My favorite thing about masturbation is the cuddling time afterwards.
-Woody Allen
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sgrayatlarge <no_re...@...> wrote:
>
> "I do not believe in an afterlife, although I am bringing a change of
> underwear."
>
> - Woody Allen
>
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sgrayatlarge <no_reply@> wrote:
> > >
> > > He rocks because he's wise, something that's very refreshing
> > > around here. Maybe he represents an adult level of Christianity
> > > that is rarely seen or reported, only Sunday school jibberish
> > > that seems to resonant with the the cultural creatives who
> > > couldn't be bothered by all matters serious or again dare I
> > > say Adult.
> >
> > You can call being "serious" anything you want.
> > If "Adult" is what you think of, more power to ya.
> >
> > I consider the desire to be "serious," or even
> > sadder the desire "to be taken seriously" two of
> > the *banes* of adulthood. It's a *loss*, not a
> > gain. Chesterton *nails* it, in only four words.
> > Seriousness is NOT a virtue. There is nothing on
> > this planet or any other that is improved one iota
> > by "taking it seriously" or getting all "serious"
> > in the face of it.
> >
> > The wisest people I have ever met in my life all
> > shared one quality -- they were FUNNY. They laughed
> > a lot. And at the strangest things, things that
> > others around them thought were so "serious" that
> > they just "must" take them "seriously," or be
> > thought "not an adult."
> >
> > You are really preaching to the wrong person if you
> > hope to elevate "adulthood" and "being serious" up
> > onto the pedestal of virtue with me. I have written
> > whole tracts on the spiritual value of FUN and
> > laughter, and will do so again. Here's one of them:
> > http://www.ramalila.net/RoadTripMind/rtm31.html
> >
> > I am helping to raise a young girl, currently 13
> > months old, who is blessedly one of the happiest,
> > most consistently joyful beings I have ever run
> > across. I consider it my job to help her *preserve*
> > that as she grows into adulthood, not *lose* it to
> > some misguided sense of needing to be "serious,"
> > or worse, "to be taken seriously."
> >
> > Those who cannot laugh at the things they value most
> > have IMO lost their way. I can think of nothing in
> > the universe more sad than believing that being
> > "serious" is an improvement over being happy and
> > full of joy and ready -- and able -- to laugh at
> > every moment.
> >
> > YMMV. Clearly, it seems to. G.K. Chesterton is on
> > *my* side in this one, Bucko. He was described by
> > his friends and loved ones as one of the lightest,
> > more consistently funny and cheerful individuals
> > they ever met. There was *nothing* in philosophy
> > or in religion that he could not -- and did not --
> > laugh at. None of that got in the way of even
> > serious people like yourself considering him wise.
> > Now that is my kinda "adult."
> >
> > Chesterton was a big guy - 6'4" tall and weighing
> > close to 300 pounds. Once he remarked to his friend
> > George Bernard Shaw, "To look at you, anyone would
> > think there was a famine in England." Shaw retorted,
> > "To look at you, anyone would think you caused it."
> > P. G. Wodehouse once described a very loud crash as
> > "a sound like Chesterton falling onto a sheet of tin."
> >
> > G.K. Chesterton was *loved* by his friends and family,
> > and even by the people he debated against, such as
> > Shaw. He seems to have lived a long and happy life.
> > My bet is that his ability to *not* take everything
> > "seriously* is what enabled that happy life, not
> > something that stood in the way of it.
> >
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues"
> > > > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sgrayatlarge <no_reply@> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > In this day and age why would anyone follow a guru?
> > > > > > Enlightenment? Liberation? Burn Karma? Not likely folks,
> > > > > > wake up and smell the chai
> > > > > >
> > > > > > To quote the great GK Chesterton-
> > > > > >
> > > > > > "When Man ceases to worship God he does not worship nothing
> > > > > > but worships everything".
> > > > >
> > > > > What a fantastic quote!
> > > >
> > > > G,K. Chesterton rocks! I was first turned on to him by
> > > > Christians on a Bruce Cockburn mailing list (which kinda
> > > > qualifies them as being a bit Not Yer Ordinary Christians).
> > > > One of them used to sign his posts with a .sig file from
> > > > Chesterton, which knocked my socks off the first time I
> > > > read it and does still today:
> > > >
> > > > "Seriousness is not a virtue."
> > > >
> > > > Chesterton is FUNNY. How many Christian philosophers can
> > > > you say that about? The man had a level of *mirth* about
> > > > him that made his deep faith in Christ and his teachings
> > > > almost lovable.
> > > >
> > >
> >
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