Positivity

TruthBringer · Post by **TruthBringer** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 9:24 pm

Someone brought something up in one of the other threads that got me thinking. What this forum (and the entire World) needs right now is a thread devoted entirely to positive statements made throughout history as well as positive statements from the people who visit this board. I would like to create this thread with the specific purpose of having a place where people post ONLY positive thoughts, statements, poems, ideas, and words.

Let this be a beacon of light for those who will fall upon hard times.

Feel free to post positive things in this thread in any language you choose to. I would like this to be for everyone and I don't want anyone to feel left out.

Here is a nice free website where you can translate the words on this message board from English to whatever language it is that you speak:

http://www.appliedlanguage.com/translat ... ation.aspx?

Nach, hier ist eine nette freie Web site, der Sie Ã¼bersetzen kÃ¶nnen die WÃ¶rter auf diesem Anschlagbrett von Englisch was Sprache es ist, dass Sie sprechen:

http://www.appliedlanguage.com/translat ... ation.aspx?

هنا موقعة لطيفة حرّة حيث أنت يستطيع ترجمت الكلمات على هذا رسالة لوح من [إنغليش] إلى أيّما لغة هو أنّ يتكلّم أنت:

http://www.appliedlanguage.com/translat ... ation.aspx?

这是您能转换在此留言簿的字从英语为的一个好的自由网站任何语言是您告诉：

http://www.appliedlanguage.com/translat ... ation.aspx?

這是您能轉換在此留言簿的字從英語為的一個好的自由網站任何語言是您告訴：

http://www.appliedlanguage.com/translat ... ation.aspx?

Hier is een aardige vrije website waar u de woorden op deze berichtraad van het Engels aan de taal kunt vertalen het is dat u spreekt:

http://www.appliedlanguage.com/translat ... ation.aspx?

Voici un site Web libre gentil Ã oÃ¹ vous pouvez traduire les mots sur ce panneau de message de l'anglais quelque langage ce soit que vous parlez :

http://www.appliedlanguage.com/translat ... ation.aspx?

Qui è un Web site libero piacevole a dove potete tradurre le parole su questa scheda di messaggio dall'inglese che cosa linguaggio è che parlate:

http://www.appliedlanguage.com/translat ... ation.aspx?

どんな言語をそれが話すことである英語からのこの伝言板のワードをに変換できる素晴らしく自由なウェブサイトはここにある:

http://www.appliedlanguage.com/translat ... ation.aspx?

것은 모두 언어를 말한다 이다 이 전보국에 워드를 영어에서 변환할 수 있는 좋은 자유로운 웹사이트는 여기 있다:

http://www.appliedlanguage.com/translat ... ation.aspx?

EstÃ¡ aqui um Web site livre agradÃ¡vel a onde vocÃª possa traduzir as palavras nesta placa de mensagem do inglÃªs o que lÃngua é que vocÃª fala:

http://www.appliedlanguage.com/translat ... ation.aspx?

Здесь славный свободный вебсайт где вы можете перевести слова на этой доске для сообщений от английской языка к любой язык оно что вы говорите:

http://www.appliedlanguage.com/translat ... ation.aspx?

AquÃ estÃ¡ un Web site libre agradable a donde usted puede traducir las palabras en esta tarjeta de mensaje del inglés cualquier lenguaje es que usted habla:

http://www.appliedlanguage.com/translat ... ation.aspx?

TruthBringer · Post by **TruthBringer** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 9:41 pm

Like sheaves of corn He gathers you unto Himself:

He threshes you to make you naked.

He sifts you to free you from your husks.

He grinds you to whiteness.

He kneads you until you are pliant;

And then he assigns you to His sacred fire, that you may become sacred bread for God's sacred feast.

All these things shall love do unto you that you may know the secrets of your heart, and in that knowledge become a fragment of Life's heart.

TruthBringer · Post by **TruthBringer** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 9:44 pm

You were born together, and together you shall be forevermore.

You shall be together when the white wings of death scatter your days.

You shall be together even in the silent memory of God.

But let there be spaces in your togetherness, and let the winds of the heavens dance between you.

Ahso! · Post by **Ahso!** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 9:58 pm

Nice idea, TB!

Unfortunately thats all I've got at the moment, but it is positive.

Thanks for the thread.

