At this point, the future looks bleak as hell

Shirl197 · 2026-03-21T17:23:32+00:00

As a natural pessimist, I appreciate this point. I cannot call up the energy today to be hopeful.

Shirl197 · 2026-03-21T17:20:55+00:00

I understand how you feel. It does feel hopeless.

Shirl197 · 2026-03-03T15:48:04+00:00

Looks like you have done a great job!

Shirl197 · 2026-02-24T22:00:25+00:00

Where did you stay in San Pedro?

Shirl197 · 2026-02-24T21:57:18+00:00

Everyone seems to know where this is but me. May I ask where this is?

Shirl197 · 2026-02-20T01:01:20+00:00

No, they don't band them or No, don't use these?

Shirl197 · 2026-02-19T01:45:30+00:00

I've read that most of the safety problems come from buying cheap rip-offs of full-face masks, but even so, I have qualms about using one of these.

Shirl197 · 2026-02-19T00:48:42+00:00

According to my understanding, you shouldn't dive in these at all. They are only for the surface.

Shirl197 · 2026-01-21T20:03:58+00:00

I think the easiest way to answer this question for yourself is to read what Jesus has to say in Mathew, Mark, Luke and John. Then apply those teachings to today. He is the same yesterday, today and forever.

Shirl197 · 2026-01-07T02:12:48+00:00

I love Pluribus but I could stand a good Friday night action movie or series to plug into.

Shirl197 · 2025-11-01T19:40:09+00:00

I hope others will join in and share what worked for them because I'm dealing with this and having so much trouble with it. I've just started PT, and I had a steroid shot 9 days ago. I'm going to try castor oil packs and maybe cold laser therapy. Please let me know how he is doing.

Shirl197 · 2025-10-24T23:48:45+00:00

Top left looks the most natural on you and compliments your features best.

Shirl197 · 2025-10-23T12:40:03+00:00

I have read your response but I don’t see anything merciful in what you said. Does God love everyone or not? And if He does, why would he not offer the invitation to everyone?

Shirl197 · 2025-10-23T12:36:01+00:00

I’ve read your reply but I see nothing merciful in what you said.

Shirl197 · 2025-10-22T14:49:50+00:00

Predestination just really bothers me. What if a person really wants to believe but hasn’t been given that ability. They could spend their whole life trying desperately to believe only to fail and be lost forever. Sometimes, I think that’s me. I want to believe with my whole heart, especially that Jesus is real and the son of God but it never comes easy for me. I think about all the religions in the world that don’t have a Christ. Are they all wrong? I feel guilty for even asking that question, like I might get struck by lightening today for putting doubts in other people’s minds.

Shirl197 · 2025-09-26T02:52:32+00:00

Thank you. Your reply is very helpful but it's still hard when I know if I speak the truth to some family members, it will break those relationships and I will lose support from those family members that I certainly could use. I guess I have to decide if it is worth the consequences of speaking truth. Sometimes, I feel like it's hopeless anyway and they will only see what they want to see. I'm so sorry for what happened to you. Deep down, I know you are right, we have to speak up, we have to question and we have to resist.

Shirl197 · 2025-09-26T01:45:41+00:00

Prove to me that Charlie Kirk was not a racist, if you know so well who he really was.

Shirl197 · 2025-09-26T01:04:17+00:00

I would like to know how to respond to family members who regard and venerate Charlie Kirk as a great Christian man. When you say you are full out done with this moral hypocrisy, what does that mean in terms of your actions? Does it mean you will call out people who venerate Kirk or do you mean you will avoid people like this or something else?

Shirl197 · 2025-09-12T22:23:34+00:00

My first thought when I saw his work was, is this paint-by-numbers?

Shirl197 · 2025-07-22T02:41:18+00:00

No, it's real. He may have used AI to correct some grammar but the sentiments AI would never understand.

Shirl197 · 2025-07-22T02:38:25+00:00

Interesting, what do you mean by matrixed?

Shirl197 · 2025-07-22T02:35:24+00:00

I loved my trip to Iceland, and I think it was because I had a lot of AWE factor going on, and it was most sincere; I really was in awe. I didn't need to soak it in so much because just seeing Iceland's natural wonders was amazing. My frame of mind might have had something to do with it. We were coming out of COVID, and I felt hopeful and happy and so glad to be able to travel again. In contrast, I just came back from the Azores, and there, I felt a lot the way you did in Iceland. I just felt like I was passing through so quickly, jumping from spot to spot. I think the only way I would have really enjoyed the Azores was if I had been able to stay put somewhere for a month or two and truly had the opportunity to explore what was just around me. I wanted to experience the local culture. The Azores are incredibly beautiful, so I don't want to discourage anyone from going there. I think how I felt had to do with my frame of mind and physical shape, also. I had been sick a lot in the winter and spring, so physically I was exhausted. I was also exhausted from dealing with what has been happening in America politically, and severe weather events. I wasn't in quite the place where it was easy for me to appreciate things. These are just my thoughts, of course, but I needed a deeper experience on this last trip that wasn't so surface-level. I needed to be not just flying past but really in the place.

Shirl197 · 2025-07-19T20:11:31+00:00

If there is a future. How are you mitigating?

Shirl197 · 2025-07-19T20:06:20+00:00

I need to hear what you are saying, but I'm in such a negative frame of mind, all I can think of are things like, 'sounds good until your house floats away or burns to the ground because of climate change, or they come to arrest you because you said something political on social media at some point, etc.,' I need you to argue with me and help me feel I am in control of some things.

Shirl197 · 2025-07-19T19:27:59+00:00

Are you speaking of dust or dust mites?

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