Surfing with Wind

[betoobig]

We are almost there..... i love you all

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Bhk7cjjLVXI

So much love

[Kryztian]

[Bluegreen]

Give me love
Give me love
Give me
Peace on Earth

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=EjHLxTGn--s

[justntime2learn]

Isn't love so much easier than the alternative?

[RunningDeer]

Posted by justntime2learn (here)
Isn't love so much easier than the alternative?

Welcome back, Chuck.

[Johnnycomelately]

I found a way to describe why I’m a loner — like why I didn’t fit in to social circles on sports teams or at schools or at most work situations. Prolly the root reason why I don’t collect personal friends too.

My family were military, parents and uncles serving in WWII, a grandparent who served in WWI, a Boer War participant.ancestor in my mom’s family. I took stock of those associations, back when I first strove to figure out who I was/am, once I learned the idea of reincarnation.

Below is a creed that I reject, mainly because of the core tenet, which I’ve bolded. Am not into “I’ll scratch your back, if you scratch mine”, in this life anyways.

https://www.history.navy.mil/browse-...cer-creed.html



* pic here, nothing special, and I don’t bother posting pics *

A new chief receives her anchors. (U.S. Navy photo by Sonar Technician Surface 3rd Class Stacy Richardson/Released)

United States Navy Chief Petty Officer Creed

DURING THE COURSE OF INITIATION, YOU HAVE BEEN CAUSED TO HUMBLY ACCEPT CHALLENGE AND FACE ADVERSITY. THIS YOU HAVE ACCOMPLISHED WITH RARE GOOD GRACE. POINTLESS AS SOME OF THESE CHALLENGES MAY HAVE SEEMED, THERE WERE VALID, TIME-HONORED REASONS BEHIND EACH POINTED BARB.

YOUR FAITH IN THE FELLOWSHIP OF CHIEF PETTY OFFICERS WAS NECESSARY TO OVERCOME THESE HURDLES. THE GOAL WAS TO INSTILL IN YOU THAT TRUST IS INHERENT WITH THE DONNING OF THE UNIFORM OF A CHIEF. OUR INTENT WAS TO IMPRESS UPON YOU THAT CHALLENGE IS GOOD; A GREAT AND NECESSARY REALITY WHICH CANNOT MAR YOU – WHICH, IN FACT, STRENGTHENS YOU.

IN YOUR FUTURE AS A CHIEF PETTY OFFICER, YOU WILL BE FORCED TO ENDURE ADVERSITY FAR BEYOND WHAT HAS THUS FAR BEEN IMPOSED UPON YOU. YOU MUST FACE EACH CHALLENGE AND ADVERSITY WITH THE SAME DIGNITY AND GOOD GRACE YOU HAVE ALREADY DEMONSTRATED.

BY EXPERIENCE, BY PERFORMANCE, AND BY TESTING, YOU HAVE BEEN ADVANCED TO CHIEF PETTY OFFICER. IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY – AND ONLY IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY – THE RANK OF E7 CARRIES WITH IT UNIQUE RESPONSIBILITIES AND PRIVILEGES YOU ARE EXPECTED TO FULFILL AND BOUND TO OBSERVE.

YOUR ENTIRE WAY OF LIFE IS CHANGED. MORE WILL BE EXPECTED OF YOU; MORE WILL BE DEMANDED OF YOU. NOT BECAUSE YOU ARE AN E7, BUT BECAUSE YOU ARE NOW A CHIEF PETTY OFFICER. YOU HAVE NOT MERELY BEEN PROMOTED A PAYGRADE, YOU HAVE JOINED AN EXCLUSIVE FELLOWSHIP AND, AS IN ALL FELLOWSHIPS, YOU HAVE A SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITY TO YOUR COMRADES, EVEN AS THEY HAVE A SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITY TO YOU. THIS IS WHY WE IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY MAY MAINTAIN WITH PRIDE OUR FEELINGS OF ACCOMPLISHMENT ONCE WE HAVE ATTAINED THE POSITION OF CHIEF PETTY OFFICER.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES AND PRIVILEGES DO NOT APPEAR IN PRINT. THEY HAVE NO OFFICIAL STANDING; THEY CANNOT BE REFERRED TO BY NAME, NUMBER, NOR FILE. THEY HAVE EXISTED FOR OVER 100 YEARS, BECAUSE CHIEFS BEFORE YOU HAVE FREELY ACCEPTED RESPONSIBILITY BEYOND THE CALL OF PRINTED ASSIGNMENT. THEIR ACTIONS AND THEIR PERFORMANCE DEMANDED THE RESPECT OF THEIR SENIORS AS WELL AS THEIR JUNIORS.

IT IS REQUIRED THAT YOU BE THE FOUNTAIN OF WISDOM, THE AMBASSADOR OF GOOD WILL, THE AUTHORITY IN PERSONAL RELATIONS AS WELL AS IN TECHNICAL APPLICATIONS. “ASK THE CHIEF” IS A HOUSEHOLD PHRASE IN AND OUT OF THE NAVY.

YOU ARE THE CHIEF. THE EXALTED POSITION YOU HAVE ACHIEVED — AND THE WORD EXALTED IS USED ADVISEDLY — EXISTS BECAUSE OF THE SERVICE, CHARACTER, AND PERFORMANCE OF THE CHIEFS BEFORE YOU. IT SHALL EXIST ONLY AS LONG AS YOU AND YOUR FELLOW CHIEFS MAINTAIN THESE STANDARDS.

