 Friends         | Every person is in 3D. Nature is a cruel experimenter with variation. The variation is beyond our understanding. In trying to comprehend ourselves, we come up with 2D slices of ideology to try to explain patterns that we see. Then we write and read books about it. Eventually ideologies fail not because they are necessarily worthless, but because of their limitations. Staying open-minded and creating a tapestry of ideologies loosely sewn together can help a person make sense of what may be otherwise overwhelming. Everyone's tapestry is bound to be different. The problem with ideologies is their marriage to certainty. Beware of certainty. If you can understand a theory but not expect it to be the final answer, you can remain flexible and open to other points of view that also have value. They may even seem to contradict each other. Leave some room for uncertainty while knowing it goes against our nature. It's the irony of nature.  zimmythegeek: 10 days ago • Report • Link  1  Srchng4Truth: 10 days ago • Report  1  RnKris84: 😂🤣💕 10 days ago • Report 1  chowomanishere: I kind of like the guy but then he says some dumb things ... :O 9 days ago • Report 0 zimmythegeek: You got to have a dream. If you don't have a dream, how you gonna make your dream come true?    zimmythegeek in reply to MobiusTruth: I just recently discovered this guy. His name is Chris White. Beautiful voice and amazing guitar player. He sings everything from George Gershwin to Nirvana. zimmythegeek: My friend and former coworker Becky taught deaf and autistic children at the school where I work. She and I were members of a group which taught long-distance running to some of our older students, and we ran a ten-mile race together. I saw this song and thought of her.  View all 6 posts  perplexing: I will take stupid over a meanie,any day. Now a stupid,meanie,is another matter, yikes! 😉 zimmythegeek: My online friend Mikal bought this cup for his wife, and I've conversed with his wife, so I get it. zimmythegeek: “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.” The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.”  zimmythegeek: I am sharing these thoughts from a beautiful online friend: I think that's the problem....this life matters, that life matters.... stop dividing ourselves, damn it. Why isn't it ALL lives matter? No, really. Stop looking at the past....picking out all the injustices and seeing all the differences. Why not celebrate the differences, instead? Then come together, bringing our all individual qualities to the world. Black lives DO matter. Native lives, white lives, brown lives.... ALL life matters. Even Mother Nature's life matters. The animals, the ecosystem...."LIFE" matters. Not just the humans. If we start applying that sentiment to everything we do, and everyone we encounter, we truly will change the world to a better place for all. We will evolve into something wonderful. Using hate and division to fight hate and division, isn't just a waste of time. It's downright stupid! Useless. We are all different....embrace it. Grow from it. Just a thought. zimmythegeek: So though I'm not a great romancer, I know that you're bound to answer When I propose. Anything goes. YouTube zimmythegeek: My online friend Libby Glover, who is an amazing musician, participated in this fundraising event for Ukraine, which among other things, raises money to rebuild the destroyed homes of the victims of the war. You can see her perform in this video at 14:30. If you have some money to spare, please follow the link to the donation site. www.facebook.com/mustardsretreat/videos/1256136858446073/  found lamb: "Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:" Luke 6:37 King James Bible  ToniDartey in reply to found lamb: Great words. The people in the politics room...all of them, should take heed. As it says...we do not know what struggles a person is going thru so labeling them isn't wise. Thank you for sharing this. ToniDartey in reply to ToniDartey: This reply is for Zimmy. I thought found lamb posted it. However, Luke 6:37 is also timely. zimmythegeek: From journalist Jordan LeVeck (edited): “This is probably going to tick some people off, but I’m going to keep on sharing it and saying it. And once again, I am not a Swiftie, but I am a human being, a dad, and a monstrous football fan. “I am extremely disappointed in so many of you who think that ‘not being a fan’ of someone means you’re entitled to shit all over them. “Your children are watching you complain about Taylor Swift sitting at a football game, being happy, and cheering for a man she loves in what appears to be a very loving, respectful relationship. “Your children are watching you judge a woman for literally just existing and taking up space happily. “She brought $5 billion dollars in consumer spending and boosted the U. S. economy so significantly that leaders from other countries actually beg for her to play there. “Did you know that there are over 20 college courses about her skills as an artist, lyricist, and musician — including at places like Harvard, Stanford and UC Berkeley? “Did you know that Taylor Swift quietly donates mass amounts of money to local food banks in every city she performs in? “And did you know that Taylor Swift was sexually assaulted by a radio DJ, and she got him fired? When he sued her for over $3 million for defamation, she counter-sued for a symbolic $1 in a court case that took 2 years for her to win. And, she did that just to show women that fighting for what’s right has no price tag and to never be silent in the face of oppression. “Your daughters, nieces, and your nephews are watching you run your mouth. And they are seeing the world hate a woman who does so much good, simply because she exists in their line of sight. “Teach your boys to respect women. Teach your girls that as women — they are allowed to take up space. “Fix it. Become aware of your words. Because we all have the ability and the obligation to fight for the future of our children with simple moments. And we need to consciously choose to be better for them.”  A Meeskite: I don't particularly like the Chiefs, but I agree with this very informative and right-on article, thanks for sharing it.  View all 9 posts zimmythegeek: Tony Braciole, I agree. Even helping others is something we do because we find the alternative to be worse. found lamb: we live in a 'it's all about me' culture and a 'it's all about me' nation - it's all about me - it isn't - this is called egoism and the ultimate egoist Ladies and Gentlemen - Donald Trump - he is the monster we created with our own self absorbed, to quote tony "feel good about ourselves" culture - and if this monster gets elected yet again it is the fault of "ourselves" |
to you and zimmy 
