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Debate & Discuss / TRUTH be TOLD...??? -jussathought-

« on: June 23, 2013, 05:23:59 pm »Message ID: 755105

Is there ever a time when HONESTY should be sacrificed to spare ones "feelings"...?

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Off-Topic / THE 6th ELEMENT-(a short story... tell me if ya like... or get somethin from it)

« on: June 19, 2011, 11:14:08 am »Message ID: 372161

A young reporter was taken prisoner during a war and was now a P.O.W. locked in a cell on enemy grounds. She went days at a time without food and water... and the few times

 when a guard would bring her very little...

 she would attempt to escape. Every attempt ended with the same results of her being swiftly defeated in hand to hand combat as she was not a soldier with any combat training...

but she felt that her "faith" alone would one day bring her FREEDOM!!!

One day... after a period without water... a rat came to her and spoke...

"What is it you are trying to do girl?" he asked... "What is it you WANT?"

Believing that she must have been hallucinating... she saw no harm in humoring it!!! "I'm trying to escape.... I want my FREEDOM!!!"

The rat looked at her and said "Yes... I can see your faith is strong... but faith alone will NOT bring you freedom from this place." He stepped closer and touched her hand...


 

RAT: In order to achieve a successful escape from here... you will need to utilize "6 elements of victory"... If you will promise to take me with you... I will show them to you!!!

 

REPORTER: (laughing) I don't know what's more rediculous... the IDEA of a rat teaching ME something... or that im actually listening to this... FROM THE RAT!!!


She paused for a second... then realized she had nothing to lose!!!


 

REPORTER: (sarcastically) Ok... "Obi-rat-kinobi".... teach me your 6 elements of victory!!

 

RAT: The first element is "faith"... which you already hold... but is not quite strong enough. It WILL grow stronger however... once you've learned the other 5. In order to escape... you will need to

COMBINE faith... with purpose!!! When you battle your enemies with "faith"... FOCUS on your PURPOSE!!!


This actually made sense to the reporter... so at the very next opportunity... she did just that... only to be defeated again!!! This time however... she actually managed to best one of the guards in combat!!!


 

RAT: You were not ready... I told you... you will need ALL 6 elements too escape!!!

 

REPORTER: I almost made it... but there were too many of them!!! What's next???

 

RAT: Now... with faith and purpose... you must have a PLAN!!!


The reporter had memorized the way out already and the timing of the guards positions... so it didn't take her long to organize a "route" and "plan" of escape!!! She went over the plan for days until it was

embeded in her instincts!!! At the next opportunity... she tried again... and this time after defeating TWO guards and "eluding" THREE... she made it to the main hall... but was then captured again and defeated.

Badly hurt and tired... she was thrown back in her cell.


 

REPORTER: I should have escaped... but the guards are too fast and strong!!! I could see the exit this time... and with only 3 of your "elements"... I believe I can do it the NEXT TIME!!!

 

RAT: Yesss... your faith is getting stronger! But you expect freedom too soon!!! The next TWO... you will need to combine simultaneously... "knowledge".. and "skill"... in short... you must LEARN TO FIGHT!!!


Focus now on your wounds... and remember HOW you got them!!! Turn your enemies attacks on you into KNOWLEDGE about HOW to defeat THEM!!! Then you must PRACTICE what you know until you become SKILLED!!!

The reporter meditated and as best she could... memorized every blow the guards had dealt her... and the more she healed... the more she practiced!!! She didn't try another escape for weeks until she was confident

enough in her abilities!!!


 

REPORTER: I believe this time... I will have VICTORY!!!


But the rat was gone.

She waited for her opportunity as she always had... then made her move!!! This time she defeated 6 guards and eluded 12... making her way through the final exit...

... and on to FREEDOM!!!


 

REPORTER: (proudly to herself) I DID IT!!! And with only 5 of the rat's elements!!!


Just then the rat appeared from behind a bush... and before her eyes... transformed into an illumination of light!!!


 

RAT: I told you I would show you 6 elements of victory... and I have!!!

 

REPORTER: No you didn't... I remember them all...

FAITH, PURPOSE, PLAN, KNOWLEDGE, and SKILL... that's only five!!! What was the 6th one anyway???

 

RAT: ...... experience.


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

     -jussastory-

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Off-Topic / JUSSATHOUGHT #10 (Man..... or METHOD MAN??)

« on: June 18, 2011, 02:46:03 pm »Message ID: 371914

For those of you who may practice NOT "taking someone's WORD for it".... as a result of subscribing to the "actions speak LOUDER than words" rule... and find more TRUTH and TRUST in what someone is DOING than what they SAY.....well..... I'd say GOOD START!!!

 

Keep IN MIND tho.....

 

There IS such a thing as METHOD ACTING!!!

 

Wikipedia gives an INTERESTING definition that you may want to CONSIDER..... before so quickly CONGRADULATING and/or TRUSTING someone's ACTIONS!!!

