be tolerant of views different from mine, listen without judging, name calling, shouting down or disruption. What a more civilized world it would be.....

there is a hard working young girl that is an employee
of one of the companies.
She is refreshing and friendly.
Her family is caring, loving and supportive.
They are members of the Mormon church
and are all excellent human beings.
She talks to everyone as being on an even plain of existence…an equal.
She works
and she goes to college.
MWF is work
and T TH is classes.
She pays her own tuition
We talk openly of philosophy
and of religion…and she shares
She brought me a Book Of Mormon and some supplemental literature.
I’ve never known any of the Mormon faith to talk openly with an “outsider”
She spoke to me of the criticism that is leveled at the church by some outsiders…
I told her that although I didn’t believe in the concept,
I did believe in the miracle of faith and love
that guides ones life with admirable values and goals.
What can be gained by mocking faith and belief?
Other than to hurt and belittle
when you don’t see the beauty that can exist.
Families and individuals like her and hers are shining examples of the good…
I am proud to say I have friends such as her
that can trust me to advise them when they may have a question or concern…
We have talked of many things.
She has told me of things she avoids.
We have talked about music…For to me, music is a force of great power.
I learned something from her today.
There was a suggestion of swapping mixed CD’s
She asked if the content of my CD for her would contain music that would damage her soul.
I thought long and hard about that…
Because a lot of the music I listen to soothes my damaged soul.
Hence the power it has.
I have never heard anything put the way she said it.
It was beautiful…

most entertaining
and amusing…
is when a alleged adult
will yell at a minor as young as 13 about her or his views.
Oh my God.
How childish and judgmental you are.
Of course you are the most
common denominator here on the website…

The only positive you have
is that you generate traffic.

I don’t know how.

your logic is based on first grade levels of brainstorming.

I’ve never known of a moron or pussy of you
here before.

May your account
be deleted soon as you represent the worst
of the members of 43things…

You have no idea how many times I have wanted to violate the principles of the words I’ve written…There have been entries, happenings and abuses many to make me want to…

Like the greatest temptations placed before me…

I may bend it a little soon…;)

to the axiom of live and let live?...

And calming down?...

The winner of an election usually gets his turn to serve…it’s the American way…

what I’ve witnessed in person the last week…what I’ve seen and read the last decades I’ve paid attention…

Is everyone so insecure that they can’t listen without a huge overreaction?...

It’s almost humorous if not tragic…

some sort of global system set up like in “Lord of the Flies” where you can only speak if you have the Conch…and then it is handed around to whomever would like to go next…That way, all would get a turn…also, there would be no rolling down of heavy rocks on anyone named Piggy who was in fact holding said Conch…

I’ll never be able to mark this off….......because sometimes I just have to jump in…...Do I get credit if I try??.....yeah…..riggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhht….....

I have my beliefs, and some are VERY strong and passionate. Sometimes I can hardly keep myself from jumping in before it’s my turn and just slam…................You know what I mean. And it’s everywhere, news, talk, TV and radio.
I resolve to listen first, then think before I speak. I just may learn something if I keep an open mind….....
I would love to see more of this