MOTIVATIONAL AND INSPIRATIONAL MOVIES / ARTICLES
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hey what does it mean by
Everyone needs to be loved...
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It means forgiveness and understanding for those who have wronged you.
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Hello Everyone,I like to share an article that was presented to me by a male nurse on the day he left the medical centre to upgrade his nursing skill. I have appended below the article for your reading. I hope you like it.Thanks.JoeTHE HANDS OF A NURSELet us take a moment ot remember our hands.For these are no ordinary hands.These are the hands that help us to our work.These are the hands that carry out the skills that make nursing possible.Let us remember our hands and be grateful for what they do.For the eyes may see, the mouth may speak but it is the hands that hold,the hands that heal, the hands that give the caring touch.These are the hands that feel the first breath of a new born child.These are the hands that feel the last breath of a dying one.These are the hands that hold a family, who has just lost a loved one.These are the hands that clap for joy at the healing of a disease.These are the hands that insert tubes that being healing to the bodyThese are the hands that touch a forehead and tell, within a degree, normal or febrile.These are the hands that feel a pulse and know fast or slow, weak or strong, effective or for naught.These are the hands that restrain the angry from selfharm.These are the hands that compress the sternum to being lifeThese are the hands that clean unspeakable places on another person's bodybut do so with dignity and respect which allow that person to feel like a human being.These are also the hands of different peoplenot just black or white, brown or yellow but allThese are not the hands of male or female but both.Other hands may build buildings or write booksSome hands may even pull the trigger or plunge the knifebut these are the hands of life.These are the hands that take up the task passed down from so long agoto being healing to the sick, comfort to the afflicted, hope to the hopeless.But these are not the hands of timid maidens who look for direction outside themselves.These are the hands that can be clenched because sometimes something has got to change.These are the hands of a nurseThese are the hands that have the privilege of being at the bedsidefor these are the hands of a nurse,the hands of a person that does a job that not everyone can do.These are the hands of a nurse, the hands of strength compassion and loveThese are the hands of a nurse.These are my hands.
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Originally posted by Short Ninja:
Hey bro,have you been reading your mails? I thought I catch you here instead,keep in touch...see you again soon.
Hi Brother,
I'm sorry....I didn't open my email for quite awhile due to work load....well you catch me at the right place and right time bro. How are you? I hope everything is well with you.
Joe
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Originally posted by CasperV:
hey what does it mean by
Everyone needs to be loved...
especially when they do not deserve it.Hello CasperV,
Welcome to the group. Thanks for responding....I agree with Short Ninja. Love does not only mean loving someone alone...it also means compassion, humility and lastly forgiveness. Hope you have a good heart to forgive and perhaps love someone when he or she had betrayed you or had hurt you CasperV.
Take care always.
With Love,
Joe
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From: Larry O. Blevins [email protected]
Date: Saturday, 15 November, 2008, 6:01 AM
Subject: Sometimes in what you say, less is more!Sometimes in what you say, less is more!
You want others, to open their own door!
When they do, they will be like a child in the candy store!
Awe, Beauty, Wonder and feelings that they will adore!
Like the sunshine, blue sky's and the warmth of a tropical shore.
Don't run off and hide, from this beautiful universe inside!
Hitch on to a shooting star and enjoy the ride!
Just the inner knowing of the heart is all in which you have to abide!
Together with love, we all can walk side by side! -
You are My Sunshine, My only sunshine' (Be prepared to get watery eyes!)
Like any good mother, when Karen found out that another baby was on the way, she did what she could to help her 3-year-old son, Michael, prepare for a new sibling.
They found out that the new baby was going be a girl, and day after day, night after night, Michael sang to his sister in mommy's tummy.
He was building a bond of love with his little sister before he even met her.
The pregnancy progressed normally for Karen, an active member of the Panther Creek United Methodist Church in Morristown, Tennessee.
In time, the labor pains came. Soon it was every five minutes, every three, every minute. But serious complications arose during delivery and Karen found herself in hours of labor.