 


 Method acting is a phrase that loosely refers to a family of techniques by which actors try to create in themselves the thoughts and emotions of their characters in an effort to develop lifelike performances. It can be contrasted with more classical forms of acting, in which actors simulate the thoughts and emotions of their characters through external means, such as vocal intonation or facial expression. Though not all Method actors use the same approach, the "method" in Method acting usually refers to the practice, advocated by Lee Strasberg, by which actors draw upon their own emotions and memories in their portrayals, aided by a set of exercises and practices including sense memory and affective memory.      -Wikipedia-


 

 Sound like anybody you know...?

Hmmmmm.........

 

 

-jussathought-

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Off-Topic / JUSSATHOUGHT #9 (Good.... MOURNing??)

« on: June 18, 2011, 02:29:19 pm »Message ID: 371907

I just read awhile back.... Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated on his friend Maya Angelou's birthday on April 4th, 1968. Angelou stopped celebrating her birthday for many years afterward, and sent flowers to King's widow every year until Mrs. King's death in 2006. 

It's probably just ME... but I found this interestingly odd!!!

I know people tend to mourn in their OWN ways.... I just think that instead of re-living the annual depressions or sadness.... maybe it's a touch better.....(even symbolically).... to move in the directions "you believe" would have brought a smile to their spirit!!!

Would they WANT YOU to feel annual sadness..... or attempt to "hold on" to the past....... or would a spirit that "loves you" wish HAPPINESS and ADVANCEMENT in your life???

I'd suggest..... Do the things YOU would truly want those you LOVE to be doing.... when YOU leave!!!


-jussathought-

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Off-Topic / Inspired by a discussion on HUMBLENESS.....

« on: June 18, 2011, 12:55:06 pm »Message ID: 371870

Inspired by a post on HUMBLENESS:

Whenever you're feelin' a lil TOO "larger than life" or EXTRA "big in da britchez"..... close ya eyes and imagine how UNIMPORTANT everything would INSTANTLY become..... if the planet just came to a JERKING HALT from spinning!!!

Then go... find some lil puppy..... and give him five!!!!


-weALLinTHIS2gether-

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Off-Topic / EVER JUST NOTICE....??

« on: June 18, 2011, 12:10:01 pm »Message ID: 371833

Some people are just ADDICTED to NEGATIVE VIBES!!! They may not LIKE IT..... but they just can't HELP IT!!! These are the same ppl that FORCE an ARGUEMENT when it's str8 up UNNECESSARY!!!

You ever catch somebody gettin ready 2 ARGUE with you..... when what you JUST SAID was in AGREEMENT with em....? LMAO!!!

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Off-Topic / JUSSATHOUGHT #8 (Save the...... DRAMA??)

« on: June 18, 2011, 12:01:23 pm »Message ID: 371826

Although many CLAIM a distaste for it.....STATISTICS show..... at some point in time.... "drama" and "other peoples business"..... became america's favorite passtime!!!!


-whatsupwithTHAT?-

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Off-Topic / JUSSATHOUGHT #7 (Why argue?)

« on: June 18, 2011, 11:31:16 am »Message ID: 371812

Is it possible... that the test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function..??



-jussathought-

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Off-Topic / JUSSATHOUGHT #6 (Why "hate" the liar?)

« on: June 18, 2011, 09:40:21 am »Message ID: 371741

The POWER of any LIE is only as GREAT as the RESPONSE of the IDIOT that BELIEVES and puts FAITH in it!!!

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Off-Topic / EARTH: U don't have 2 B "CRAZY" 2 live here...but it HELPS!!!

« on: June 18, 2011, 08:48:05 am »Message ID: 371711

Does anyone still try to make "sense" of our society's MADNESS.... or are we back to ignoring it now...?



-jussathought-

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Off-Topic / JUSSATHOUGHT.... #5

« on: May 23, 2011, 06:47:08 am »Message ID: 357343

If you could choose between these 2 ABILITIES, what would you choose...
The ability to FLY or the ability to become INVISIBLE? I'm just curious

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Off-Topic / A TALE OF TWO...... FRIENDS??

« on: April 29, 2011, 11:09:07 am »Message ID: 346039

Person 1: If you were really my friend.... you'd do it!!!
Person 2: If you were really my friend.... you wouldn't ask me to!!!

Who's right???
Who's tellin' the truth???

-winnersandlosers?-

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Off-Topic / JUSSATHOUGHT.... #4

« on: April 29, 2011, 11:04:49 am »Message ID: 346035

If you give birth on an AIRPLANE that's "in flight"..... is the child technically NOT FROM EARTH...

Hmmmm.....

-whatISanearthling?-

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Off-Topic / JUSSATHOUGHT.... #3

« on: April 29, 2011, 10:58:19 am »Message ID: 346033

Ever wonder.....

If the PEAK of our INTELLECT is generated with less than 10% of our POTENTIAL.... is it possible that ANYTHING that "makes sense" to us..... even our most GENIUS and INSPIRING THOUGHTS.... could very well be the SILLIEST most RETARDED concepts in EXISTANCE....

-scaryquestionz-

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Off-Topic / JUSSATHOUGHT.... #2

« on: April 29, 2011, 10:56:26 am »Message ID: 346031

If ALL of HUMANITY was going to be DESTROYED any minute now... is whatevers most heaviest on your mind REALLY worthy of your FINAL THOUGHTS...

-findSOMETHING2smileat-