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Picture yourself spending some time with congenial friends, sharing your lives and pictures from your cell phones." They're curious about that cool game, song, movie, camping trip, art show, or other event that fascinated you. You talk about all kinds of stuff, poetry, styles, personal achievements, relationships, and bad days. You can share your inner child, and laugh together. They sympathetically listen to your feelings about serious topics like politics or climate change, even when they don't agree.

Personal validation comes from paying attention to one another, giving more than you get. Everyone respects you and themselves, despite our amazing range of personal tastes and interests. They'll tell you they don't agree with an idea or behavior without implying you're a bad person or somehow deficient. It's an "I'm OK, You're OK" kind of fellowship, where nobody tries to make himself look better by picking on somebody else.

Nobody here is into mind games. A discussion started with a loaded guilt-throwing question will be deleted.

This group is not intended to compete with other groups on topics they cover but to "fill in the cracks." Whenever a discussion dwells at length on a topic for which there's an existing group, we urge you to provide members a link to that group to continue along their tangent.

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Please start a discussion to share stories, photos, and videos. Replies will pop up in your "latest activity" and a conversation can develop from the feelings and thoughts you contributed. Groups are built on discussions.

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What are your Memorial Day plans?

Started by Steph S.. Last reply by Tom Sarbeck 1 hour ago. 1 Reply 0 Likes

I just wanted to make a fun discussion and see what all of you are doing on Memorial Day.Anyone attending a parade?Anyone honoring vets?Here is an event in Austin that looks very interesting to me.Austin, TXClose Assault 1944 is living history and…Continue

Girl Recovered After 10 Years Claimed Dead by Psychic

Started by Steph S.. Last reply by Lillie 2 hours ago. 9 Replies 0 Likes

Psychics are all BS.Here's an interesting news article.Amanda Berry, a…Continue

Life offers many opportunities for health and flourishing

Started by Joan Denoo 14 hours ago. 0 Replies 0 Likes

Life offers many opportunities for health and flourishing and our bodies have all kinds of red flags it sends up to tell us something is wrong. Pay attention to those flags, they can save your health and your life. I talked to a lady yesterday who…Continue

Tags: tools, for, living, denial, delusions

Oklahoma Tornado

Started by Ruth Anthony-Gardner. Last reply by Steph S. 15 hours ago. 3 Replies 1 Like

An amazing photo of the tornado's power,Continue

Tags: Oklahoma Tornado 2013

'Crazy ants' a threat in southern U.S.

Started by Steph S.. Last reply by Lillie on Sunday. 8 Replies 1 Like

Oh no! Crazy ants!!CNN) -- Beware the "crazy…Continue

10 Things You Can't Do and Become President

Started by Steph S.. Last reply by Randall Smith on Saturday. 7 Replies 0 Likes

This was a fun article to read.When…Continue

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Comment by Patricia on July 20, 2012 at 9:35pm: Nice shot Tony's son....hahaha!!!!!!

Comment by Tony Carroll on July 20, 2012 at 9:30pm: I just have to share. My son, daughter-in-law, and I went to supper tonight. A nice steak place. Anyhoo, a large group of 8 seated after us. We were already eating, and so were other tables. When this group received their food, one of the men said 'let's pray'. Was a generic type bless this, bless that yada yada, However my son pointed something out to me. All the other people in our area had stopped eating and bowed their heads, even the waitress. We, of course, kept on eating. After the amen, my son looked at me and said 'I only got one thing to say. Thank god'. I broke down laughing, and so did he. Couldn't stop. Still chuckling thinking about it.

Comment by Steph S. on July 20, 2012 at 8:40pm: That's right - heal fast Jonathan I will be thinking about you.
No one else is allowed to get hurt.
Have fun everyone!

Comment by booklover on July 20, 2012 at 8:18pm: Sorry you got hurt Jonathan, I hope you heal soon!

Everyone have a great weekend, and no getting hurt allowed! ;)

Comment by Steph S. on July 20, 2012 at 8:16pm: Joan I love your owl picture and statements you posted.
Cool Booklover I remembered. Dale is a beauty!

Comment by booklover on July 20, 2012 at 8:05pm: @ Steph, you remember correctly! Dale was my pic for a while!

Comment by Joan Denoo on July 20, 2012 at 8:02pm: There are some people with whom I have no interest in discussing ideas!

Comment by Joan Denoo on July 20, 2012 at 7:57pm: There are some people with whom I have no interest in discussing ideas.

If an individual or group insists something to be true when, in fact, it is possible for it to be wrong.

If you can't prove that god doesn't exist, then that means he must exist.

If you hold onto a belief because it makes people happy or feel good, even as it has the potential to oppress.

If you believe that saying something that is false is true and repeat it so often that it becomes "normal".

If you believe something is right because it is new, different or novel.

If you believe something is true because a majority of people believe the same thing, as if might-makes-right.

If you believe there are only two options, when in fact there may be many options in a situation. If one option is wrong, the other must be right.

If you use the bible as the word of god because it says it is; the bible can't be wrong because it is the word of god.

If you assert that events that occur together must be causally related; i.e. using global warming as a sign god is punishing us.

If you claim a simplistic answer to a complex problem; i.e. if god didn't create the universe, then who/what did?

If you believe ends justify means.

If you declare one event will lead to harmful consequences; i.e if you let gays get married, it will destroy family values.