Would a C-section be required? Finally, after a long struggle, Michael's little sister was born. But she was in very serious condition.
With a siren howling in the night, the ambulance rushed the infant to the neonatal intensive care unit at St. Mary's Hospital, Knoxville, Tennessee. The days inched by. The little girl got worse. The pediatrician had to tell the parents there is very little hope. Be prepared for the worst.
Karen and her husband contacted a local cemetery about a burial plot.
They had fixed up a special room in their house for their new baby but now they found themselves having to plan for a funeral. Michael, however, kept begging his parents to let him see his sister. I want to sing to her, he kept saying.
Week two in intensive care looked as if a funeral would come before the week was over.
Michael kept nagging about singing to his sister, but kids are never allowed in Intensive Care. Karen decided to take Michael whether they liked it or not.
If he didn't see his sister right then, he may never see her alive. She dressed him in an oversized scrub suit and marched him into ICU. He looked like a walking laundry basket.
The head nurse recognized him as a child and bellowed, 'Get that kid out of here now. No children are allowed.' The mother rose up strong in Karen, and the usually mild-mannered lady glared steel-eyed right into the head nurse's face, her lips a firm line. 'He is not leaving until he sings to his sister' she stated.
Then Karen towed Michael to his sister's bedside.
He gazed at the tiny infant losing the battle to live.
After a moment, he began to sing.
In the pure-hearted voice of a 3-year-old, Michael sang:
'You are my sunshine, my only sunshine, you make me happy when skies are gray.' Instantly the baby girl seemed to respond. The pulse rate began to calm down and become steady.
'Keep on singing, Michael,' encouraged Karen with tears in her eyes.
'You never know, dear, how much I love you, please don't take my sunshine away.'
As Michael sang to his sister, the baby's ragged, strained breathing became as smooth as a kitten's purr 'Keep on singing, sweetheart.'
'The other night, dear, as I lay sleeping, I dreamed I held you in my arms'. Michael's little sister began to relax as rest, healing rest, seemed to sweep over her.
'Keep on singing, Michael.' Tears had now conquered the face of the bossy head nurse. Karen glowed.
'You are my sunshine, my only sunshine. Please don't take my sunshine away...'
The next day...the very next day. the little girl was well enough to go home
Woman's Day Magazine called it The Miracle of a Brother's Song.
The medical staff just called it a miracle.
Karen called it a miracle of God's love.
NEVER GIVE UP ON THE PEOPLE YOU LOVE.
LOVE IS SO INCREDIBLY POWERFUL.
Life is good.
Have a Wonderful Day! Just send this to (4) people and see what happens on the fourth day.
Do not break this, please. There is no cost, but lots of rewards
In God We Trust!
'The evidence of God's presence far outweighs the proof of His absence.'
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Hi Everyone,I like to share a letter that really touch my heart. And with that I like to share with you and others with this movie of Jesus. Take a look at it and please turn-on your computer volume while viewing it.I hope it has help you and others for this coming Christmas.With Love,JoeA Christmas Letter From Jesus
Dear Children,
It has come to my attention that many you are upset that folks
are taking My name out of the season. Maybe you've forgotten
that I wasn't actually born during this time of the year and
that it was some of your predecessors who decided to celebrate
My birthday on what was actually a time of pagan festival.
Although I do appreciate being remembered anytime.
How I personally feel about this celebration can probably be
most easily understood by those of you who have been blessed
with children of your own.
I don't care what you call the day. If you want to celebrate
My birth, just GET ALONG AND LOVE ONE ANOTHER.
Now, having said that let Me go on. If it bothers you that the
town in which you live doesn't allow a scene depicting My
birth, then just get rid of a couple of Santa's and snowmen
and put in a small Nativity scene on your own front lawn. If
all My followers did that there wouldn't be any need for such
a scene on the town square because there would be many of them
all around town.
Stop worrying about the fact that people are calling the tree
a holiday tree, instead of a Christmas tree. It was I who made
all trees. You can remember Me anytime you see any tree.
