talk with them (a few might wish I weren't as comfortable and wouldn't talk quite as much)   It is great to listen too... to hear their voice and to learn even more about them.

It has been noticed, I am sure.... these people are here for you in times of stress and sorrow as well as happy and fun times.  Here.... ready to love and let you know you are not alone.  They can bring a smile to your heart and laughter to your lips when you think you have neither left in you.
If you had told me  some years back I would have a family spread all over the world... I might have thought you were somewhat delusional.  What little I knew!

How I pray I can be the kind of friend to each of you others have been to me here.

We have a great Multiply Family... My Family here is starting to see the love and wonder of my Multiply Family.  (There was a time when they thought anyone you met from the internet only had mugging or murder on their mind in person).

Could anyone ask for more???  I don't think so....  I think you all are the greatest...  It makes me happy to see you interact lovingly with each other.... to laugh freely... to bring out the best in each other.   The feeling which the love and friendship brings is indescribable.
Each of you have been so kind to me even when I hid out... thank you and after spending the last weekend with several of our Multiply Family.... I came away feeling more sure of how blessed we all are to have each other.  How I love you and pray for much love and happiness for each of you...  Thank you for being there and thanks for being you!!!

A Very Human Thing To Do

A VERY HUMAN THING TO DO

Someone made the statement: "To err is dysfunctional, to forgive
co-dependent." Sometimes I think I operate that way - afraid to err
and slow to forgive.

Of course, we've all heard Alexander Pope's famous assertion that to
err is human, to forgive, divine. But I don't agree. I think that to
forgive is one of the most human things we can do.

A number of years ago, Hildegard Goss-Mayr of the "International
Fellowship of Reconciliation" told this true story. In the midst of
tragic fighting in Lebanon in the 1970s, a Christian seminary
student was walking from one village to the next when he was
ambushed by an armed Druze guerrilla fighter. The Druze ordered his
captive down a mountain trail where he was to be shot.

But an amazing thing happened. The seminarian, who had received
military training, was able to surprise his captor and disarm him.
Now, the table was turned, and it was the Druze who was ordered down
the trail.

As they walked, however, the student of theology began to reflect on
what was happening. Recalling the words of his scripture, "Love your
enemies," "do good to those who hate you," "turn the other cheek,"
he found he could go no farther. He threw the gun into the bushes,
told the Druze he was free to go and turned back up the hill.

Minutes later, he heard footsteps running behind him as he walked.
"Is this the end after all?" he wondered. Perhaps the young man had
retrieved his weapon and meant to finish him off. But he continued
on, never glancing back, until his enemy reached him, only to grab
him in an embrace and pour out thanks for sparing his life.

That was a very human thing he did - foregoing the impulse to strike
back. It took a strong spirit. Yet every time we decide not to get
back at somebody who hurts us, we exercise one of our greatest
powers - the power to choose a better way.

Somebody else put it better than I can: "Life is too short for drama
and petty things, so, kiss slowly, laugh insanely, love truly and
forgive quickly." It's one of the most powerful and human things to
do.

  ~Steve Goodier
~Your Life Support

PICTURE PERFECT FRIDAY ~ OVER MY HEAD

 

 

 

 PICTURE PERFECT FRIDAY

 

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Your Host This Week Is:

Gator

and the theme he has chosen is:

Over My Head

 

 

 

Schrodinger's Cat...

Don't know...Is he alive or is he dead

??????????

Quantum Physics/Mechanics is just way

OVER MY HEAD

Got this from Cherie who got it from Angela who got it from Cynde....

List 10 things you have always wanted to say to 10 different people on Multiply. Do not admit to anyone who the things pertain to. Feel free to comment, but do not confirm or answer who people think you are talking about. Ok, so here is my list…the things I would say to 10 different people on my contact list….




1.  So many things I admire about you... but putting good looks, talent, faith on the
     back burner    (I know you shouldn't do that with faith)... your heart is amazing..
     and I think I love it the best.  You are loved by so many who truly count!

 2.  I know that happiness belongs to you as you spread so much of it around.
      You are so busy and bubbly...  bouncing around Multiply making others smile
       and bringing joy to their world,... I think you will take the love from the past into
       your future and it will be full of happiness and love.

 3.  You are a lovely Lady.... beautiful both inside and out! One I would love to spend
       some time with... there is no doubt in my mind you could turn any house into a warm
       loving home!

 4.  You are the special one... to so many... you are always there for them... with an ear... with a 
       smile.  I know I am not alone when I say I love you.... one of these days we will meet and I
       have a hug with your name on it!

 5.  You have a gift that I wanted all my life... and what a blessing it is to all of us you share it
       with us (not nearly enough... lol .... okay, we get a little greedy but how wonderful it is). 
        And I am sure others know... as I have found out that you have a heart as large as that
        talent!  (Don't worry... I haven't let lack of talent stop me... I still do it in the car, the shower,
        and behind the lawn mower..... yes, have less neighbors then I use too)

 6.  What an amazing and beautiful woman you are....  The very first time I came to your
       page... I liked you... knew you were a special person.  What a wonderful family... what
       a beautiful and neat world you live in... I am so glad we connected and hope we always
       are... and even with the distance I hope one day we meet in person!

