No, and No More Love...Broken Hearts
Sometimes it’s hard to say No. Better to turn down a prospective partner, if it doesn’t work, than have years of misery. Also good advice in a breakup.
In some situations, No is hard to say politely, however, for self preservation, be polite.
A dog never lets you down, humans do, and can.
Sometimes, other people don’t accept no for an answer. Politeness does not always pay in some situations. I met a guy recently, a friend of two of my friends. Within one hour, he proposed marriage. I was shocked. Then he started an unwanted pursuit. I even tried a cease and desist. In the end, I posted an email to my friends saying that guy was a pain in the butt…I must have pressed the wrong button...it went to him. The return email said….Now I understand, and he stopped the unwanted attention.
However, when love is true, a broken heart can ensue, and yes, animals and people can die from a broken heart.
Some animal owners dump their best friend; that’s something I just can’t understand.
What if they never come home?
Would you say no to a friend in need?
You try explaining.
Sometimes I say…which part of the word no is it you don’t understand?...that’s a tough reply.
How do you go about saying No?
Children can be insistent too…I’m busy right now…when I’ve finished, I will help you.
At the dinner table…You can ask for anything before I sit down, but when I sit down, you may ask to get up for what you want.
My dog was pretty good at asking for things, he made me laugh. He would drop his dinner or water bowl on my foot. How can you resist that one?
I was full of admiration for an elderly lady who asked for a seat from a young man. She said, If you don’t give me a seat, I will ask the driver to throw you off.
Many young people do give up their seats readily, but what do you do if they don’t?
Point at the priority notice? If in need, accidentally fall on them? That does work.
Sometimes negotiation skills can achieve a yes, at a refusal. I usually rehearse before a negotiation.
I used to play the Yes No game with students who were new to get to know them.
That was useful in courts. It was invented as an interrogation technique in the Second World War. That skill led me to avoid a two and a half hour grilling by a top lawyer. Who complained, I had not answered one of his questions. I won my case—no easy matter.
You could say it with flowers! A box of chocolates, sweet talk can work!
Divorce is on the rise, and we see many cases of gold diggers, especially, high profile cases. Divorce is apparently rising in the over fifties.
The Everly Brothers - So Sad
Bruce Springsteen - No Surrender (Live)
The Rolling Stones - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
No More Love - Beautiful Songs Playlist | Easy listening love ballads | New Relaxing Music
Elvis Presley - Heartbreak Hotel
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Most of all, enjoy!
Lian and Kieran
Grim Fairy Tales
As a child, I played being a princess.
We believed the royals led a fairy tale life. There has always been a fascination for royals, their palaces and lifestyles, and travels.
Royals, film stars, and showbiz people do have a certain glamour.
I never really knew how beautiful Princess Margaret was. The world was at her feet.
Yet, she turned down love for position and wealth. She died alone and so did Diana.
Diana married her Prince—even a step mother on this tale, Camilla.
Princess Diana and Prince Charles dancing in Australia (1983)
Grace Kelly’s first words about her future husband were that he was a rude little man.
Royal weddings and those of film stars have fairy tale weddings, yet reality is a different story.
Fergie married her Prince. Her story is still unfolding.
Then there was Wallace.
And Harry and Meghan.
Katy Perry…Where is Orlando?
Apparently Katy and Justin are an item.
Tommy Steele - Princess
Chris De Burgh - Lady In Red
There is a facade of happiness and a fairytale in many famous people's lives. Fairy tales can be Grim.
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Lian
High Flying
I used to love flying to many countries, usually warm countries and travelling, especially to Turkey and Australia. Turkey has always been a pull, I loved the people and the culture, and the fascination of Istanbul, its markets, architecture and the Bosphorus.
Australia had a fantastic beach culture and wonderful libraries. I used to walk along the beaches picking up and diving for shells. I arrived in Albany, WA, with a terrible cough, so I went to the library, recovered, and borrowed a book on how to make necklaces from beach combing. My shell necklaces paid for a three-month holiday, and the necklaces funded me in finding and starting a teaching job, when I returned home to my small island.
I couldn’t settle in Japan, although I did my best to learn Japanese, left Japan as quickly as possible, for Australia with a paid ticket to work in Sydney and a paid ticket back to UK where I lived at the time. That was my first visit to Aus, a wonderful job with accommodation and travel at weekends, loved the place.
These days its nothing but hustle in airports and immigration. Times have changed, it’s no longer easy or always safe to fly to foreign countries, IMO.
My bucket list is/was to fly in a balloon over Cappadoccia.
I did fly off a 30 ft ladder one day and got up and made a coffee, hurt my little finger, otherwise, unscathed.
Fascinated by highflyers in the circus du soleil
Epic Animal Olympic Dives.The Ultimate Animal Dive competition l Olympics Diving Board
Elephant Jumping On Trampoline
Totally Tropical - Whoa ! I'm Goin to Barbados 2018
Come Fly With Me (2008 Remastered)
Air Afrikaans funny airline video worst airline in the world
Do you enjoy travelling or staying home? Do you enjoy flying?
Do you enjoy diving? Planes?
Do you have good or bad experiences of travelling? Would you bungee jump? Or high dive?
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Lian and Kieran
Night and Day, Day and Night
The two-in-one concept runs throughout our lives, and the universe…the weather.
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You cannot have day without night. The day has the sun and the night has the moon, and so you have light and darkness. Moonlight and sunlight.
Philosophy divides our experiences and emotions into ten ‘worlds’, states, from a hell state to the highest state…enlightenment. We can all reach enlightenment, but we cannot be God.
But man makes many gods; money could be one, greed another. Each ‘world’ has negative and positive, and is divided into 1000 realms, negative and positive. There are ten worlds, and many realms in each.
1. is a hell state….time goes slowly, and there is suffering or pain. Could be the dentist?
2, 3, and 4 are the three poisons:
2. Anger. You may wish to protect your child, but you may not be able to without anger or skills.
3. Greed.
4. Ignorance
These are the three negatives all humans possess. We go in and out of all emotions. The universe does too.
Anger can be…power, not seeing another person’s point of view, temper.
Greed can be wanting more and more, or more positively, it will make us improve our circumstances, or strive for something. It’s classified as hunger, but you would not enjoy your dinner, if not hungry.
Ignorance is not only not having knowledge, but could be cutting down trees, polluting the environment.
5. Rapture…a false happiness, the sun is shining, you are in love, you receive a bill you can’t pay: From rapture you fall to hell.
6. Then the next state is tranquillity, but it’s non-productive. e.g., sitting on a beach, we all love to enjoy doing nothing sometimes.
7. Learning…that’s hard work…
8 Absorption…knowledge at your fingertips.
Helping others, for whatever reason, is a high state. Some jobs like nursing, or carrying someone’s shopping, or today I showed a tourist around my friend’s house free of charge as a guide. Made someone’s day.
With all the good qualities, you are partially enlightened, or ultimately an enlightened being?
The highest state.
10.ENLIGHTENMENT!
You may disagree with this philosophical view. Do say if you disagree with the analysis.
Could be interesting.
Ella Fitzgerald - Night and Day
Little And Large Live At Silver Jubilee Gala 1977
Ebony and Ivory - Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder
Bring Me Sunshine | Morecambe & Wise
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Lian and Kieran.