The Misunderstood
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And not to be that OP, but I respectfully ask posters to keep Trump discussions elsewhere.
If you want to have a political argument about the man, there are plllllenty of other places on this site where you can have the equivalent of a bar fight. I'm afraid this is a different sort of establishment.
[video=youtube;z7X2_V60YK8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7X2_V60YK8[/video]
If you want to have a political argument about the man, there are plllllenty of other places on this site where you can have the equivalent of a bar fight. I'm afraid this is a different sort of establishment.
[video=youtube;z7X2_V60YK8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7X2_V60YK8[/video]
As much as we all desire to be understood, one of the reasons I like the prayer of
Saint Francis, is because he expresses the desire to understand rather than to be
understood. Seeking to understand the other is better by far because it helps us
move beyond our natural inclination to be too self focused. If all work at better
understanding the other, what possible problem could not be overcome when
understanding is achieved? If you think about it, all strife is caused by lack of
understanding on some level. Some wonder, what good did God's admonition to
Adam and Eve do if they did not understand what death was? And yet surely they
knew what life was, for they were in possession of it at its best, walking with Him.
Saint Francis, is because he expresses the desire to understand rather than to be
understood. Seeking to understand the other is better by far because it helps us
move beyond our natural inclination to be too self focused. If all work at better
understanding the other, what possible problem could not be overcome when
understanding is achieved? If you think about it, all strife is caused by lack of
understanding on some level. Some wonder, what good did God's admonition to
Adam and Eve do if they did not understand what death was? And yet surely they
knew what life was, for they were in possession of it at its best, walking with Him.
I don't recall being so wise as you are at your age. Probably because I wasn't
I also really like how Shakespeare said that if we knew ourselves we cannot be untrue to another. Actually he said it differently, putting it in terms of being true to yourself, but how is that possible without self knowledge?
[FONT="]This above all: to thine own self be true,[/FONT]
[FONT="]And it must follow, as the night the day,[/FONT]
[FONT="]Thou canst not then be false to any man.[/FONT]
I also really like how Shakespeare said that if we knew ourselves we cannot be untrue to another. Actually he said it differently, putting it in terms of being true to yourself, but how is that possible without self knowledge?
[FONT="]This above all: to thine own self be true,[/FONT]
[FONT="]And it must follow, as the night the day,[/FONT]
[FONT="]Thou canst not then be false to any man.[/FONT]
Maybe I am showing my age,or my attempt at humor fell short .
https://youtu.be/mfwN0X8YnWo
oh well I thought it was funny.
Blessings
Bill
https://youtu.be/mfwN0X8YnWo
oh well I thought it was funny.
Blessings
Bill
I thought that may be what you meant I like this version of same song by Santa Esmeralda... well, there are a few versions, some much longer, this one is only ten and a half minutes long, and does not have all those dancing Spanish ladies in it who make me realize where Picasso may have gotten some of his ideas haha
[video=youtube;-hwiCkU73NA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hwiCkU73NA[/video]
I like this version of same song by Santa Esmeralda... well, there are a few versions, some much longer, this one is only ten and a half minutes long, and does not have all those dancing Spanish ladies in it who make me realize where Picasso may have gotten some of his ideas haha [video=youtube;-hwiCkU73NA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hwiCkU73NA[/video]
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