SilverRose

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  1. Halloween And Your Religion.

    in Stories & Texts Archive

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    I find the history of Halloween fascinating and love that it has hung on for so long. I love this holiday and have from childhood on. Over the years we have hosted many a haunted house (some very elaborate in 4000 square foot of space and many "monsters" on hand to help with an entrance fee. We have had lavish parties and simple celebrations. I do not observe it as a religious experience or as part of my religious beliefs in any way. For me it is simply fun to go about in public out of our usual dress, attitude and even faces if we choose. Maybe we reflect the inner self, or the opposite of the inner self; maybe we choose to go grand and be a queen/king, god/goddess, devil, angel or famous human; or go scary or gory, or we choose sexy or even trampy; maybe we want pretty and sweet...so many ways to go from current to historical, realistic or total fantasy...it is all so open.

    I never put restraints on my kids choices and would help make any costume they desired, my youngest once went in apparently no costume at all dressed in his "normal" clothing, when questioned about his lack of costume he would say he was a serial killer, and that they looked like everyone else.

    I hate that here in the deep bible belt of Alabama most towns did TOT on Saturday because Halloween fell on Sunday, that just isn't right, I believe at times that belt cuts off circulation to their brains.

    Life should be fun and I have always viewed Halloween as the ultimate let yourself go have fun (and be rewarded with candy) holiday we in America celebrate.

    :kimmy:

    hahaha, that's a good one!!!!! :thumbu:

  8. I Am A Worrier

    in Stories & Texts Archive

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    I just want to share this experience or trial that I currently possesed. Whenever a preacher begins to talk about worry, I sense a pair of eyes staring at me. Without even turning my head.I know that my brother is looking at me to see if I am paying attention

    I hate to admit it but Im a worrier. A friend of mine said to me that i must dont feel worry about what will happen tommorow or worry about my family bacause God will provide. But it seems doesnt work.. Im still a worrier and an anxious person for nothing... any wise counsel about this?...

    sit down and think about this:

    first, do you have "vague" worries, or do you know exactly what you worry about?

    second, how many of your worries can you constructively do something about?

    when you put yourself to the task of considering these points, it should help you to not feel overwhelmed by your worries... not that you will cease having any, but you'll have a better perspective and be more focused on what can actually be resolved.

    (sorry I don't have "wise counsel"-- I'm a Jewish mother- worrying is what I do best :smart: )

  9. Hannukah

    in Good Wishes, Gratitude, Blessings and Prayers

    Posted · Edited by SilverRose

    Tonight begins the minor festival of חֲנֻכָּה‎. The time of the year when Jews spend 8 days trying to figure out how to transliterate the Hebrew into English!!

    More seriously, Hannukah celebrates the retaking and rededication, after cleansing, of the Temple in Jerusalem by the Maccabees from the Selucids who desecrated it with the erection of idols and the sacrifice of swine upon the altar.

    During this holiday that celebrates the victory of the weak over the mighty, the few over the many, may we seek to rededicate ourselves to nurturing the divine spark within ourselves, that we may be a source of strength and love to our families, our communities and all with whom we come into contact. May our lives ever be for a blessing.

    have a beautiful holiday, RabbiO ! :)

  17. Rosh Hashanah

    in Good Wishes, Gratitude, Blessings and Prayers

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    To Yael, Jewtonium, Jonathan, SilverRose and all others who by name I do not know -

    שנה טובה

    May you and yours, may we all, be inscribed and sealed for a sweet new year, a year of health, a year of blessing, a year of peace.

    May the sound of the shofar awaken us anew to the potential we too often lock within ourselves

    thank you, RabbiO... and the same to you, too :)

  21. Problem Accessing Emoticons

    in Bug Reporting

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    I opened the little pull down emoticon window and it did not have the one I wanted, so I hit the "Show All" button. That made all the emoticons in the window get replaced with the word(s?) "nopermission". Now, when I open the emoticon window, I just get the "nopermission". I will restart my browser (Firefox 3.0.13) and see if that fixes it, but wanted to report the bug while it persists.

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    Restarting the browser made the emoticon window work again, until I hit the "show all" button, which produced the "nopermission" message again. I've got the browser set to delete all cookies on a restart, if that helps.

    And I know murph is busy, so I expect a wait before I get a response....

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    And when I hit "add reply" just now, the window filled with emoticons for about 10 seconds before I got redirected.....

    same just happened to me :(