Ok. So for all of you not in the karma league just yet, here's a way to quickly get yes, INSTANT karma.   
Post a bit of wisdom, inspirational message, philosophical commentary, or other notable quote others might like to read, include the author if possible please and the next time I am online I'll be doling out the Karma points, one for each worthy post.
       
      So to begin here's a quote for nothing:

"Never give up believing in yourself. With God, you hold the power and talent to achieve all of your dreams.
Muhammad Ali  as a Foreword in Chicken Soup for the Kid's Soul.

"If you say you're going to do something and you start to do it, and people enjoy it or respect it or are entertained by it, people will step up and help you."

-- Kyle MacDonald, the guy who traded a paper clip all the way to a house.

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
Eleanor Roosevelt

To unpathed waters, undreamed shores.
William Shakepeare

You cannot dream yourself into a character: you must hammer and forge yourself into one.
Henry D. Thoreau

Every artist was first an amateur.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

So one time for my high school honors physics class, we were supposed to build a physics demo to show off the awesome power of physics or something...so I designed a trebuchet, which is like a catapult except it relies on gravity and angular momentum rather than elasticity to toss a projectile.  They built one in England a few years back that tossed an old Volkswagen something like half a mile.  Anyway...

We had a friend who we jokingly referred to as our fearless leader, so one night we were cruising around and we decided to call him and say, "Hey, we're going to bring you a weapon so that you can conquer the world!"  He was, of course, thinking "whatever".  So we snuck back to my place, picked up the mini-trebuchet, and put it on his front yard.  He thought we had built it for him just then (as told the next morning), which was the most amusing part of the whole deal.

The moral of the story: never underestimate the power of physics.

That which does not break you, makes you stronger.




Cat

A Convenient Lie ...I will owe you one point tomorrow. I seem to have given you one today on another thread before starting this one.
            Listen to track= Press Play: Stone Temple Pilots

S'alright, just thought I'd post some stuff :)

Follow your bliss-Joseph Campbell




Cat

When I was a young man I observed than nine out of ten things I did were failures. I didn

A hundred years from now it will not matter what my bank account was,the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove, but the world may be different because I was important in the life of a child....Forest Witcraft


"No matter how fat you get, you'll always be the greatest momma."-Megan D. age 6 (My daughter's reply to me when I was complaining about gaining weight.)

"My friend drove off the other day,
Now he's gone and all they say,
Is you got to live 'cause life goes on...

But now I see I'm mortal, too,
I can't live my life like you,
Got to live it up, while life goes on.

And I think that it's all right,
That I do what I like,
'Cause that's the way I want to live.
it's how I give, and I'm still givin'...

And now I wonder 'bout my friend,
If he gave all he could give,
'Cause he lived his life like I live mine.

Got to make a plan,
Got to do what's right,
Can't run around in circles,
If you wanna build a life,
But I don't want to make a plan,
For a day far away,
While I'm young and while I'm able,
All I want to do is... "

-Song written by Green Day bassist Mike Dirnt after his friend Jason Relva died in a car accident in 1992.

Erin, Lie (Rice), Lorac, Mach!ne_he@d, and Belle-

You have each posted noteworthy things, and the Karamel Sutra has been delivered to you.

Karamel also to my new friend Michelle, for putting the boots on here, and collaborating with me on this new idea.

And now, I contribute my own 3 postings, as will be my usual, on this thread:

"Never give a sucker an even break."-P.T. Barnum
"Quitting smoking is one of easiest things to do. I know, because I've done it a thousand times."-Mark Twain
"If all the world's a stage, and all the actors merely players, then who keeps changing the script?"-HawkTheSlayer

Words that i struggle to live by:
"We all carry within us our places of exile, our crimes,and our ravages. But our task is not to unleash them on the world; it is to fight them in ourselves and in others." Albert Camus

If you want to be seen, stand up...

If you want to be heard, speak up...

If you want to be appreciated...shut up

Anon

Erin, Lie (Rice), Lorac, Mach!ne_he@d, and Belle-

You have each posted noteworthy things, and the Karamel Sutra has been delivered to you.




I guess I didn't post anything noteworthy-or I'm just invisable again.  :\'( :\'( :\'(




Cat

I guess I didn't post anything noteworthy-or I'm just invisable again.  :\'( :\'( :\'(




Cat

I loved your quote,so you get some from me ;)

I loved your quote,so you get some from me ;)



Awwww, thanks. Right back at ya. But which quote? I posted 2 (so far).




Cat

Awwww, thanks. Right back at ya. But which quote? I posted 2 (so far).


Cat

I liked both,but follow your bliss it's what we all should do  :)

I liked both,but follow your bliss it's what we all should do  :)



I actually live by both of them. Joseph Campbell was AMAZING! If you haven't read any of his "stuff" I HIGHLY recommend it. He did an interview with Bill Moyers called "The Power of Myth" that is on video. Incredible stuff.



Cat

Everyone above me now has one Karamel more than 1 minute ago. And based on the 1 a day rule, anything else you put up today will have to wait til tomorrow.    thanks for playing!


    Excuses to throw a party!
BLAME SOMEONE ELSE DAY=January 13
Answer Your cat's question Day-January 22
PANIC DAY-MARCH 9
LOST SOCK MEMORIAL DAY=MAY 9
LET IT GO! DAY=JUNE 23


          EXCERPT FROM THE BAD GIRL'S GUIDE TO THE PARTY LIFE:  C. TUTTLE.

"Act as if" - advice given to me by my husband in regards to not having the confidence to do things in life

I guess I didn't post anything noteworthy-or I'm just invisable again.  :\'( :\'( :\'(
Cat


Actually, Cat, I DID give ya some.
I was very tired when I went thru this, so I apologize for not including ya.

"When you are wrong, admit it, rectify it, and eschew repeating it." -Rex Stout (creator of Nero Wolfe)

One thing you learned as a Cubs fan: when you bought your ticket, you could bank on seeing the bottom of the ninth.
Joe Garagiola

"Friends are like money.  The more you have, the richer you are." - my friend Cara

"Friends are like money.  The more you have, the richer you are." - my friend Cara


That is true, up to a point.

"Friends are like money...some of them can be counterfeit." -Fee Waybill

I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar, but I cherish the friend who for me does not consult his calendar.
Robert Brault

"Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars." - Kahlil Gibran.

Life is Like a box of chocolates,you never know what you're gonna get- Forrest Gump-

Ever mind the rule of three
Three times what thou givest returns to thee

Don't know who said it first but it's a good one to live by.  It's the Wiccan Threefold law.

Life is Like a box of chocolates,you never know what you're gonna get- Forrest Gump-
what the hell is that quote supposed to mean, anyway? that's been rankling me for years. why is that movie so supposedly great?  yes, life, box of chocolates, forrest. so what? anything else? cuz if not i'm gonna head out.

i totally didn't get the whole forrest gump thing.

It means life is a bunch of random moments all thrown together.  When you open a box of chocolate, you don't know at first what you're getting until you bite into it....meaning, you don't know what life will throw at you until you stick yourself out there.


I can't believe I just analyzed that.



"In our sleep, pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart until in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom through the awful grace of God." - Aeschylus

In deference to Hawk leaving us I felt it was better to change the thread's name. Tho I wll still keep up with it the best I can. Tho there may be a bit of a backlog on my side once my computer access leaves home with my sister :\'(.  I'll have to buy one of my own or go back to using the public library. :P