Decorate a grape vine if you wish: I actually spoke of that
one in a teaching, explaining who I am in relation to you and
what each of our tasks were. If you have forgotten that one,
look up John 15: 1 - 8.
If you want to give Me a present in remembrance of My birth
here is my wish list. Choose something from it:
1. Instead of writing protest letters objecting to the way My
birthday is being celebrated, write letters of love and hope
to soldiers away from home. They are terribly afraid and
lonely this time of year. I know, they tell Me all the time.
2. Visit someone in a nursing home. You don't have to know
them personally. They just need to know that someone cares
about them.
3. Instead of writing George complaining about the wording on
the cards his staff sent out this year, why don't you write
and tell him that you'll be praying for him and his family
this year. Then follow up. It will be nice hearing from you
again.
4. Instead of giving your children a lot of gifts you can't
afford and they don't need, spend time with them. Tell them
the story of My birth, and why I came to live with you down
here. Hold them in your arms and remind them that I love
them.
5. Pick someone that has hurt you in the past and forgive him
or her.
6. Did you know that someone in your town will attempt to take
their own life this season because they feel so alone and
hopeless? Since you don't know who that person is, try giving
everyone you meet a warm smile; it could make the difference.
7. Instead of nit picking about what the retailer in your town
calls the holiday, be patient with the people who work there.
Give them a warm smile and a kind word. Even if they aren't
allowed to wish you a "Merry Christmas" that doesn't keep you
from wishing them one. Then stop shopping there on Sunday.
If the store didn't make so much money on that day they'd
close and let their employees spend the day at home with their
families.
8. If you really want to make a difference, support a
missionary - especially one who takes My love and Good News to
those who have never heard My name.
9. Here's a good one. There are individuals and whole
families in your town who not only will have no "Christmas"
tree, but neither will they have any presents to give or
receive. If you don't know them, buy some food and a few
gifts and give them to the Salvation Army or some other
charity which believes in Me and they will make the delivery
for you.
10. Finally, if you want to make a statement about your belief
in and loyalty to Me, then behave like a Christian. Don't do
things in secret that you wouldn't do in My presence. Let
people know by your actions that you are one of mine.
Don't forget; I am God and can take care of Myself. Just love
Me and do what I have told you to do. I'll take care of all
the rest.
Check out the list above and get to work; time is short. I'll
help you, but the ball is now in your court. And do have a
most blessed Christmas with all those whom you love and
remember:
I LOVE YOU, JESUS
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Quote for the day:
"Giving up does not always mean you are weak... sometimes it means that you are strong enough to let go."
--Anonymous
" Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value."
--Anonymous
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A Christmas Story by Jeffrey Morgan Foss
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This morning on the 21st of December 2008, I found myself swept
up in deep sorrow and pain. Then suddenly it was as if a long sword
sliced though my body at a slight angle from between my neck and
right shoulder down to the left side of my groin. It felt as if my flesh was
carved away from my spirit in one swift stroke. My body fell away
rapidly graying and expired. For a brief moment, it seemed like an
abhorrent end to face.
But now I could see more clearly. I found myself within a special domed
house with a huge open expanse inside. A stepped waterfall spiraled
around a central pinnacle of rock with stepped levels of horticultural
gardens and model sections of prime arboriculture. Each falls had a different
place on the spiral so that the waterfall in its entirety did not fall in straight line.
The bottom of each falls were at the floors or levels in the dome. The bottommost
levels had beach, desert and tropical horticulture. The mid levels had various
hardwood and mixed forest scapes all nicely thinned and pruned. And the
upper levels had alpine terrain, spruce, fir, pine that I was on my way to
see since that is the choice dwelling of my spirit. The architecture was similar
to the natural design of the Grand Canyon. But this was so refined,
so well kept. It was/will be The Perfect Exemplary Interaction (and far different from
traditional/archaic commercial interaction).
