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Have You Saved Someone's Life?

jacpod comments on Jul 11, 2018:

Possibly; I was living in the lake district and there is a beating the bounds ceremony where the children make rushbearings with flowers in the rushes and take them to the church after walking round the parish with alll the bishops at the front singing the rushbearing song its back to the church for lemonade and gingerbread and school sports that include after all the races, a run up Helvellyn Fell .My partner and I went on ahead up the fell in order to cheer the kids on - a boy who was a severe asthmatic had decided against instructions that he would do it too and he collapsed at the top where we were - I managed to pick him up and bring him down - He was heavy and no one at the ground level noticed for a long time I got stuck at a large gateway with a stile at the bottom and also got stuck holding him even when other rescuers came - I sort of couldn't let go. he survived but it could have been nastier if we hadn't decided to run up the fell first.

Thought is merely electricity in the brain

jacpod comments on Jul 11, 2018:

I'd take out the 'merely' because without paying attention we wouldnt have come up with maths or poetry etc. I love my beautiful electric prompts to paint, wash myself, and all the other wonderful enjoyments that come with those electric impulses to get off my arse and do something fun and enjoyable.

Men/Women, Is sex a requirement for an enjoyable romantic relationship?

jacpod comments on Jul 11, 2018:

My partner and I have a very beautiful committed relationship that hasnt been sexual consensually now,for over 25 years we have a lot of love for each other look out for each other laugh a lot and dont live together though I do all the cooking and most of our cleaning and he does all our finances etc. its a good division of labour and we do laugh a lot though we don't spend huge amounts of time together. Both of us were in abusive families and how we get on is partly to do with that - He is a gentle person thoughtful and kind and i ma the funny fall guy one. We pick each other up when we get depressed it works.

Is love the motivator of empathy or is empathy the motivator of love?

jacpod comments on Jul 11, 2018:

the answer to this for me is it depends as there will be so many more emotions in the mix that attach to love and empathy- I enjoy my self love when it arrives and I guess for me different feelings are rising adn falling constantly some harmoniously some not and how I respond is different each time. and each situations. I think that is what is interesting about being alive and having interesting times.

What is the bible to you?

jacpod comments on Jul 11, 2018:

Historically it seems that it was the spoken word not written down for many centuries but passed on so I guess if I know anyhting about humans at all there were bits added and subtracted from the story - I read somewhere that the Emperor constantine had a very troublesome populace who were believing all sorts of things and arguing a lot so to get them peaceful he got it written down - I think that is probably why it makes very little sense to me and I was much more inot reading Tom sawyer and huck Finn Anne of Green Gables etc much better narrated stories.

God hates porn?

jacpod comments on Jul 11, 2018:

I have never seen any porn at all; must have led a very sheltered life, I suppose I didn't seek it out.

So frustrated.

jacpod comments on Jul 11, 2018:

sorry to hear this I hope you can catch up!

My fabric art pieces are pretty simple.

jacpod comments on Jul 11, 2018:

soft and gentle I'd love to sleep under something like this, well done you!

I recently made a post that referenced a hideous creature called Alzheimer's Disease.

jacpod comments on Jul 10, 2018:

I make jokes about myself having a 10 second memory- it helps me cope and also informs people that I am not always the sharpest knife in the box any more - It is scary to me that my memory isn't as fluid as it was and joking helps - I live in sheltered accommodation (which actually doesnt provide very much shelter) sometimes I make excuses just for myself but not to my real friends.

Library or Coffee

jacpod comments on Jul 10, 2018:

OOOHHH NNOOOOO! Coffeee and a book from the library I know my human rights - give me coffeee and a book and no one gets hurt!

My post should be entitled A Series Of Unfortunate Events or BookDeath's Horrible Terrible No-Good ...

jacpod comments on Jul 10, 2018:

Whoah I have had some bad days recently but yours completely eclipses mine - I hope you feel better soon and have better fortune.

The humbling of the atheists: How religion survived the progress of science "Not so long ago, ...

jacpod comments on Jul 10, 2018:

I am not humbled! how could I be; a non belief is just that ,simply, its not a cause or a battle just a choice. And I have a right to my choice- making it into a competition is crass.

