Can we just CHILL.....?!

[plainsgirl01_PREV (deleted)]

Look.. I apologize for the drama that has played out over the last few days. It was never my intention for anything I do or say to hurt anyone and I feel that's exactly what happened. If I could do this all over I would..I would just keep my mouth shut sometimes. I am sorry for my part in the drama..the hurt words (and the people involved here know what I am talking about)..the LOUD voices... Anger. No one came here for any of this. I feel awful we got caught up in something that has caused confusion and bad feelings between some of us here, and if my part was removed I feel this wouldn't have happened. And Dinewalking...you know your not leaving the site...just chill out alright?? I needed to write this to put at rest the negative feelings I've been carrying that spread like a virus to those around me.

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`Welcome back Plainsgirl/mark 2!

[plainsgirl01_PREV (deleted)]

`Hi Cello and thank you..thanks to the others too that have said that..but it really wasn't a big deal to me really..there was some stuff going on..but it wasn't the biggest thing going on to me either- just the only thing I thought I could solve by hitting delete. I can't delete the fact my son decided to go back to Oregon, or delete the co-worker who made life hell at work over a missing jello poke cake..or delete the people who moved in next door with thier bizillion cats. But it's all dealing with people just the same I guess..no thing to me but a chicken wing now ya'know. But thanks

[humored0ne_PREV (deleted)]

`The Pond God

A young god could take any shape he wished.
Once he changed into a bee and stung the other gods.
Infuriated, they chased him across the horizon. He changed into a lake, but the gods each took a single mouthful and left him to be a pond forever.

Time passed.A forest grew. Through it trees his watery eyes reflected the blue sky and the stars.
Dead leaves floated over his rippled forehead.
Clouds, slow in the summer, faster in winter, drifted across his cheeks, wrinkled by the wind.
Fish and frogs, lily pads and water snakes grew inside his belly.
In winter, when they died, he was locked in grief.
In spring, when they thrived , tears of joy swelled him.

A thousand years passed, and the gods, taking pity, went to the pond and spat out their mouthfuls.
The pond became a lake, but the god did not reappear.

Why do you not rejoin us? asked the gods.

Because , replied the late, I am content not to.

And that is why contentment is not something one seeks but something one finds.

*wink*

'kai'

[chumani67_PREV (deleted)]

`Look, I hate to ressurrect this topic from it's shallow grave..and thankfully the opening post is a now distant ugly memory for this forum (I hope anyway) BUT since yesturday I was bothered by the memory of reading something that I just felt compelled to find again. And searching the forum..here it is. Whether a person loved HumoredOne or not so much, this is just a beautiful story (and as stated on my profile..thats what is upmost for me to find-beauty where ever it may be hiding itself)..I have heard before that contentment isn't something you seek but find and it meant nothing to me at the time..but reading it in the form of a story gives it a life that does touch my heart in a way that maybe it will help become a part of my daily "walk", I suppose. The ground we walk on is alive with memories and this is a day where I am keeping that in the forefront of my thoughts. I hope maybe reading this story will do for someone what it has done for me today!