TruthBringer · Post by **TruthBringer** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 10:16 pm

Ahso!;1289548 wrote: Nice idea, TB!

Unfortunately thats all I've got at the moment, but it is positive.

Thanks for the thread.

No problem. Don't be shy. Anything you have to say that is positive counts.

Hugh Janus · Post by **Hugh Janus** » Thu Feb 11, 2010 4:48 am

Hmm. This thread, started by a person who tends to post nothing but alarmist stories and negative attitudes.

Jazzy · Post by **Jazzy** » Thu Feb 11, 2010 8:33 am

If you don't like something change it; if you can't change it, change the way you think about it. ~Mary Engelbreit

Post by **LarsMac** » Thu Feb 11, 2010 8:39 am

Hugh Janus;1289566 wrote: Hmm. This thread, started by a person who tends to post nothing but alarmist stories and negative attitudes.

I think that is a remarkably positive thing in itself. Don't you?

What a great idea.

:-6

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Thu Feb 11, 2010 9:27 am

This is fine TB but you dedicate most of your time to meticulous insight regarding gloom and things of a dark and foreboding nature. A few statements of encouragement seems kind of lazy.

Would it be possible to put as much energy and deep thought into a couple of the magnificent and glorious events that occur throughout the world on a daily basis as you do the collapse of civilization?

TruthBringer · Post by **TruthBringer** » Thu Feb 11, 2010 4:08 pm

Guys, the rules of this thread were very simple. I don't understand why you guys can't follow them. In this thread, POSITIVE things only are to be posted.

If you want to bash me in another thread, that's fine. But this thread is for positive things only.

Now I knew this was going to happen a little bit, but if we could get past this and focus on the purpose of this thread I would greatly appreciate it.

TruthBringer · Post by **TruthBringer** » Thu Feb 11, 2010 4:08 pm

Jazzy;1289609 wrote: If you don't like something change it; if you can't change it, change the way you think about it. ~Mary Engelbreit

I like it.

Bevdee · Post by **Bevdee** » Thu Feb 11, 2010 4:13 pm

So often time it happens, we all live our life in chains, and we never even know we have the key. ~The Eagles, "Already Gone"

Post by **LarsMac** » Thu Feb 11, 2010 4:14 pm

I don't think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains. - Anne Frank

TruthBringer · Post by **TruthBringer** » Thu Feb 11, 2010 4:16 pm

Beautiful guys. That's what I'm talking about.

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Thu Feb 11, 2010 4:31 pm

TruthBringer;1289708 wrote: Guys, the rules of this thread were very simple. I don't understand why you guys can't follow them. In this thread, POSITIVE things only are to be posted.

If you want to bash me in another thread, that's fine. But this thread is for positive things only.

Now I knew this was going to happen a little bit, but if we could get past this and focus on the purpose of this thread I would greatly appreciate it.

Im not bashing. Youre a thoughtful person and I thought you may be able to come up with something of at least equal dynamic relevence to this subject as you do the other types of writing you do.

I was requesting the best of you as an alternative to the usual negativity. You didnt try very hard here.

minks · Post by **minks** » Thu Feb 11, 2010 4:35 pm

Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us all be thankful. ~Buddha

Post by **LarsMac** » Thu Feb 11, 2010 4:37 pm

Looks like we are all mining the same quotes page.

:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

minks · Post by **minks** » Thu Feb 11, 2010 4:47 pm

LarsMac;1289729 wrote: Looks like we are all mining the same quotes page.

:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

yes I thought that too, I was looking for song lyrics that were not religious songs and that was a bust. hehehehe

Amythest · Post by **Amythest** » Thu Feb 11, 2010 4:49 pm

"The greatest Gift you can give anyone is the purity of your attention"_ Richard Moss

“If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has power to move you, if the simple things in nature have a message you understand, Rejoice, for your soul is alive._ Eleanora Duce

Clodhopper · Post by **Clodhopper** » Thu Feb 11, 2010 5:35 pm

I am alive.

I'm healthy.

I'm ME! Woohoo! And Spring is coming soon. :-6

Ahso! · Post by **Ahso!** » Thu Feb 11, 2010 10:34 pm

Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.