I’ll be visiting my mother in less than a month.

jacpod comments on Jul 10, 2018:

I have a friend whose mother is part of the We- Free's ultra strong sect - My friend says she just girds herself up on visits for ' la la land where the moon is made of blue cheese ' She says if she is girded enough, it works as she does love her mum. Just simetimes has to use excuses to leave early.

Random bacon thoughts: I think the only way you could convince me that there is an all powerful god...

jacpod comments on Jul 10, 2018:

I am allergic to meat but I do love that other people love it - I am an enormously faddy eater and cant eat anything that hasnt the same texture all the way through - I might be tempted to steal someones coffee black no sugar.

I admit I was kind of a bad girl in high school.

jacpod comments on Jul 10, 2018:

I couldnt stand state school. I was at free school from four to nine years old which was a really good deal there were few of us in the class sometiems 8 0r 9 at most, just one teacher very quiet environment and we could work at anything we wanted as long as we worked at something - The one and only teacher ran the free school because she wanted to teach that way . we were always busy learning but what we learned was in our gift. Going to State primary was such a shock to me that I couldn't speak for the whole of my first day it was so noisy. Grammar school was even worse.I sagged off so much that my teachers were unbelievably surprised that I managed to get any O levels at all - later I went to uni as a matyre student and enjoyed it immensely.

Disillusioned? Why do you feel this way?

jacpod comments on Jul 10, 2018:

I feel the same about my government in the U.K.

"People say that what we’re all seeking is a meaning for life.

jacpod comments on Jul 10, 2018:

I dont think I have ever sought anything; though I could be fooling myself. Life just seems to happen for me whilst I am amusing myself gardening or whatever, stuff just happens i don't have any sense that it wont - something always happens - maybe I have low expectations or am too easily pleased.

It's all on what you see

jacpod comments on Jul 10, 2018:

I read Life is snow here- whoops!

What can we do when it's our circumstances dragging us down?

jacpod comments on Jul 10, 2018:

I remember someone saying to me once 'when you feel trapped like this stand still look and listen and breathe and be quietly with your self ' I especially like the breathe bit because when everything gets so out of hand breathing becomes shallow too - the hole in the trap will become apparent maybe when you work out how to relax into it ?

No one steal my idea... you better not. Haha My latest tattoo finished drawing concept.

jacpod comments on Jul 10, 2018:

nice leg!

I’ve been having a very rough time lately.

jacpod comments on Jul 10, 2018:

Its hard to comment when we dont know what is going on for him - I agree a friend would try to check in and sometimes friends have their own problems too - I am hoping for both of you that you can meet up and get in touch again , best wishes anywaY and I hope you start feeling better soon.

My three year old " stop raping poop me" he meant to say "stop aggravating me ".

jacpod comments on Jul 10, 2018:

made me laugh uncontrollably too when I got it!

Finished another one of my rocks. I did this for my grams.

jacpod comments on Jul 9, 2018:

Yea I paint stones too live just four minutes from the beach !

You are not alone.

jacpod comments on Jul 9, 2018:

Thank you , nice one !

Hello all, I am new, accidentally stumbled into this group.

jacpod comments on Jul 9, 2018:

Is there some sort of advice centre nearby where you can get some help?

What am i missing ?

jacpod comments on Jul 9, 2018:

ahhh! everything works in mysterious ways, we have a hosepipe ban here and its pretty damn hot lugging watering cans around .

So was in a pharmacy earlier and they had this machine that tested heart ,BMI, blood.

jacpod comments on Jul 9, 2018:

weird eh! perhaps its the burnley air

Does anyone feel the way I do?

jacpod comments on Jul 8, 2018:

I don't know - I cant get my head round it at all - life/or not or how to live that life is is a personal choice - I am not sure that I would condemn anyone for wanting to steal or cheat because just being alive at this very moment implies choice (To stay and make more choices ) . I remember watching a very old film at the QFT Uni cinema in Belfast it was just called 'M' and it posed many real human choices about how to be human

How did LSD impact your view of religion?

jacpod comments on Jul 8, 2018:

At first I thought you were talking about money in Britain L.S.D is 'old speak', for pounds shillings and pence. I have never in my entore life been religious but have taken L.S.D and really enjoyed it - I was with friends in Greenwich Park London and had some amazing beautiful times.

We’re lucky in the UK that we don’t experience the aggressive Christian bullying that seems to ...

jacpod comments on Jul 8, 2018:

I think things can change pretty quickly, look at us from the perspective of brexit.