At the moment I recognized myself being in this place, I was sitting
comfortably on a smooth boulder filled with a happy and secure sense of
well being which was in absolute contrast to the emotional and physical pain
I had suffered moments before. There was no schedule to keep; no clock
to watch so to depart on time before new fees would be charged—
there were no fees involved at all. In fact, this huge botanical dome was just
a section of an even larger house which happened to be my home.
Then my consciousness expanded beyond the dome and I was suddenly
inches from the face of the home world head in my 1968 age ten event who
had many sensors woven into a skin tight cap that blended in with his
dark gray skin. I kissed his forehead and wished everyone (all Star People
and Member Worlds) a Merry Christmas. That kiss was then literally
transmitted to Everyone as purposed. It became a shower of diamond
white light flowing into to every soul from that point in space-time.
So if you were feeling down because of Christmas blues, tragedies,
war and loss of loved ones, the world, illness, circumstances and no-win
situations, towering costs of living, bills, rejection, loneliness and separation from
family and friends, injury, broken dreams, injustice, abuse, poverty, victimization,
robbery, discrimination, hate, tyranny and harsh judgments from self and others;
if you were deeply hurting and then were suddenly overcome with peace and calm:
Remember it started with a kiss that rippled to the deepest, darkest corners of the
universe and time this Christmas.
- JMF
"Jeffrey Morgan Foss" <[email protected]>
Please stick me in your stocking. The worst thing that can happen is it will stretch and empty out a
much bigger blessing than expected J
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Try watching Patch Adams and Hotel Rwanda
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Hey guys, got catch the movie called, "Facing the Giants". I bought the DVD just 2 days back. And so far, I have already watched the show twice! It's absolutely fantastic! 6 popcorns or the movie! I cried even after watching it the 2nd time! What an amazing story of God's love and teaching us what faith truly means.
Awesome movie! Thumbs up!
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Hey Bro,check your mail box will ya? See you in Singapore in about 10 days time.Merry Christmas and a Happy New year.
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Originally posted by Short Ninja:
Hey Bro,check your mail box will ya? See you in Singapore in about 10 days time.Merry Christmas and a Happy New year.
huh?? I'm in Singapore dude...wassup!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17F-NQjR4hs&NR=1.
300 is still my favourite for uplifting movie in terms of courage and duty.
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Originally posted by Herzog_Zwei:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17F-NQjR4hs&NR=1.
300 is still my favourite for uplifting movie in terms of courage and duty.
Check out 'uncommon valor' a old movie in the 80"s.Starring Gene Hackman and Patick Swayze.Or 'Best of the best' a martial movie. -
"Two men look out through the same bars:One see the mud,And One the stars."By Langebridge, Frederick (1849 - 1923)
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Temptation
I was happy. My girlfriend and I had been dating for over a year, and so we decided to get married.
My parents helped us in every way, my friends encouraged me, and my girlfriend? She was a dream!
There was only one thing bothering me, very much indeed, and that one thing was her younger sister.
My prospective sister-in-law was twenty years of age, wore tight mini skirts and low cut blouses. She would regularly bend down when quite near me and I got many a pleasant view of her underwear. It had to be deliberate. She never did it when she was near anyone else.
One day little sister called and asked me to come over to check the wedding invitations. She was alone when I arrived. She whispered to me that soon I was to be married, and she had feelings and desires for me that she couldn't overcome and didn't really want to overcome.
She told me that she wanted to make love to me just once before I got married and committed my life to her sister. I was in total shock and couldn't say a word.
She said, "I'm going upstairs to my bedroom, and if you want to go ahead with it just come up and get me." I was stunned. I was frozen in shock as I watched her go up the stairs. When she reached the top she pulled down her panties and threw them down the stairs at me.
I stood there for a moment, then turned and went straight to the front door. I opened the door and stepped out of the house. I walked straight towards my car.
My future father-in-law was standing outside. With tears in his eyes he hugged me and said, "We are very happy that you have passed our little test. We couldn't ask for a better man for our daughter. Welcome to the family."The moral of this story is:
Always keep your condoms in your car!
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CUSTOMER CARE IN 2020
Operator : 'Thank you for calling Pizza Hut . May I have your...'