Howard Thurman

Jazzy · Post by **Jazzy** » Fri Feb 12, 2010 9:31 am

Seeds of Happiness

Everything is material for the seed of happiness, if you look into it with inquisitiveness and curiosity. The future is completely open, and we are writing it moment to moment. There always is the potential to create an environment of blame -- or one that is conducive to loving-kindness. Pema Chodron

yaaarrrgg · Post by **yaaarrrgg** » Fri Feb 12, 2010 9:42 am

A very positive thread.

Sometimes I think the natural tendency of getting older, and having more understanding of how the world works, leads to negativity. When we are young, most everything seems to be fit together snugly, and people seem to know what they are doing. As we get older though, we eventually see the fact that most things are held together by toothpicks and chewing gum (to keep it from flying apart) and that a lot of people "in charge" really have no clue what they are doing, or perhaps don't care.

By the same token though, things are probably better now than they have been in a long while, because more and more people are aware of problems which in the past flew under the radar. Nothing will ever improve if people do not see problems.

I wouldn't want to live in an earlier period of time. Many people like to romanticize the past, but really, it was usually a horrible and brutal time compared to the present day. The same abuses that exist now, existed then, to an even greater degree.

I always chuckle when I hear people like Ron Paul talk about how great the nation was at it's beginning. I think he has good intentions, but it might make for a humorous movie plot for him to go into a time machine back to this period: Unfortunately, due to a glitch in the machine, he enters this time period as a black female ... and he's forced to work for nothing for the rest of his life.

Overall, I think comparatively speaking, we are fortunate to live in a rather remarkable period of peace, prosperity, and scientific advancement. Just a hundred years ago, people were still riding around in horse and carriage, sh!t in a hole in the ground, and had no electric. As bad as things are for the middle class, we probably have a better standard of living than the kings of ancient times did.

So in short, IMO things could be worse. And the world is getting better.

TruthBringer · Post by **TruthBringer** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 12:44 am

I've come to the understanding that intention is everything in Life. If there has ever been anything you have done that caused something to happen that you never intended for, and that you feel bad about to this day, release yourself completely for that responsibility, because it is your intent that only matters when you make a choice, and if your intentions were one way, and everything went a different way, then you are not a prisoner of your own intent, and you should not feel bad about something that you never intended to happen. So let it go.

Nexusone · Post by **Nexusone** » Thu Feb 18, 2010 2:57 am

The purpose of Positivity is to provide an outlet for high quality original research in all areas of analysis and its applications to other disciplines having a clear and substantive link to the general theme of positivity. Positivity is to publish original papers in all areas of mathematics and its applications that are influenced by positivity concepts.

Steev · Post by **Steev** » Sat Feb 20, 2010 1:07 am

TruthBringer;1290918 wrote: I've come to the understanding that intention is everything in Life. If there has ever been anything you have done that caused something to happen that you never intended for, and that you feel bad about to this day, release yourself completely for that responsibility, because it is your intent that only matters when you make a choice, and if your intentions were one way, and everything went a different way, then you are not a prisoner of your own intent, and you should not feel bad about something that you never intended to happen. So let it go.

Nice way to look at it. Kind of lets one 'off the hook' so to speak.

Put another way - if you try your best, yet things still don't work out, don't harbor guilt about it.

Unfortunately, that mindset doesn't always help in certain situation, For example: Maybe you're in a tight spot financially. Feeling guilt free doesn't pay the bills. Still, striving to remain positive is probably more likely to manifest itself in a good way over time. The law of attraction thing.

Amythest · Post by **Amythest** » Sat Feb 20, 2010 9:19 am

Everything is material for the seed of happiness, if you look into it with inquisitiveness and curiosity. The future is completely open, and we are writing it moment to moment. There always is the potential to create an environment of blame -- or one that is conducive to loving-kindness_ Pema Chodron

:-6

Tigerlily · Post by **Tigerlily** » Sat Feb 20, 2010 10:56 am

Count your blessings.

TruthBringer · Post by **TruthBringer** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 6:25 am

Life really is like a roller coaster. When you're going up, it's the good times, calm and steady, yet fun. When you're going down, it's scary, fast paced, and stressful, but yet still has that element of enjoyment to it. And when you're going through the toughest **** you've ever had to experience, it's like your upside down and holding on for dear Life, and yet still, somehow, there's the excitement, especially after you turn back over again.