Y'all know I'm more of a reader than a poster here, so imagine my surprise to receive multiple "achievement" notifications from LJ - including from a Dark Shadows role-playing account from more than a few years ago. Just got one from this account. On the former, I thought I must have gotten hacked and changed the password, but now I suspect it might not be I being hacked. I've also gotten notifications on-site that a couple of friends here have achieved things. So, what's up?

Whether you realize it or not, you’re making up your mind all of the time. It is your mind…you’re not your mind’s person. So make up your mind to rise to the highest and best of who you are, and leap eagerly into the joyful life you’re creating.

- William DeFoore

New Year's Day 2023, and here we are onto 2024!

The Law is that through which all manifestations come. Truly and unlike societal law/man-made government, nobody is above this Law. Of course nobody can escape it, as it is the foundation of all workings.

It reminds me of something I've heard in life, when people say a thing because its opposite is true. One that comes to mind was in reference to an administrative law judge and stated by a lawyer for a disabled woman who was to appear before him. The lawyer said, "He's not abusive or anything." - and the judge was indeed. There was no reason for the lawyer to say such a thing. And in politics some time ago, I heard a woman say, "Nobody is above the law." Now, it is possible to be above contrived societal law, and I have seen that phenomenon. I've also recently seen someone state that someone sure does appear to be above the law, as though it could not be. Well, it can be and it sometimes is.

As for me, I embrace the Law behind all manifestation, because it is that which ensures Justice. Justice is inevitable.

It's what's for breakfast...

Your intention is a tremendously powerful creative mechanism. Use it wisely, and it will serve you well.

- William DeFoore

#quotations #psychology #mind #imagination #creativity

#intention

He had delusions of adequacy. - Walter Kerr

He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire. - Winston Churchill

I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure. - Clarence Darrow

He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary. -William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway)

Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words? - Ernest Hemingway (about William Faulkner)

Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; I'll waste no time reading it. - Moses Hadas

I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it. - Mark Twain

He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends. - Oscar Wilde

I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play; bring a friend, if you have one. - George Bernard Shaw to Winston Churchill

Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second... if there is one. - Winston Churchill, in response

I feel so miserable without you; it's almost like having you here. - Stephen Bishop

He is a self-made man and worships his creator. - John Bright

I've just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing trivial. - Irvin S. Cobb

He is not only dull himself; he is the cause of dullness in others. - Samuel Johnson

He is simply a shiver looking for a spine to run up. - Paul Keating

He loves nature in spite of what it did to him. - Forrest Tucker

Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it? - Mark Twain

His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork. - Mae West

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go. - Oscar Wilde

He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination. - Andrew Lang (1844-1912)

He has Van Gogh's ear for music. - Billy Wilder

I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But I'm afraid this wasn't it. - Groucho Marx

The exchange between Winston Churchill & Lady Astor: She said, "If you were my husband I'd give you poison." He said, "If you were my wife, I'd drink it."

He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I know. - Abraham Lincoln

There's nothing wrong with you that reincarnation won't cure. - Jack E. Leonard

They never open their mouths without subtracting from the sum of human knowledge. - Thomas Brackett Reed

He inherited some good instincts from his Quaker forebears, but by diligent hard work, he overcame them. - James Reston (about Richard Nixon)

(Sung to the tune of "Winter Wonderland")

Grievances aired, are you listening,
At the dinner, meatloaf is glistening.
A beautiful sight, we're happy tonight.
It's Festivus all across the land.

Standing there, is an old pole,
Unadorned, it is a strong pole.
It stands straight and tall,
As we go along,
It's Festivus all across the land.

In the Living Room we can wrestle,
And try to pin the head of the house.
He'll say: Are you ready?
We'll say: No, man.
But we will do our best
To pin him down.

Later on, we'll conspire,
As we air grievances by the fire.
To face unafraid,
The gripes we have made,
It's Festivus all across the land.


#festivus #holidays #christmas #traditions #culture

Old news to LJ people, but interesting to see it on LinkedIn -

Gratitude Journals

The old healer to the soul:
It's not your back that hurts, but the burden.
It's not your eyes that hurt, but injustice.
It's not your head that hurts, it's your thoughts.
Not the throat, but what you don't express or what you say with anger.
Not the stomach that hurts, but what the soul does not digest.
It's not the liver that hurts, it's the anger.
It's not your heart that hurts, but love.
And it is love itself that contains the most powerful medicine.

(UnknownAuthor)

Domain LiveJournal.com was registered on April 15, 1999. The same year, the cult movie "The Matrix" was released, the 6 billionth inhabitant of the Earth was born in the city of Sarajevo, and Britney Spears' debut single Baby One More Time topped the world charts.
On April 15, 2021 LiveJournal turns 22 years old! LiveJournal celebrates its birthday and gives you a card with a bright event that happened the year you started your blog!

What happened in your life the year you started your blog?

Probably.

Glad to have A/C and not have the power shut off during our Northern California heatwave. We've escaped the outages thus far. So many fires also, evacuations and devastation for many as well as overwhelming the firefighters.

California Wildfires

I was wondering about this in regards to washing & drying my Star mophead. Good info.

Coronavirus on clothing:
How to Wash

If you would be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams - the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn
- Robert Southey

26 million LiveJournal credentials leaked online, sold on the dark web

Was LiveJournal ever actually any good? A nostalgia-tinged investigation. (Mashable)

In light of the revelation of Facebook's privacy violations, some are vacating, even though the damage is done - they retain any info they have on you. However, I see potential in Diaspora. It functions well, but you have to get the hang of using hashtags, as that is how you get a page to read and contacts. I'm not saying who I am there, haha, as you will find me if we have similar interests :D

The Federation

Join Diaspora

Sikh people suffer terribly in our society due to those who have no tolerance for religions other than their own.
--
Sikh kids

Interesting -

Candle in the Wind

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