Customer: 'Heloo, can I order..'
Operator : 'Can I have your multi purpose card number first, Sir?'
Customer: 'It's eh..., hold........ ..on..... .889861356102049 998-45-54610'
Operator : 'OK... you're... Mr Singh and you're calling from 17 Jalan Kayu. Your home number is 4094 2366 your office 7645 2302 and your mobile is 98801 62566. Which number are you calling from now Sir?'
Customer: 'Home! How did you get all my phone numbers?
Operator : 'We are connected to the system Sir'
Customer: 'May I order your Seafood Pizza...'
Operator : 'That's not a good idea Sir'
Customer: 'How come?'
Operator : 'According to your medical records, you have high blood pressure and even higher cholesterol level Sir'
Customer: 'What?... What do you recommend then?'
Operator : 'Try our Low Fat H okkien Mee Pizza. You'll like it'
Customer: 'How do you know for sure?'
Operator : 'You borrowed a book entitled 'Popular Hokkien Dishes' from the National Library last week Sir'
Customer: 'OK I give up... Give me three family size ones then, how much will that cost?'
Operator : 'That should be enough for your family of 10, Sir. The total is 409.00'
Customer: 'Can I pay by! credit card?'
Operator : 'I'm afraid you have to pay us cash, Sir. Your credit card is over the limit and you owe your bank Rs.3,30,720. 00 since October last year. That's not including the late payment charges
on your housing loan, Sir.'
Customer: 'I guess I have to run to the neighborhood ATM and withdraw some cash before your guy arrives'
Operator : 'You can't Sir. Based on the records, you've reached your daily limit on machine withdrawal today'
Customer: 'Never mind just send the pizzas, I'll have the cash ready. How long is it gonna take anyway?'
Operator : 'About 45 minutes Sir, but if you can't wait you can always come and collect it on your motorcycle.. .'
Customer: ' What!'
Operator : 'According to the details in system ,you own a Scooter,...registra tion number 1123...'
Customer: ' ????'
Operator : 'Is there anything else Sir?'
Customer: 'Nothing... by the way... aren't you giving me that 3 free bottles of cola as advertised?'
Operator : 'We normally would Sir, but based on your records you're also diabetic.... ... '
Customer: #$$^%&$@$%^
Operator : 'Better watch your language Sir. Remember on 15th July 1987 you were convicted of using abusive language on a policeman... ?'
Customer: [Faints] -
Nothing in this world is IMPOSSIBLE, because the word IMPOSSIBLE itself says
I M POSSIBLE...And with God, all things are made possible.
1. Throw out non-essential numbers.
This includes age, weight, and height.
Let the doctors worry about them. That is why you pay them.
2. Keep only cheerful friends.
The grouches pull you down.
(Keep this in mind if you are one of those grouches! If you've received this email from me, you're indeed my cheerful friends whom I cherish...)
3. Keep learning:
Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening, whatever.
Never let the brain get idle.
"An idle mind is the devil's workshop."
And the devil's name is Alzheimer!
4. Enjoy the simple things
5. Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath.
And if you have a friend who makes you laugh, spend lots and lots of time with him or her!
6. The tears happen:
Endure, grieve, and move on.
The only person who is with us our entire life, is ourself.
LIVE while you are alive.
7. Surround yourself with what you love:
Whether it's family, pets, keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, whatever.
Your home is your refuge.
8. Cherish your health:
If it is good, preserve it. If it is unstable, improve it.
If it is beyond what you can improve, get help.
9. Don't take guilt trips.
Take a trip to the mall, even to a foreign country, but NOT to where the guilt is.
10. Tell the people you love that you love them, at every opportunity. -
Self-appraisal
A little boy went into a drug store, reached for a soda carton and pulled it over to the telephone. He climbed onto the carton so that he could reach the buttons on the phone and proceeded to punch in seven digits.
The store-owner observed and listened to the conversation: The boy asked, "Lady, Can you give me the job of cutting your lawn? The woman replied, "I already have someone to cut my lawn."
