Reflections

I had forgotten about the movie 'Nell'.  Jodie Foster is a woman who was raised in the woods with no human contact except her speech-impaired mother. The movie covers a familiar `fish out of water` story unlocking Nell's soul and then taking her into the modern world. I enjoyed the solitude and the tremendous space of green forests.The film builds to a heartrending and passionate, rather unrealistic, courtroom self-defense speech by Nell, in which she calls the principles of modern civilization itself into question.

"You have big things. You know big things. But you don't look into each others eyes. And you're hungry for quietness.'

Ya, right. I'm about to live in the hungry quiet of Ends Of The Earth Texas. Maybe I'll go show my breasts in a pool hall.

I Believe in Kindness, Love and the Human Spirit

I have an acquaintance who is an atheist. Not that there is anything wrong with that. 

What is wrong is her choice of entertainment. She likes to 'troll' Christian web pages leaving comments. I assumed trolling was something unpleasant because literature has depicted these creatures as ugly and slow-witted. Urban Dictionary gave me this description:

"the art of deliberately, cleverly, and secretly pissing people off, usually via the internet, using dialogue.

Trolling is the act of purposefully antagonizing other people on the internet. She likes to use the knowledge gained from association with family members who were doctors in theology and divinity for debate, or rather berate. It is an amusement.
We are human beings, intelligent and self-aware, possessing both reason and emotion, with the potential for immense good as well as terrible evil. I am sad about her choice of paths, her rejection of 'myths', has not made her a kinder or gentler person. If she believes religion is harming people on the earth, holding back human advancement, replacing it with bullying is not the way to go.

"I believe in kindness, love, and the human spirit and their ability to overcome challenges and adversity and to create a better world. --The Atheist Creed

Humor Raisins

Just another tasty ingredient in Hermit Cookies.

Value Added to Life

How do you find value in your life? Values are priorities that tell you how to spend your time, right here, right now. What creates the greatest value for your life isn't always obvious. I had to think on how I would answer that question...

"I would like to ask...Has your OCPDer experience brought any new value to your life, increased your faith, strengthened your character or resolve, given an opportunity for personal development, increased your compassion, helped others, had some spiritual significance, that you would not have gotten without an OCPDer in your life? We hear about the negatives. Any positives?

• Detachment. A lovely out of body experience. I'm the Watcher.
• Long suffering. No, not suffering long, but the patient endurance of wrong or provocation, combined with a refusal to give up hope for improvement in a disturbed relationship.
• Deep abiding patience. Breathe, just breathe.
• Laughter. One of my very favorite forms of humor is black/dark/gallows humor. It makes light of solemn subject matters. When he is ranting, I am amused amidst the tragedy. I make plans . . . and God laughs.
• Self mastery.
• Becoming kind.
• Joy. Knowing now—It's not me. lol

Sometimes there are two roads to travel, choose the one that provides more value than the other.

"The person attempting to travel two roads at once will get nowhere.—Xun Zi

Reflections

I got wrote up today at work for absences. So they make me sick with perfumes and other scented products then write me up when I have to go home and recover. Niiii-cccccce. I went to HR and picked up an application for FMLA. It's a job condom. Protection from being screwed.