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stopdiggin

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4. question: in the fullness of your adult experience of life, (and lessons)

Thu Dec 26, 2024, 11:58 PM

Dec 2024

Do you now, and with a larger perspective, have some idea of what your Mom was trying to say with those words ..?

Or is it still pretty much just a pile of BS crap and party streamers .. ? Or, as they say - - "Turtles all the way down?"

(but .. either way ... Boy, can we all appreciate that 17 year old screaming out at her Mom - and the world ... With every justification in the world ... )

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in an attempt to soothe my soul (when i was a teenager) my mother used to say [View all] orleans Dec 2024 OP

Definitely don't delete. Enjoyed reading and get it. Silent Type Dec 2024 #1

100% ZDU Dec 2024 #32

'It's always darkest before the dawn.' Dad elleng Dec 2024 #2

I used to hear the same things from mother SheltieLover Dec 2024 #3

question: in the fullness of your adult experience of life, (and lessons) stopdiggin Dec 2024 #4

oh yes, of course i understand what she was trying to say orleans Dec 2024 #5

and, as I said - you had EVERY right in the world .... stopdiggin Dec 2024 #12

Oh my dear orleans . . . CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2024 #6

Sometimes for no understandable reason StarryNite Dec 2024 #7

yes. nt orleans Dec 2024 #8

So many good reminders here. Hope22 Dec 2024 #9

thank you for your lovely reply nt orleans Dec 2024 #11

Your despair is part of a process nuxvomica Dec 2024 #10

Every year in December I re-read a book by Terry Pratchett called Hogfather... Hekate Dec 2024 #13

that's beautiful and very profound, hekate. thank you for that. nt orleans Dec 2024 #18

You are most welcome. May the new year be gentle on you Hekate Dec 2024 #44

just put Hogfather on hold at library. there is a DVD of it as well. PUt it on hold too. Amaryllis Dec 2024 #21

I also watch the movie once a year... Hekate Dec 2024 #22

Never got into Discworld. Do you like it? Amaryllis Dec 2024 #23

Very much, or I wouldn't recommend it. It took me awhile to "get" Pratchett back in the '90s... Hekate Dec 2024 #24

Have you read Good Omens, Neil Gaiman? Amaryllis Dec 2024 #25

Oh yes. I read it because Terry Pratchett was co-author, and after that I read more of Gaiman Hekate Dec 2024 #28

Did you see the TV series they made of it? Cant remember if it was NEtflix.... Amaryllis Dec 2024 #34

It was on Amazon Prime, so I joined for a month (free) and binge-watched it twice through Hekate Dec 2024 #36

I liked it a lot. there is always the thing where the character look different than how you imagined, but it was very Amaryllis Dec 2024 #39

The first was just called Good Omens when it came out in 2018 or 2019. Now it's called ... Hekate Dec 2024 #42

Thank you for posting this reminder of how good an observer of humans Sir Terry was. GoneOffShore Dec 2024 #37

You are welcome Hekate Dec 2024 #43

"everything happens for a reason"--I think that's horseshit. raccoon Dec 2024 #14

I dunno. no_hypocrisy Dec 2024 #15

There is always a chain of events which amount to a "cause" of WHY something happened, but... Martin Eden Dec 2024 #16

I applaud and agree wholeheartedly. vanlassie Dec 2024 #27

God's will, everything happens for a reason, karma is a bitch, etc. ThreeNoSeep Dec 2024 #17

cause and effect - yes, i get that. orleans Dec 2024 #19

Thank you for starting this discussion. yellow dahlia Dec 2024 #20

Agree Meowmee Dec 2024 #26

"When one door closes another door opens mahina Dec 2024 #29

Humans need a reboot. Take care. Joinfortmill Dec 2024 #30

There IS a reason for a happening and sometimes, 'what goes around... Septua Dec 2024 #31

Few things make me angrier that the sanctimonious empty bullshit of that "everything... 3catwoman3 Dec 2024 #33

It's what i needed right now. DiverDave Dec 2024 #35

serendipity i guess. please take care. nt orleans Dec 2024 #38

You are very fortunate to have had a good Mom like her. Your Mom. Your friend Clouds Passing Dec 2024 #40

No reasons, no meaning ismnotwasm Dec 2024 #41