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happy healin Peachy:angel: (((vibes)))john & family & to all

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreat Scott is da man

its about the music not tv scandal nonsense Guess im too damn old.

Yeah, what IS wrong with Allmanned today? Sheesh. Healing vibes to all that need them. Lots of those flying around lately, but luckily for us, they are a natural resource in unlimited supply. 🙂 Bird72, I really liked what you wrote this morning. Good stuff. I was having coffee with a friend recently and he asked if I was a religious person. I am, but generally keep to myself about it, as I feel that everyone should embrace spirituality in their own time and on their own terms. Apparently I did such a good job of keeping to myself that he didn't even know that I belonged to a church or anything! So I said that yes, I was a religious person, and I told him some of the things that I believe and some of the things that I don't believe. I also stressed that my beliefs are organic and dynamic, and that while there were a few bedrock truths that I didn't see ever changing, most of it was a process, a journey, a walk, or what have you, that would be ongoing for the rest of my life. So of course I asked Chris (my friend) why he had asked me that question, and in such an out of the blue way at that. He said that he had a lot of turmoil and upheaval in his personal life, some of which I knew about and some of which I didn't. His wife left him and took their two daughters back to California to live. His career was in a shambles. His father was dying, and he was estranged from his mother. Lots of the usual stuff that people go through, I suppose. And he was wondering if religion might be helpful to him while enduring these various hardships. So here is what I said to him, and I'll post it here, for what it is worth. These are all merely my own thoughts, and I apologize in advance if they offend anyone. I offer them only as one man's perspective in relation to the hard times that so many of our brothers and sisters here in the Mushroom Nation have been experiencing of late. I said that faith in God--and for our purposes here, I'll borrow the Alcoholics Anonymous line about God "as you have come to know him or her"--could be a wonderful thing, and that it could make a positive impact in anyone's life. But I also said that, in my opinion at least, we still have to live our lives in the world as we know it, with all of its ups and downs, triumphs and heartbreaks, inescapable truths and inexplicable mysteries. God will not cut your grass. He will not help your hockey team win. He won't intervene and make your wife and children come back to you. And unfortunately, He won't stop people from suffering and dying. But I do feel in my heart and soul that faith in the God of one's choice can bring a great deal of strength, courage, confidence, peace of mind and serenity into the heart and soul of anyone who merely makes a serious effort to seek it out. I feel that turning to religion as an "answer" to life's problems and concerns is a faulty approach. God doesn't make anything better or worse. I don't feel that He owes me any breaks or special considerations. I do believe that He put me here, and that is why I am grateful to Him and try as best I can to live my life as an exercise in attempting to learn His purpose for me. I do the best that I can with both of these, and like everyone else, I have my good days and bad days. When I pray, I pray for the world and all of the people that share it with me. Yes, I even pray for the bad ones. I believe that it is God's job to judge them, not mine. I pray that my fellow human beings will find what they are looking for in life, whatever that might be. I pray that those who are experiencing difficulties of any kind will perhaps know the inner peace of a lightened load, if even for a moment. Sometimes that is enough. I feel that at any given time, there are literally billions of people on this Earth that need God's comfort more than I do. So I don't pray for me, I pray for them. I hope that during my own trials and tribulations, some of this will come back around to me, that somewhere, someone will be praying for the needs of others, and that maybe a little bit of that good stuff will find its way into my soul. Like Tony said, positive vibes and prayers are an everyday thing. Rest assured that even if nobody here is asking for our thoughts, someone somewhere needs them. And they'll need them tomorrow and the day after that and the day after that. And someday each and every one of us will need them. We need each other to survive and prosper in this life, both literally and figuratively. I'll close with a joke. What did the Dalai Lama say to the New York City hot dog vendor? "Make me one with everything." EAPFP .

WHAT WRONG WITH ALLMANNED TODAY?

Prayers and healing vibes to you and your family John.

Dear Family, Another Brother and Sister from our family here could use some prayers for strength. Through all the good times we've shared, a family does have some sorrows together and bumps in the road to get through. Although it does seem like we've been doing it alot lately, I truly believe we could never run out of *peachy* vibes, love and prayers for our extended kin, it's amazing the power we have here isn't it. Fellow Canadian & dear brother JohnBowes (he posts here quite often), his wife Sharlene and family need a little peach boost from all of us. Sharlene lost her younger sister quite unexpectedly on Aug 14th. Still recovering from losing her sister and the grief, Sharlene's father had a heart attack and passed away on Aug 24th. The same day, almost same time, Sharlene's mom had a heart attack. The medics being at their home already, Sharlene's mom received immediate medical attention. She is on a long road of recovery, physically, emotionally and spiritually as is Sharlene and the rest of her family. John is a very strong and loving man and if any one can help his family through all of this, he can....but every once in awhile we all need a little help so if you can, muster up some vibes and love...shoot em towards Sharlene, Sharlene's Mom, their family and of course John...I know they'd appreciate them. John wasn't sure about putting it out here on the gb and I offered....I let him know we're all here for him, the beautiful, unconditional love mixed with the most powerful healing vibes is *cosmic*, it really is..... John, Sharlene and family, we'll embrace all of you with our love....know you never have to be alone, never..... Later w/love, Karen

George Plimton passing on reminds me of a great story. Certainly he would appreciate the nuttiness of this and there is a hook. I lived and worked in Puerto Rico in 1980-1. His nephew owned a bar called Bresas del Mar. Drinks in the front, nose candy in the back. His specialty drink was Caribbean Daquiri made with 151, a KILLER drink. In PR Monday night football didn't start until 10 PM. So we'd be partying big time until 3 or 4 in the morning and be seriously altered when it was time to go home. We could easily run up a 500-600 dollar tab with all the extras. In the spirit of being young and dumb we would have a freindly race on the way home (since we worked for the same company we all had these funky little company cars that 50 horsepower engines). the rules were first person to touch the brakes or last person home picked up the tab. Made for some incredible rides home. Of course we rolled in @ 4 or 5 in the morning and had to be @ work @ 7:00 with a biblical hangover and no sleep. Ahhhhh the good old days.

HEY TV MARK DROP DEAD ASSHOLE

12/12/03 - Westbury Music Fair, NY - Susan T - yeah!