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H2O Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-16-10 02:12 PM
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58. One of the high points,
and not just in the context of DU, is having the opportunity to read your contributions. Thank you for them. You are very much appreciated.

I have been posting about my current grass roots efforts in my ole' hometown of Sidney, NY. In order to prepare for last Thursday's meeting, I spent time reading from Gandhi, and from Muhammad Ali's wonderful book, "Soul of a Butterfly."

Gandhi once wrote, "It seems to be so very hard to maintain detachment of mind in the midst of raging fires." I had not been aware of his participation on DU.

Ali often quotes Sufi wisdom, including about the need to find peace within, in order to maintain the balance needed in life. I suspect that many of the balanced OPs on DU:GD sink rapidly, while those containing raging fires rise to the top.
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  -It's Contagious ... NanceGreggs  Oct-16-10 02:44 AM   #0 
  - KnR, and it actually registered for the moment, lol. Glad to see someone's humor is intact  Hekate   Oct-16-10 02:52 AM   #1 
  - LOL.  Tarheel_Dem   Oct-16-10 02:56 AM   #2 
  - I didn't even know we had a poetry group and I've been here since 2006  cutlassmama   Oct-16-10 02:57 AM   #3 
  - I don't have the first DUer on ignore...  Zax2me   Oct-16-10 02:59 AM   #4 
  - That makes absolutely no sense at all, but I'm glad you're decent.  Hekate   Oct-16-10 03:32 AM   #10 
  - Poetry. It Is Young Skywalker. But You Are Not A Jedi Master Yet.  emanymton   Oct-16-10 04:56 AM   #20 
  - Makes two of us.  Zax2me   Oct-16-10 11:11 PM   #67 
  - I'm kinda new too. I think I got here in late June 2001 or so.  Jackpine Radical   Oct-16-10 09:52 AM   # 
     - I've hung around for years  Zax2me   Oct-16-10 11:16 PM   #68 
  - Yeah, umm  tkmorris   Oct-16-10 03:00 AM   #5 
  - Yanking on your appendage... she is.  Ellipsis   Oct-16-10 03:02 AM   #6 
  - Oh, g'head ...  NanceGreggs   Oct-16-10 03:13 AM   #7 
     - The Good Old Days of the Cornflake Chicken Wars; breast feeding;  rasputin1952   Oct-16-10 09:08 AM   #29 
        - I recall one discussion board I visited years ago where many innocent people  pipi_k   Oct-16-10 09:52 AM   #36 
  - Spot on, Nance, spot on....  WCGreen   Oct-16-10 03:28 AM   #8 
  - hey little sister. glad you  DesertFlower   Oct-16-10 03:30 AM   #9 
  - It ain't easy holding onto it these days ...  NanceGreggs   Oct-16-10 03:44 AM   #11 
     - i'm beginning to think that the story  DesertFlower   Oct-16-10 04:26 AM   #14 
        - ...  NanceGreggs   Oct-16-10 04:40 AM   #16 
  - Nance, you noticed the "Reign of Terror". ;)  political_Dem   Oct-16-10 04:20 AM   #12 
  - My partner is a ... knitter and it is scary on Ravelry  intaglio   Oct-16-10 04:21 AM   #13 
  - I didn't want to get quite that graphic ...  NanceGreggs   Oct-16-10 04:53 AM   #18 
     - "Through the nose with a crochet hook" sounds like Vinnie Barbarino...  pinboy3niner   Oct-16-10 07:52 AM   #26 
  - But Nance, I'm not a member of ANY of those groups!  SeattleGirl   Oct-16-10 04:38 AM   #15 
  - U R UU ...  NanceGreggs   Oct-16-10 04:46 AM   #17 
     - .....  SeattleGirl   Oct-16-10 02:03 PM   #55 
  - Thank you for the laughs! that was great,,, n.t.  jtuck004   Oct-16-10 04:55 AM   #19 
  - I find the Guns forum to be one of the mose peacable on DU especially compared to  old mark   Oct-16-10 06:42 AM   #21 
  - Brilliant, Profound  malaise   Oct-16-10 06:46 AM   #22 
  - One Big Water Cooler...  KharmaTrain   Oct-16-10 06:54 AM   #23 
  - Applause! and K&R  madamesilverspurs   Oct-16-10 07:47 AM   #24 
  - LOL  mmonk   Oct-16-10 07:52 AM   #25 
  - K&R  NJmaverick   Oct-16-10 08:37 AM   #27 