Collective Identity of Non-theists

jacpod comments on Jul 8, 2018:

I disagree with the notion of being active about something that has never been a a part of my life & is seriously unimportant to me . I am here because no-one is going to be god bothering and I am certainly uninterested in delving into whys and wherefores and fighting over naming all the words for not having a god - so it isn't all smooth sailing - but folks on here are really pleasant on the whole - its a safe site and a kindly one I choose to come here as I feel I have got to know some people and I can have a laugh.

Made this out of a old garden rake.

jacpod comments on Jul 8, 2018:

Nice one is it in the shed?

Do you have an issue with people taking a knee?

jacpod comments on Jul 8, 2018:

In the old days of the 1950's it was customary to stand up when the national anthem was played at the end of a film. Sometimes we left just before the final scene ending just to avoid hte crowds and be able to catch a bus home without waiting in the cold. I have no special reverance for our "Royal's', I dont care about them in any way - They don't impact my life and I don't expect to be forced into something that is not part of my culture as a working class woman. Respect is fine but has its limits too.

Boundaries

jacpod comments on Jul 8, 2018:

Absorockingdoodles!

Tattoo design I just finished drawing for a client

jacpod comments on Jul 8, 2018:

Nice I do like it very much --and strangely it reminds me of a carved bannister rail we had in my family home -which I used to slide down

Sorry guys i'm new and still finding my way around,in reference to meds,been there -done that ,the ...

jacpod comments on Jul 8, 2018:

Hi there glad youre finding the way to find the way! Looks like ancient Night has solved your riddle. good Luck!

I'm having a very hard time believing that we can love ourselves if we feel we don't really deserve ...

jacpod comments on Jul 8, 2018:

I dont think I would start from here - Donald trump is some sort of weird and appalling aberation. loving our selves has nothing at all to do with Trump who doesn't seem capable of stringing two coherent sentences together let alone be capable of loving any one other than himself ( for the truth of that one study the wife) Loving yourself is completely in your own power and probably starts with practising not putting yourself down & accepting who you are and how you come and making changes to yourself that you want to make in your own time at your own pace - You are not here to please any one else you are here for yourself.

Trauma produces a disassociation between mind and body - a kindness granted by nature to numb the ...

jacpod comments on Jul 8, 2018:

yes true - I have D.I.D and understand this could be the outcome and also that if children have experienced love and nurturing - they may overcome the trauma too -(with understanding)- and Trump really is a grade A - Arse.

Around the neighborhood

jacpod comments on Jul 8, 2018:

wow never seen anything like that before!

Does anyone feel the way I do?

jacpod comments on Jul 8, 2018:

there was a 1931 film titled 'M' which explored this concept https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M_(1931_film) and after I watched it (Very long almost in real time) I was conflicted and probably still am. I dont think any life is sacred or at least any more sacred than any other and I am still thinking about it - I am glad that we have great people around with great minds but seems to me we are what we are and that is the long and short of it .

I did this one about 10 years ago

jacpod comments on Jul 8, 2018:

wow words fail me but beautiful!

When you're feeling depressed, down, sad or whatever your particular malaise may be, what is it that...

jacpod comments on Jul 8, 2018:

I have a partner who is sensitive enough to ask that question and also capable of staying with my rage at my position - we met on a counselling course - I was his tutor and later we became friends then partners we understand each others foibles enough to keep ourselves tuned in to what is necessary and know too when to back off. We live in sheltered accommodation, in separate flats and out of the 26 flats here there are very few people who would know how to handle either of us so accepting the situation was paramount even the scheme co-ordinator is incapable of any empathy so I guess it really is down to our selves to deal with the undealable with .

Do you have an issue with people taking a knee?

jacpod comments on Jul 7, 2018:

No, people are allowed their own opinions last time i looked it was a fairly free country nad we dont owe allegiance to anybody it is earned just like every other - I am not in your country so cant really speak about this aspect but I hope that everyone has the freedom to express their views as they wish non violently and to not be penalised for what they think feel or act.

We all have human bodies.

jacpod comments on Jul 7, 2018:

it s a very beautiful thought, I thank you for it, and I wish I lived in a community that set out to be this simple and loveable nad I wish I had the intelligence to meet people who arent at this level in their lives, in a kinder way - for some reaon I seem to attract people who would love to put me down or see me put down.