"Lady, I will cut your lawn for half the price of the person who cuts your lawn now." replied boy. The woman responded that she was very satisfied with the person who was presently cutting her lawn.
The little boy found more perseverance and offered, "Lady, I'll even sweep your curb and your sidewalk, so on Sunday you will have the prettiest lawn in all of Palm beach, Florida." Again the woman answered in the negative.
With a smile on his face, the little boy replaced the receiver. The store-owner, who was listening to all, walked over to the boy and said, "Son... I like your attitude; I like that positive spirit and would like to offer you a job."
The little boy replied, "No thanks, I was just checking my performance with the job I already have. I am the one who is working for that lady, I was talking to!" -
Hello Everyone,
Please just have a look at it, it will change your day:
http://www.TheQuantumLeapsMovie.comThanks.
Joe
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Can I have some some inspirational stories about looking from different perspectives if possible? Thanks!
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Originally posted by dulanpro2ming:
Self-appraisal
A little boy went into a drug store, reached for a soda carton and pulled it over to the telephone. He climbed onto the carton so that he could reach the buttons on the phone and proceeded to punch in seven digits.
The store-owner observed and listened to the conversation: The boy asked, "Lady, Can you give me the job of cutting your lawn? The woman replied, "I already have someone to cut my lawn."
"Lady, I will cut your lawn for half the price of the person who cuts your lawn now." replied boy. The woman responded that she was very satisfied with the person who was presently cutting her lawn.
The little boy found more perseverance and offered, "Lady, I'll even sweep your curb and your sidewalk, so on Sunday you will have the prettiest lawn in all of Palm beach, Florida." Again the woman answered in the negative.
With a smile on his face, the little boy replaced the receiver. The store-owner, who was listening to all, walked over to the boy and said, "Son... I like your attitude; I like that positive spirit and would like to offer you a job."
The little boy replied, "No thanks, I was just checking my performance with the job I already have. I am the one who is working for that lady, I was talking to!"
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Originally posted by Only-Way-4-Destiny!:
Can I have some some inspirational stories about looking from different perspectives if possible? Thanks!
Hello Destiny, (Hope you wouldn't mind me calling you by that name)
Yes, I have many inspirational stories about looking from different perspectives.
In the past I used to write oftenly in the internet and shared with people in the internet world how or what I felt, what I saw, what I thought and what I knew; and also I used to post enormous quantities of emails with short stories written by other writers too to many emailing groups that I was or I am a member of that group or groups and to many friends of mine in the internet world too. I did that when I had the computer with internet service at home and while I was jobless and looking for a job in the past.
Guess what, I am jobless again now. The medical centre that I had worked with had to close their business and under liquidation now due to economic global crisis. I probably could contribute many stories in the internet again, but, I have my limitation here. I do not have a computer that is connected to the internet service and if I wish to write, I have to go to the cybercafe near the vicinity of my Skudai home in Johor Baru.
I think, and I feel like sharing with you and others within this forum about my writing and stories. I had thought about it in the past of doing that but then I had decided to hold on and wait, to see how I feel about it should I share it within this forum. Well, I have decided it is time and I feel it is appropriate to share it here because I see that many of us here are quite open minded and eager to learn and share stories within this forum. I will do that later. In the meantime I need to reply my good childhood bestfriend email in my Sg Forum inbox that I had just received a few days ago.
So Destiny, if you have time, just read the past postings within this thread and you can read all the inspirational stories and movies from different perspectives. I hope you will enjoy reading them. My friend, you do not know what I feel like doing now but I have my thoughts to digest and put them into words which sometimes may takes a few minutes, a few days, a few weeks, a few months, a few years and maybe forever, until such times when I have that correct knowledge or mind to allow or to make you understand or to make you see or to make you learn or to make you move or to make you mind, your own mind.
Destiny, thank you for asking and thank you for your interest and thank you for your response to make me move many many worlds within my mind.
Take care and God Bless.
With Love,
Joe