IT WAS OUR INTENTION THAT YOU NEVER FORGET THIS DAY. IT WAS OUR INTENTION TO TEST YOU, TO TRY YOU, AND TO ACCEPT YOU. YOUR PERFORMANCE HAS ASSURED US THAT YOU WILL WEAR “THE HAT” WITH THE SAME PRIDE AS YOUR COMRADES IN ARMS BEFORE YOU.

WE TAKE A DEEP AND SINCERE PLEASURE IN CLASPING YOUR HAND, AND ACCEPTING YOU AS A CHIEF PETTY OFFICER IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY.



Published: Fri Sep 13 17:18:23 EDT 2019

[O Donna]

Emotion/ physical sensation, identically, gift and curse.

Nothing better then flying high about the mountains of challenge



Nothing worse than striking the unforgiving ground believing never to fly again.



High or low is on me.

Not this, not that

[O Donna]

.

Someday I will die and so will you
And that makes us supremely equal.



What is more useful than an equal? (Imagine THAT world....Harmony/ Heaven comes to mind)

[O Donna]

Ran into this being said and thought others may enjoy:

"There is a lot that is true than neither of us are saying."


The Universe is covered in intrigue, almost teasingly so.




Tie-in bonus intrigue:

There is a lot more in Bilbo than you guess, and a deal more than he has any idea himself. - Gandolf

[O Donna]

If a tree falls in a forest and ...



Memories? Whose? The Cloud?

[O Donna]

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=bcLE86nTfR8

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=SJUhlRoBL8M

Just remember that the last laugh is on you.

Turn around

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=lcOxhH8N3Bo

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=KQetemT1sWc

[RunningDeer]

Posted by O Donna (here)

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=bcLE86nTfR8

Thank you, O Donna.

Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up
by Abigail Shrier, February 27, 2024

Summary: 4.6 - 1,323 ratings

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

From the author of Irreversible Damage, an investigation into a mental health industry that is harming, not healing, American children

In virtually every way that can be measured, Gen Z’s mental health is worse than that of previous generations. Youth suicide rates are climbing, antidepressant prescriptions for children are common, and the proliferation of mental health diagnoses has not helped the staggering number of kids who are lonely, lost, sad and fearful of growing up. What’s gone wrong with America’s youth?

In Bad Therapy, bestselling investigative journalist Abigail Shrier argues that the problem isn’t the kids—it’s the mental health experts. Drawing on hundreds of interviews with child psychologists, parents, teachers, and young people, Shrier explores the ways the mental health industry has transformed the way we teach, treat, discipline, and even talk to our kids. She reveals that most of the therapeutic approaches have serious side effects and few proven benefits. Among her unsettling findings:

• Talk therapy can induce rumination, trapping children in cycles of anxiety and depression
  
• Social Emotional Learning handicaps our most vulnerable children, in both public schools and private
  
• “Gentle parenting” can encourage emotional turbulence – even violence – in children as they lash out, desperate for an adult in charge

Mental health care can be lifesaving when properly applied to children with severe needs, but for the typical child, the cure can be worse than the disease. Bad Therapy is a must-read for anyone questioning why our efforts to bolster America’s kids have backfired—and what it will take for parents to lead a turnaround.

[O Donna]

Spirit, Hidden in plain sight.

You became the light on the dark side of me - Seal

Light shines on all graves alike, far and wide, regardless of maxim/ creed/ belief/ mantra.

[Wind]

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Lpjop6-TxBE

[O Donna]

Hold and let go, ad infinitum. Experience awaits...

[O Donna]

Came across a most powerful, life affirming quote (and so much more):

"come back! Even as a shadow, even as a dream"

- Anne Carson's translation of Euripides' play "Herakles"

The quote is on lines 475-476 of her translation, equivalent to lines 494-495 of Euripides. The original reads:

ἄρηξον, ἐλθέ: καὶ σκιὰ φάνηθί μοι:
ἅλις γὰρ ἐλθὼν κἂν ὄναρ γένοιο σύ:

Couple additional translations.

"come: even as a shadow appear to me: even if you come as a crowd, even if you became a dream"

Help, come! Even [as] shadow appear to me,
For coming [is] enough even if you might be a dream.

The ancient isn't so ancient when it appears today.

When you walked into my house
That you won't be walking out the door

Lovers forever, face to face (face to face Aka Instantly)

Give to me your leather
Take from me my lace

- lyrics from: Leather and Lace, Don Henley and Stevie Nicks

[O Donna]

Continuation of prior post:

Come as you are
Come in your image/ mask
Come as is

In 'memoria' to Kurt Cobain:

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=ujOpOzZcjJo

Come as you are
As a friend, as a friend
As an old enemy

Come doused in mud, soaked in bleach

Come as you are

Billy Joel - Just the Way You Are

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Z0WDS-EQoIM

I don't care how you get here
Just get here if you can

[Bluegreen]

Good to see many old-timers back again

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=RsY8l0Jg3lY

[Wind]

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=-wVWjl9Kq6U

[O Donna]

Posted by Bluegreen (here)
Good to see many old-timers back again

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=RsY8l0Jg3lY

Came as is, came as Windy

Posted by Wind (here)

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=-wVWjl9Kq6U

Your fall should be like the fall of mountains... But I was before mountains. I was in the beginning and shall be forever... The first and the last... The world come full circle. You think you can fight me, kill me, as you would a beast? I am not the wheel—I am the hand that turns the wheel. I am Time, the Destroyer. We are bound together in that. I was the wind in the stars before this—Before planets, before Heaven and Hell—And when all's done, I will be wind again, to blow the world as dust back into endless space.

~ Ogdru Jahad speaking through Nimue to Hellboy.