Positive Thinking
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Positive Thinking
Finding positive out of every negative - which we don't always manage to do.
I am thankful...
1. For the husband or wife who snores all night, because he or she is at home asleep with me and not with someone else.
2. For my teenage daughter who is complaining about doing dishes, because that means she is at home & not on the streets.
3. For the taxes that I pay because it means that I am employed.
4. For the mess to clean after a party because it means that I have been surrounded by friends.
5. For the clothes that fit a little too snug because it means I have enough to eat.
6. For my shadow that watches me work because it means I am out in the sunshine.
7. For a floor that needs mopping, and windows that need cleaning because it means I have a home.
8. For all the complaining I hear about the government because it means that we have freedom of speech.
9. For the parking spot I find at the far end of the parking lot because it means I am capable of walking and that I have been blessed with transportation.
10. For the noise I have to bear from my neighbours because it means that I can hear.
11. For the pile of laundry and ironing because it means I have clothes to wear.
12. For weariness and aching muscles at the end of the day because it means I have been capable of working hard.
13. For the alarm that goes off in the early morning hours because it means that I am stilll alive. -
Life is short......treasure it
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cool.
who do we give thanks to? -
its not who but what. i give thanks to luck and fateOriginally posted by boy in blues:cool.
who do we give thanks to? -
If it is fated, it cannot be luck.Originally posted by coffeeortea:its not who but what. i give thanks to luck and fate -
how to tell which events are fated and which ones by luck?Originally posted by askxyz:If it is fated, it cannot be luck.
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you can consider your fate to be lucky. not everyone gets fates that they want =)Originally posted by askxyz:If it is fated, it cannot be luck. -
I cannot tell because I'm not a fortune teller. Actually I'm telling coffeeortea that fate and luck cannot co-exist.Originally posted by boy in blues:how to tell which events are fated and which ones by luck? -
good reply!Originally posted by coffeeortea:you can consider your fate to be lucky. not everyone gets fates that they want =)
impressive
yet this suggests that if everything is fated (pre-ordained), luck (chance) cannot exist in the process of one's life but only at the beginning when one's fate is decided -
Just now you are using the word luck which is a noun. Now you are using an adjective to describe your fate. It is a different thing altogether.Originally posted by coffeeortea:you can consider your fate to be lucky. not everyone gets fates that they want =) -
The main question is, do things happen by chance?Originally posted by boy in blues:good reply!
impressive
yet this suggests that if everything is fated (pre-ordained), luck (chance) cannot exist in the process of one's life but only at the beginning when one's fate is decided -
no.Originally posted by askxyz:The main question is, do things happen by chance?
whenever events are determined by forces we can't perceive,
we call that chance -
I'm confuse liao. You said no, then you said chance exist leh.Originally posted by boy in blues:no.
whenever events are controlled by forces we can't perceive,
we call that chance -
that means our forecasting methods are too limited le......Originally posted by askxyz:I'm confuse liao. You said no, then you said chance exist leh.
so we just conveniently call whatever events we can't forecast as 'chance' events -
i.c. Let's not discuss any theology in Jokes Forum.Originally posted by boy in blues:that means our forecasting methods are too limited le......
so we just conveniently call whatever events we can't forecast as 'chance' events -
actually, the main question is what happened at the beginning of time.Originally posted by askxyz:i.c. Let's not discuss any theology in Jokes Forum.
the origin is the only absolute cause.
every event that followed after that all the way until now,
are just effects of a network of chain reactions
disclaimer : all these are what a free-thinker would say. not everyone agrees -
should this be placed in Speaker's Corner?
