Longest Thread Ever

[babe]

"Affluenza"= an attempt to fill a spiritual vacuum through material means.

one of our most infectious diseases. . . . .

 

[babe]

rep worthy

you win the race to 4500. . . . congratulations. . . . .

 

[PearlWatson]

This refers to the kind of power over self, over our natures perhaps. . . . . that can sustain a person on a diet. . . .or a budget. . . . or a person who is ostracized or bullied. . . . .

Good additional insight...

 

[PearlWatson]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4rKhOb-J0A

 

[PearlWatson]

this one is a good sig line.

Babe the blue ox was a pilgrim, too.

How so?

 

[PearlWatson]

you win the race to 4500. . . . congratulations. . . . .

 

[PearlWatson]

 

[PearlWatson]

The only way to dispossess the heart of an old affection is by the expulsive power of a new one. ~Thomas Chalmers

 

[PearlWatson]

The place God calls you is the place where your deep gladness and the world's deep hunger meet. ~Frederick Buechner

 

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[One Brow]

I would add that why would a woman want to be merely "equal" when she previously held a place of honor. That's like a hero joining the criminal ranks for equality sake.

A gilded cage is nonetheless a cage. The treatment offered to women who don't enthusiastically take up that "honor", but forge a different path, reveal the cage for what it is.