Another drawing I did for family, this was the second time I had drawn him, this one included his ...

jacpod comments on Jul 7, 2018:

they look fun!

A little 8x8 in oil on Masonite This was sketched out along the Rio Grande in southern NM.

jacpod comments on Jul 6, 2018:

like very much thank you !

What's your dream job?

jacpod comments on Jul 6, 2018:

I was a lecturer in person centred counselling and it was my dream job -

When I was going through a really bad time I burnt NO into my arm with a fork over the gas stove.

jacpod comments on Jul 5, 2018:

I foudn a site on here that was about tattoos and lost it again so I am probably in the wrong place but at least have my 'no' with me for comfort.

Rough day today.

jacpod comments on Jul 5, 2018:

aww! take some well earned breaks my lovely you are so brave power naps do work and revive you a bit, I wish there was something I could do, certainly be beaming out positivity and love you are such a beautiful person hate to hear you are going thorugh the mill.

Swear words?

jacpod comments on Jul 4, 2018:

I like "Well! Damn I blast, and sod I sideways!" Havent much of a baldie what it means but its been passed down by generations of my family. the ones that dont have religious words are mostly swear words - My ex when he hurt himself would try to say as many swear words end to end as he could manage in one long breath ending in really silly ones -like piss, poo ,piddle, wee, fart.

I’ve been shot in combat.

jacpod comments on Jul 4, 2018:

I think we knew that too I think the only person who doesnt know it is Donald - Ban guns worked for us in Scotland and England

Happy Revolutionary 4th: ...

jacpod comments on Jul 4, 2018:

happy day back sounds I habe heard of the wobblies and loved the name and the ideals best wishes for the day forward the revolution!

I'm so depressed.

jacpod comments on Jul 4, 2018:

I think maybe learning how to like yourself a little better each day might help, just baby steps along the way to the first stages of recovery those of us who have been abused in this way often need a bit of sourness in our lives in order to exist - that doesn't last forever - there is somethign better out there and i can say from some experience it does come but it comes from within and often with anger attached which was about never having /feeling ordinary love without the bells and whistles, just good solid love.

Amoeba made of orange peel

jacpod comments on Jul 4, 2018:

I just thought it was a laugh to put it in religion and spirituality but hey thats what orange amoebas are all about!

Restoration project I did for a woman in town.

jacpod comments on Jul 3, 2018:

well done!

I made a pretty complicated trellis in my yard; which is forever being renewed in places as the ...

jacpod comments on Jul 3, 2018:

The explanations are good thanks, and sounds like a frog, but I honestly don't know what we have as the water is so muddy because s/he crept into a pot that had wet earth in it already because of the trellis covered in clematis which keeps the sun out. I think I can see her/his eyes- just hoping s/he is still alive and knows what s/he's doing is the right thing.

Failure is not to be feared, though I do.

jacpod comments on Jul 3, 2018:

i think I expect to fail if I am going to be doing something I have never done before - I have made a sort of compromise with myself about not minding how long it takes to eventually succeed

I want to explore a touchy topic.

jacpod comments on Jul 3, 2018:

Maybe just more testosterone in the system than oestrogen, and the fact that men are called upon to do these things maybe women would if it were an equal society?

I just finished this sweater on the First of July after ten months of knitting.

jacpod comments on Jul 3, 2018:

well done you brillian t work and staying power!

What are 10 albums that made an impact on you that you still listen to?

jacpod comments on Jul 2, 2018:

Incredible string band first album Van Morrison Astral Weeks Leonard Cohen -various positions Rolling stones- Let it Bleed Everly Brothers- greatest hits Emmylou Harris I have had enough Patsy Cline - have you ever been lonely. Carole King - Tapestry Blondie - heart of Glass June Tabor and the Oyster Band

Who's your favorite stand up comic of all time?

jacpod comments on Jul 2, 2018:

Dave Allen

Got any old hobbies you stop doing?

jacpod comments on Jul 2, 2018:

I used to do raku pottery Its quite good fun and interesting likeing what you get rather than getting what you like - I liked the story about the old masters who would get some charred broken piece out of the fire mad cherish it and mend it with gold.

