if you're into meditation, you'll probably enjoy this piece a lot.
if you're not into it, or you plan on responding below in a way that suggests you didn't read the article -- you'll appear somewhat as proof of what the article contends. but even if you don't meditate or even spend time on social media, you'll completely understand the weird physical feeling you get from a disturbing thought (a remembrance of a past embarrassment, for example), and the similar feeling you get when you are hit with a tweet (or whatever) that irks you.
the analogy fits: the feelings arising from thinking a troubling thought are almost no different than the feelings arising from reading an upsetting tweet.
the conclusion is to operate social media the same way you monitor your own thoughts - which is to examine what the thought might actually be, and then disarm and discard it. which is what one does often in meditation.
We are so grateful to have found The Gutter and to be part of a place where we can meet wonderful people and feel a real sense of community. We truly have so much to be thankful for, and today we love to celebrate that together.
Please share your Thanksgiving moments with us—what you’re thankful for, what made you smile, or the simple joys that made today special.
As for me, I’m thankful that my family is healthy and happy, that the kids have their homes and their jobs, and that I can pause during the day to notice something in nature I don’t see every day…..flock of starlings murmuring around our refinery.
Those little moments mean everything.
Happy Thanksgiving from my heart to yours.
Congratulations to @APalm, @Pam_Antosiak, @RockNRollHS. Your questions were chosen for tonight’s.Ask Greg and the Panelists.
@APalm Who's a celebrity that is universally considered attractive, but they just don't do it for you?
@Pam_Antosiak At your current level of professional success, do you still have a five year plan? And if you do, where do you want to be in five years?
@RockNRollHS What is it that annoys you the most these days?
An incident at brunch yesterday had me thinking again about how much less civilized our world is becoming.
A woman approached the desk and gave her name and reservation time. The hostess said that she couldn't find the reservation but that she would add the party to the list. The woman then continued to berate the hostess in a very loud voice for losing the reservation and not doing her job.
Over the next 15 minutes, two other people from the same party went up individually and berated the hostess again for the long wait and losing the reservation. And each time, they cut in front of other people waiting to check-in, simply so they could complain.
First, it's Thanksgiving, and it's going to be busy even with a reservation (it took us about 30 minutes to be seated). So if you don't like waiting, you probably should stay home. Second, the hostess was not responsible for your missing reservation, was very polite, and did the only thing she could to fix the error by adding you to the list ...
‘DC National Guard shooting follows months of Democrats’ stoking fear about military ‘invasion’ - NY Post
So the reckless and irresponsible Democrat loudmouths like Michigan Senator Slopkin are nervous law enforcement, led by the right, are going to go way too far. Just so I understand, the party that actually went way too far (Floyd (not the barber) riots, killing nursing home residents with COVID policies, etc.) have taken the high ground and decided to issue dire warnings about some fantasy scenario on the right that can provoke unhinged maniacs to act out, and this is just peachy with them. I hope with every fiber in my being the Democrat Party collapses soon, or at least is taken back by old school Democrats away from the completely insane members if there are enough left.
A young man decided it was time to come out to his family.
He was worried most about his grandmother, so he approached her in the kitchen.
"Grandma, I, uh, have to tell you something."
"Yes, sweety?"
"I, uh, I'm gay."
"Gay?" His heart stopped. "Does that mean you put men's things in your mouth?"
"Grandma!!!!"
"Well??"
Mortified, he muttered sheepishly, "I, uh, yeah?"
Whack! The wooden spoon found its mark. "Don't you EVER, "complain about my cooking again."
Mornin