 7.  Your happiness is so well deserved! I am so glad you have shared it... it is so wonderful
      to hear!  You are a talented and wonderful woman... he is a lucky man... lol... okay...
      you are a lucky woman too.  Much happiness to you both always!

 8.  You don't even know it but you have made me smile over the last few months... you are a
       mess... so funny.... and yet so kind....  Sometimes I don't think you want others to know you
       are a big teddy bear!

 9.  If I were to be stranded on an Island, in the desert, anywhere... I would want the two of you
      there ..... always... you are the dearest and the best people and I have no doubt we will
      always be friends!

10.  We don't know each other very well.... okay...not really at all but you are in my prayers and
        thoughts so much.  The thing I want you most to know is you are never alone.

I want more numbers!!!!  I am not through talking yet.... lol....
too many special people ... not enough room.

PICTURE PERFECT FRIDAY ~ ONCE IN A BLUE MOON

WELCOME

TO

 PICTURE PERFECT

 Each week a new theme will be posted here on Friday morning.

You are invited to put up your best picture on your own blog with that theme in mind.

 You do have the whole weekend to post your picture, so there is no rush.

 Remember it should be just ONE and ORIGINAL, taken by YOU, and not off the internet.

 Then come back and leave a comment on this page in the comment box so that everyone can link to your blog and see your photo.

Don't forget to OPEN your page to EVERYONE for that day.

By all means mention your camera and lens used, and if the picture has been altered or enhanced in any way, so we can all learn and improve our techniques.

Try and post a decent size picture on your blog page for an increased WOW factor. Often so much is lost or distorted if the size is too big or too small.

 Remember this is NOT a competition, this is about being creative, having fun, and being supportive of one another.

Out of the box thinking is encouraged.

Your Host This Week Is

LindaO

and the theme this week is

Once in a Blue Moon

(something that happens rarely or something you see or do rarely)

Once in a Blue Moon
you meet somebody
who is delightfully intelligent
and so very kind,
with a great sense of humor
and a wonderful smile.
They brighten your life
and touch your heart,
like you never thought possible.

Thank goodness for Blue Moons!

* The back ground picture I took in Monterey
   this Jan. with John's Kodak camera (Z612).
   The picture of John was taken in Nov. 2008
   as we were on a road trip to Northern CA.
   John was driving and I snapped this picture
   with my Kodak camera(Z740).  When I layered
   the pictures, I flipped the picture of John so the
   bird wouldn't be in his face. The layering was
   done in GIMP.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Looking forward to seeing
your Blue Moons!

"We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about." - Charles Kingsley

A BETTER WAY TO LIVE...

Many know how I enjoy "Your Life Support" and How I like to share them....
I read this one and immediately felt the need to post it...
We are all special in our own way and we need to recognize it and celebrate it.  
So many special people here on Multiply...
Am so proud to know you and I've missed you...
I hope this is a step toward finding my way back to you.

Did you know...?

That Joan of Arc was only seventeen when she was riding at the head
of the army that liberated France from the English?

That church reformer John Calvin was twenty-six when he published
his "Institutes" ?

That poet John Keats died when he was twenty-six?

That Shelley was thirty when he was drowned, but not before he left
English literature his classic "Odes"?

That Sir Isaac Newton had largely discovered the working of the law
of gravitation when he was twenty-three?

That Henry Clay, the "great compromiser, " was sent to the United
States Senate at twenty-nine and was Speaker of the House of
Representatives at thirty-four?

That Raphael painted his most important pictures between twenty-five
and thirty?

That Mozart only lived to be thirty-five years old?

Maybe I'm just a late bloomer.

When I was a young man I wanted to make things happen. After a few
years I realized I would have to content myself with watching most
things happen.

Unfortunately, these days I usually have no idea what is happening.

Of course, most of us will never paint a masterpiece, write a
classic or discover an important scientific principle. But why
should we? We're each cut from a unique pattern.

Dick Van Dyke once told the story of a woman taking her nephew to
her Catholic church. She whispered to him as they approached the
pew: "Can you genuflect?"

"No," he said, "but I can somersault!"

I wonder if he showed her.right then and there. I can almost see him
rolling down the aisle in a joyous celebration of the thing he CAN
do, with no regard for genuflecting. the thing he cannot do.

Some people waste lives obsessing on that thing they cannot do,
wishing they were more competent. And some measure the value of
their abilities against those of others, wishing they could
contribute in a bigger and better way.

You and I may never be a Mozart, a Raphael or a John Keats. But
there are things you CAN do to bring beauty or joy or happiness to
your world. Find them. Do them. Celebrate them. Rejoice in them.

I can hardly think of a better way to live.

From "Your Life Support"
~ Steve Goodier