Who else loves British comedy ?

jacpod comments on Jul 2, 2018:

Monty Python and the holy grail . Fawlty Towers. Benny Hill. Father Ted Vicar of Dibley Jasper carrott. The Lavender HIll Mob Kind Hearts and Coronets.

Favorite anime?

jacpod comments on Jul 2, 2018:

Spirited away.

Gladly.

jacpod comments on Jul 2, 2018:

I really like cats the ordinary ones not so much the snotty thoroughbreds.

Thinking about LEVELS...

jacpod comments on Jul 2, 2018:

level 70 and a bit I love being 70 it sort of insulates me from all conspirings to try to get em to change and I still love air hockey - I'm the champ!

I keep going to group things (examples: Pride Parade, immigration family separation protest) that ...

jacpod comments on Jul 2, 2018:

I think it is probably a good idea to feel the high when youre in it and also and be prepared for the consequent lower state - It might be an idea to go lie down for a while have a catnap treat yourself to a snack you really like think of all the things that bring oyur mood up and sometimes just grinning at someone else starts soemthign off that is helpful

Do you think Trump knows hes fucking up the planet and is just building spaceforce so that he has an...

jacpod comments on Jul 2, 2018:

I think he is a bit of a dickhead and cannot really forsee what his antics are getting him into - I love the picture of the giant trump baby blimp, that is going to be on the London March when he comes

Each year I make a quilt to donate to our local Wounded Warriors benefit.

jacpod comments on Jul 2, 2018:

well done you that is so beautiful!

Will the rise in gender neutral toys and clothing lead to a bland future ?

jacpod comments on Jul 2, 2018:

I think it probably would lead to more creativity and our young people being more creative- but we'll see -

Good morning everyone, I just joined this group, hoping to meet other folks like me.

jacpod comments on Jul 2, 2018:

hi there a thousand million welcomes (that was a bit over the top wasnt it?= I just remembered the phrase from somewhere and typed it but certainly as many welcomes as you wish!

Why are hard-to-believe faiths more popular? Baptists vs. Quakers

jacpod comments on Jun 29, 2018:

We have one quaker meeting house in n.ireland that I know about - I wonder if it is because most other peope are needing some certainty in an uncertain world- Quakers don't have certainty and I think-, some people really crave it - something to hang on to that is seriously real to them - rather than 'personal musings'.I guess most people really are 'lost' and not liking that feeling very much of not being supported by somethign outside of themselves.

What would you do if some of your Facebook friends were constantly posting those corny Hallmark ...

jacpod comments on Jun 29, 2018:

I must be on a strange facebook site I know nobody who posts religious stuff- it mostly just funny or family news or old friends reconnecting with me -.

19th Century Socialists: [counterpunch.org]

jacpod comments on Jun 29, 2018:

Sad and true and we got from bad to worse in the U.K

Do you think it is ok to use your partners razor for your legs ?

jacpod comments on Jun 29, 2018:

You would have to ask your partner?

Last night's full moon. I'm told it's called a Rose Moon or a Strawberry Moon when it's in June :-)

jacpod comments on Jun 29, 2018:

Nice!

I didn't know there were people who don't experience depression and suicidal thoughts Here's ...

jacpod comments on Jun 29, 2018:

thanks for this! It helps!

Soulmates: do they exist?

jacpod comments on Jun 27, 2018:

It s a word thats commonly used and I never really thought about it till you said - I dont use it not because it has religious undertones but because i just call my bezzie mate my bezzie mate.I never grew up with a god so for a lot of the language I don't really 'get' that there is religious undertones. Strangely I have lived in a lot of different places and it is accents that please me more than words - Newcastle-upon-Tyne is delicious- I hang around in shops just to hear people speak I love local dialects and mostly havent a baldie what they are saying . I am from the smallest borough in London, Lee Green, but my family were cockneys before they moved here before I was born. You have to be pretty on the ball to understand a cockney.

This shit, is really fun.

jacpod comments on Jun 27, 2018:

I am often belly laughing out loud just to myself, on here, just enjoying the craic.

I was messing around on Pinterest earlier and picked this up.

jacpod comments on Jun 27, 2018:

Like to both of those yes very good!

What position do you sleep in?

jacpod comments on Jun 27, 2018:

On my front with head to one side but invariably wake up on my side or back.

What are some of the biggest lies ever told in history?

jacpod comments on Jun 27, 2018:

That the Titanic was unsinkable

The most disgusting food!