You are right, this is a happy thread. I apologize to Miss Tiffany Blue. But when I saw that comment about the hot air balloon crash and it being funny, I couldn't help myself but comment. I need to do myself a favor and stay of the boards. Carry On.......
Originally Posted by Victoria Lane
Ms.Lane,
As someone notorious for sticking my foot in my mouth, I am going to do it again and arouse the upset of many members who dislike certain topics and words mentioned. But here I use those words in a general and non-sectarian, idiomatic sense, so I hope the moderators will appreciate the nuances some others will not, be it deliberately or otherwise.
Before you consider disqualifying yourself from commenting on this or on any other thread, always determine your own qualities and ignore others by exercising will power. It hurts, but you are in a profession where the the exercise of your will power is a necessary necessary adjunct, and you must have become capable of tuning out the superfluous and retaining only that which is relevant to your existence. The same applies here. Dog poop exists on the sidewalk and public spaces, but you need not step through it, do you? You can see it, you know where it is, you know why such happens, and you know how to deal with it. Surely you have not considered abandoning pleasant walks on streets or in parks even though you know such unexpected hazards might lie in wait? They are an unpleasant accessory to human existence.
One other thing may interest you, as a woman whose beauty leaves no room for doubt. Buddhists feel that the attribute of "beauty" derives from infinite lifetimes of forbearance, the quality of being patient and forgiving to those that have been deliberately hurtful. Now this is already your natural, deeply ingrained trait. It is a done deal, the causal factor that has resulted in your your most significant external resource, your physical appearance. Why do you not focus on that, and introspect on how many OTHER internal perfections, pAramitAs, are there waiting to receive attention and be re-vivified and made to spring into full force in this present existence?
Please pardon my foolish and unwarranted comments, but I feel pain at the pain a few manage to induce in you by just a few ill-chosen idiotic phrases. Why allow such words that will vanish with time, and their originators who will harvest their own deserts, to injure you so deeply/ Reflect rather on the good that you have accomplished, and the kindness and joy you have managed to bring to others, and take your own strength from that.
You are your own source of strength, and do not have to be belittled by anyone. Monkeys chatter in trees; they can even throw twigs and filth at a passing pride of lions. That is their pathetic compulsion. Should a lioness take notice? So please do keep writing with energy. This board is just as much your own as anyone else's, right?