  - Amazingly the members of the 9/11, I/P and Gun forums have all banded  Beetwasher   Oct-16-10 09:08 AM   #28 
  - Dude, we had to to better than those hostiles over in Cooking and Baking....They are FIERCE!!! nt  old mark   Oct-16-10 01:42 PM   #52 
  - LOL, very funny AND right on point....  Spazito   Oct-16-10 09:12 AM   #30 
  - Very funny Nance - and right on target to boot  HughMoran   Oct-16-10 09:27 AM   #31 
  - Indeed. n/t  Scurrilous   Oct-17-10 01:00 AM   #73 
  - Some anger management is definitely in order  DFW   Oct-16-10 09:29 AM   #32 
  - Now dat is funny.  lonestarnot   Oct-16-10 09:31 AM   #33 
  - This observer yearns for the days of fury, featuring  saltpoint   Oct-16-10 09:40 AM   #34 
  - OMG!!!!  pipi_k   Oct-16-10 09:49 AM   #35 
  - Yep, and I'm all in this kumbaya mood  tavalon   Oct-16-10 10:02 AM   #37 
  - Too funny!  Dystopian   Oct-16-10 10:05 AM   #38 
  - K & R!  Born_A_Truman   Oct-16-10 10:40 AM   #39 
  - My dear Nance!  CaliforniaPeggy   Oct-16-10 10:53 AM   #40 
  - LOL  Scurrilous   Oct-16-10 11:06 AM   #41 
  - grins and thanks  Tuesday Afternoon   Oct-16-10 11:22 AM   #42 
  - LOL! Bless you, Nance. K&R  Whisp   Oct-16-10 11:30 AM   #43 
  - thanks for putting everything into perspective...  madrchsod   Oct-16-10 12:16 PM   #44 
  - Sorry you feel this way, but I certainly understand.  elleng   Oct-16-10 12:20 PM   #45 
  - Your research on the Birder group is flawed...  POAS   Oct-16-10 12:33 PM   #46 
  - You amaze me.  azmouse   Oct-16-10 12:39 PM   #47 
  - Thanks for the Saturday  The Wizard   Oct-16-10 12:44 PM   #48 
  - DUers conversing on any given forum  lunatica   Oct-16-10 12:52 PM   #49 
  - Classic !... Thanks Nance.  RagAss   Oct-16-10 01:21 PM   #50 
  - Excellent!  hedgehog   Oct-16-10 01:25 PM   #51 
  - I'm pretty certain we won't see any flame wars  trumad   Oct-16-10 01:45 PM   #53 
  - Dynamite, Nance  MrScorpio   Oct-16-10 02:01 PM   #54 
  - Love you, Nance  Bobbie Jo   Oct-16-10 02:04 PM   #56 
  - Now that is funny....  Peacetrain   Oct-16-10 02:08 PM   #57 
  - One of the high points,  H2O Man   Oct-16-10 02:12 PM   #58 
  - In every neighborhood ginmill, however, peace reigns as the usual Saturday night crowd shuffles in.  Stinky The Clown   Oct-16-10 02:13 PM   #59 
  - Brawaawawa,,  Cha   Oct-16-10 02:18 PM   #60 
  - If only ...  BlueMTexpat   Oct-16-10 03:51 PM   #61 
  - Have noticed it too  Just One Woman   Oct-16-10 04:34 PM   #62 
  - I must do this  Dystopian   Oct-16-10 10:10 PM   #63 
  - Yes, sometimes we do ...  NanceGreggs   Oct-17-10 01:37 AM   #75 
  - Argufyin' in DU groups!  immoderate   Oct-16-10 10:24 PM   #64 
  - Bad day?  NanceGreggs   Oct-17-10 02:07 AM   #80 
     - If the bicyclists are going to butt heads...  immoderate   Oct-17-10 11:55 AM   #82 
  - we need a beer summit where democratic leadership  scentopine   Oct-16-10 10:41 PM   #65 
  - Late Breaking News From the Birders Group  Oldtimeralso   Oct-16-10 10:59 PM   #66 
  - I find some of the posts here to be mind-boggling as well, but not just of late (nt)  harmonicon   Oct-16-10 11:29 PM   #69 
  - Fuck. The, Knitters.  AngryAmish   Oct-16-10 11:32 PM   #70 
  - I know what you mean about that fookin' poetry group -  cliffordu   Oct-16-10 11:42 PM   #71 
  - Showing your bias I see...  rpannier   Oct-16-10 11:51 PM   #72 
  - If this post means I'll never be invited ...  NanceGreggs   Oct-17-10 01:36 AM   #74 
  - You know what I say?! Fuck the beaders!  rufus dog   Oct-17-10 01:42 AM   #76 
  - I'd had a few PMs about you ...  NanceGreggs   Oct-17-10 02:02 AM   #77 
  - Nance - this is a great post.  madmax   Oct-17-10 02:05 AM   #78 
  - Great big heartfelt K&R n/t  madmax   Oct-17-10 02:06 AM   #79 
  - is there a vaccine available?....  ElsewheresDaughter   Oct-17-10 10:11 AM   #81 
 

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