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Post by And Kevin 2024 on Dec 29, 2022 1:15:15 GMT
Have you never wished upon a falling star, Kevin?   plus I know what they are. If a star fell we would be seriously dead. |
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Post by And Kevin 2024 on Dec 29, 2022 1:23:54 GMT
It's not worrying at all. it's just expectation derived from being aged. Life is not a bed of roses. I fully expected my TV to eventually stop working, for example. It did not come as a shock. Things happen if they happen, and do not come as a surprise, unless one creates a perfect dream world in one's head.
Dreams coming true? Depends what you dream I suppose. Some call it Positive thinking. There are 100s of books 'teaching' it. Most nonsense. So things come to those who think positive. Really? No one has as yet gifted me a Rolls Royce no matter how positive I think. Not that I expected them too. Dreams only can come true if one works hard at them doing so. In that case they are not dreams, but plans.  I can work till I drop, but sometimes I need a little help from my Friend😉 Ah, so you mean praying? not wishing? That old method of keeping the masses in their place. "Don't worry if we pay you just a potato a week and you live in a bag, keep praying and you will get your reward when you are dead ... oh, but don't forget to gift us some cash every week ..."You, however, are free to work hard and be pessimistic 😊 Well, good luck if you don't need to work, hard or otherwise, if everything just drops in you lap. Maybe you should move to the USA and start a cult? |
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Post by And Kevin 2024 on Dec 29, 2022 1:26:17 GMT
Prepare for the worst [as much as possible] hope for the best, be happy when things wind up in the middle. I read something interesting once that stuck with me: "You cannot afford to be without protection."
But what did you think it meant? |
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Post by BlueAndGold on Dec 29, 2022 2:45:48 GMT
Have you never wished upon a falling star, Kevin? Ah, Kevin. You're such a romantic. |
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Post by And Kevin 2024 on Dec 29, 2022 14:18:28 GMT
I resent that. But should it not be wish upon a star, not a falling one? Wondering how far it is or something? But now we know. As to shooting stars, we don't see many in the UK. I do think that someone once reported the sun as a UFO.
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Post by Mag2024 on Dec 29, 2022 17:30:37 GMT
I read something interesting once that stuck with me: "You cannot afford to be without protection."
But what did you think it meant?Insurance, back up plan. |
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Post by Mag2024 on Dec 29, 2022 17:32:43 GMT
I can work till I drop, but sometimes I need a little help from my Friend😉 Ah, so you mean praying? not wishing? That old method of keeping the masses in their place. "Don't worry if we pay you just a potato a week and you live in a bag, keep praying and you will get your reward when you are dead ... oh, but don't forget to gift us some cash every week ..."You, however, are free to work hard and be pessimistic 😊 Well, good luck if you don't need to work, hard or otherwise, if everything just drops in you lap. Maybe you should move to the USA and start a cult?I wish, I pray, I work... and things just fall into my lap. |
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Post by And Kevin 2024 on Dec 30, 2022 0:16:45 GMT
I doubt it was a Pope who said that.
But what did you think it meant? Insurance, back up plan. |
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Post by And Kevin 2024 on Dec 30, 2022 0:26:30 GMT
I wish, I pray, I work... and things just fall into my lap.
I forget which religious chap said it, but he said *do you think god can possibly listen to billions of people praying? and often for nothing of real importance? No! so get off your arse and do it yourself!
God helps those who help themselves is a well-known saying. Really a nice way of saying the same as *
Here's an interesting point. It's said it's not reasonable to think we are the only intelligent creatures in the universe, many far more advanced than us, and many of them so strange to us we may not even recognise them as life. Do they believe in the same god? if any? Answers on a blank signed cheque please. |
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Post by Mag2024 on Dec 30, 2022 21:57:55 GMT
I wish, I pray, I work... and things just fall into my lap.
I forget which religious chap said it, but he said *do you think god can possibly listen to billions of people praying? and often for nothing of real importance? No! so get off your arse and do it yourself!
God helps those who help themselves is a well-known saying. Really a nice way of saying the same as *
Here's an interesting point. It's said it's not reasonable to think we are the only intelligent creatures in the universe, many far more advanced than us, and many of them so strange to us we may not even recognise them as life. Do they believe in the same god? if any? Answers on a blank signed cheque please.I understand, Kevin. You don't like wishes. And you think I should start a cult because I like wishes. 😊 |
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Post by Mag2024 on Dec 30, 2022 22:00:23 GMT
Which would be what? Insurance against a wish not coming true? I would like to see the T & Cs in that policy! Who cares? It's become a boring thread. Anyway, off to better subjects: Happy New Year, Ken! |
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Post by And Kevin 2024 on Dec 31, 2022 2:08:11 GMT
Oh. Do you wish for wishes not to be discussed? And who is Ken?
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plus I know what they are. If a star fell we would be seriously dead.
