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Maral

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"If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they don't want to hear." (George Orwell)

 

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"Over grown military establishments are under any form of government inauspicious to liberty, and are to be regarded as particularly hostile to republican liberty." (George Washington)

 

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"The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves." (William Hazlitt)

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I never will, by any word or act, bow to the shrine of intolerance or admit a right of inquiry into the religious opinions of others.: -Thomas Jefferson

 

All sects are different, because they come from men; morality is everywhere the same, because it comes from God.: -Voltaire

 

There's so many things going on in the world, Babies dying. Mothers crying. How much oil is one human life worth. And what ever happened to peace on earth: Willie Nelson

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ANONYMOUSE,I take it a date went terribly wrong for you once!! :lol:

 

EDWARD,ummmmm ok  B)

what? :shocking: so they said!!

 

how dare you think what I think you think ha? :angry: :D

 

so what exacly did you think? :D

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  • 2 weeks later...

I read of a man who stood to speak

At a funeral of a friend.

He referred to the dates on her tombstone

From the beggining... to the end.

He noted that first came her date of birth

And spoke the following date with tears,

But he said what mattered most of all

Was the dash between those year. (1934-1998)

 

For that dash represents all the time

That she spent alive on earth...

And now only those who loved her

Know what that little line is worth.

for it matters not, how much we own

The cars...the house...the cash,

What matters most is how we live and love

And how we spend our dash.

 

So think about this long and hard...

Are there things you'd like to change?

For you never know how much time is left,

That can still be rearranged.

If we could just slow down enough

To consider what's true and real,

And always try to understand

The way other people feel.

 

And be less quick to anger,

And show appreciation more

And love the people in our lives

Like we've never loved before.

 

If we treat each other with respect,

And more often wear a smile...

Remembering that this special dash,

Might only last a little while .

 

So, when eulogy's being read

With your life's actions to rehash...

Would you be proud of the things they say

 

About how we spend our dash?

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About how we spend our dash

 

Dear Maral,

 

I think I would rather spend my dash

Driving to buffets with lots of cars and cash.

and though your dash length story made my eyes mist

The only length that really matters is of course my list.

 

:)

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Sip,as long as you're happy and fulfilled,that's all that matters...that the dash is full of whatever you love is the goal :D

Oh and btw,I swear you are the only person on this planet who goes to restaurants and takes pictures of what he is about to eat!!!!! :lol:

I love to eat and I love to take pictures...never thought of taking pics of my food in the middle of a restaurant!!! :chef:

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Oh and btw,I swear you are the only person on this planet who goes to restaurants and takes pictures of what he is

Make that 2 people you know. It's this ritual my best friend and I have, we are probably the only people that I know that enjoy our food like a fine piece of Art. My friends are always amazed how my little elf physique can consume such large quantities of food and how much passion I put in my devouring. :eat:

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Make that 2 people you know. It's this ritual my best friend and I have, we are probably the only people that I know that enjoy our food like a fine piece of Art. My friends are always amazed how my little elf physique can consume such large quantities of food and how much passion I put in my devouring. :eat:

I have that kind of sensual relationship with food, sushi in perticular :)

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So, when eulogy's being read

With your life's actions to rehash...

Would you be proud of the things they say

About how we spend our dash?

 

Reminds me of a Tolstoï short story I read a few years ago, "the death of Ivan Illitch". the last days of a dying man who contemplates the emptiness and futility of his life and realizes he has done everything wrong. :(

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