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25 Aug 00 - 11:53 AM (#285074) Subject: Thought for the Day: Fri, Aug 25, 2000 From: SandyToes Granite or Grapes Crush granite, and you get chips that can cut you. Crush grapes, and you get juice that refreshes you. Some people are like granite. They're cold, and they chill you. They're hard, and they hurt you. Bumping against you, they crush you. Crush grapes and they give forth a fragrance to the one who crushes them. They give refreshment, not resentment; stimulation, not a sting. Today and every day, when someone crushes you, refresh them; don't revile them. Sweeten their lives; don't smash them. Love your enemies!!!! ***Which are you...the granite or the grape? SandyToes
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25 Aug 00 - 12:24 PM (#285091) Subject: RE: BS: Thought for the Day: Fri, Aug 25, 2000 From: hesperis Neither. I'm not either into being crushed or into crushing others. Grapes do not recover from bruising, people can, in time heal from wounds brought on by others. Flowers crushed underfoot can sometimes spring up prettier than before, but people are not for being trodden on. I am a dancer, and a musician. Not granite, I am flesh and blood and bone, and would not purposely hurt anyone. Not a grape, I am not for being consumed by others, or for dying in the bringing forth of my seeds... I am for living. I live for myself, for my Art, and for humanity. If I am not good at the dance, and bump into someone and hurt them, I apologize, and dance on. If someone is not good at the dance and bumps into me unintentionally, I forgive them, share a laugh, and dance on. If someone steps on my toes intentionally to hurt me, I don't dance with them anymore, and maybe write a song to relieve my pain. If someone dances a measure with me well, I remember them in my heart forever. I am not granite or a grape, I am a human being. I am a musician, I am a dancer. ~*sirepseh*~ |
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25 Aug 00 - 12:25 PM (#285092) Subject: RE: BS: Thought for the Day: Fri, Aug 25, 2000 From: LR Mole Hard to lean on a grape, though. |
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25 Aug 00 - 01:05 PM (#285122) Subject: RE: BS: Thought for the Day: Fri, Aug 25, 2000 From: SINSULL Naive but to my knowledge I do not have any enemies. There are many who disagree with me and I with them. It is healthy to share ideas. But problem people are out of my life long before they become enemies. |
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25 Aug 00 - 01:56 PM (#285164) Subject: RE: BS: Thought for the Day: Fri, Aug 25, 2000 From: wysiwyg See Schmielzo Polka, Aine's Mudcat Songbook, under Quick Links on top of the forum page. ~S~ |
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25 Aug 00 - 02:00 PM (#285167) Subject: RE: BS: Thought for the Day: Fri, Aug 25, 2000 From: Mrrzy I would say I'm a grape. I am crushable. I can be refreshing, intoxicating, soothing, or slippery. Purple is my favorite color, with green running a close second. Otherwise, what Hesperis said. |
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25 Aug 00 - 02:42 PM (#285195) Subject: RE: BS: Thought for the Day: Fri, Aug 25, 2000 From: tar_heel hey,that was a neat thought for the day,sandytoes!yesterday i was granite.......today,i am grapes,and i thank you very much for the lesson ,here! |
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25 Aug 00 - 09:54 PM (#285420) Subject: RE: BS: Thought for the Day: Fri, Aug 25, 2000 From: sophocleese Yeah, but what about sour grapes? No matter what you do with them you still have to add a lot of sugar to make them palatable. Or sun-ripened granite? Lovely shades of pink and black flecks glinting sweetly up at you as you relax on a surface that warms and holds you in the heat of the sun. |