They say be good to your enemies it's exactly what they hate LOL.

I really hate when I watch something on TV out of curiosity and end up being absolutely disgusted or horrified by what I have heard and seen. I wish I lived pre-TV age.

When climbing Croagh Patrick - a very steep mountain in the West of Ireland.

- "If it's possible - it's probable."

Hi I once worked with a difficult woman and had to accept that was just the way it was. I dealt with it eventually by leaving because she started telling lies about me and making me out to be a problem which I wasn't because I was very young and shy at the time.

If it was now I would invite her out for a coffee and talk over with her how she feels about her job, listen sympathetically and share about my own experiences and then, with a bit more closeness forged between us, she might feel a bit better. Some people are difficult though and you have to work around them. You seem to be lucky in that you are people friendly and you are probably stronger than you realise. I on the other hand like working in a quiet environment on my own. I get this in the job I have now but whenever I think of that lady that used to bug me I can understand that she probably felt a bit lonely and vulnerable as she was getting older and probably wouldn't have much of a pension or anything meaningful to do if she retired. It's amazing how dumb people can be when they don't make up their minds to be happy though. Acceptance is a good way to be happy. If you accept that she will always be like that and keep knowing it has nothing to do with you that's the way to stay sane. Don't engage her in arguments but you probably know that if you are a people person. Wishing you the best, Geraldine.

I guess I am, like someone else said here, doing a bit of people watching.
I am also hoping
that
if I'm lucky enough
that I will meet a nice clean and tidy 54 year old man who loves music, poetry and me, not necessarily in that order.
Hopefully he will have a job so we could get married and we could live comfortably enough on both of our monies.
Hopefully I could wake up each morning and put my loving arms around him and we could both feel loved and cared about.
Hopefully he might understand me and my past and I equally could make a go of understanding him and his ...
Oh dearie me, that's a lot of hoping isn't it?
But I'm only 49 and entitled to be a bit naive
at least until I reach 50
later .. on .. this .. year.
AAAAgh!

do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

But I guess if they feel no one cares enough about them they would just leave without saying goodbye to anyone.

Natural enough I would have thought.

I left a site to join this one because it's free and I love the chat room here where I can post what I want. I love free expression.

I wasn't in touch with anyone meaningful so didn't bother to say good bye to anyone. I just went! So What!

I do feel a bit bugged by the fact you could message someone and they might not bother to reply or they might have left without deleting their profile. I wonderif this is possible here it was possible on another site I was on and it led to certain mystifying experiences! The people here all seem to be genuine and have a certain intelligence that I like. I am a poet and love intelligent discussion and artistic displays of originality. I'm just sorry I can't do more of that myself!
I need a muse I think... Is he out there?

Speaking as someone who once lived on very little (for a short time only) I know that having money is very important. I tell that to my nieces and nephews when it comes up. I wouldn't like them to have a false sense of virtue about not being ambitious enough to earn more money. Money equals freedom of choice in a lot of things.

Poverty never made anyone a better person in my opinion. I think when people have enough to live on and can pay their bills and have enough for a holiday when they need one, that's when they can be a better person because they have the resources.

It's only greed when you don't really need more money that is the cause of evil. Greed is a sort of anxiety about wanting more than you need. Maybe from a fear of not having had enough in the past. I have tried to avoid greed but we live in a competitive and uncertain world so it's not always easy. Sometimes it's hard to believe that God always provides because there is the fear that he might not!

Love is more meaningful than money and true love can conquer fear but not mental illness if there is any.

Hearing my loved one talking contentedly on the phone.
Hearing the wind outside and feeling safe and happy here inside.
The taste and smell of freshly cooked chicken. yum.
Seeing my nephews and nieces laughing and playing together.
Listening to my niece talk in a very mature way about her Christmas presents.
I asked her 'which one of them did you like most?'
She said 'I don't like to say which one is the best, I just like to appreciate each one for what they are.'
Really good, eh?

Hi just to introduce myself I am looking for a relationship based on mutual respect and hope to meet someone genuine. I am looking for someone from the West of Ireland who is between 46 and 56. He could be a widower or single. I go to church regularly and prayer groups. I have never been married but I have had a close relationship which didn't work out due to drink. He is married to someone else now and good luck to both of them. She was more used to drink problems than I was so I was happy to let him go and I now live with my mother and am happy there. I don't like dealing with someone who cannot stop drinking and this is stating the obvious I guess no one really like having to deal with this in a partner it is so embarrassing and depressing. Neither of my parents had a drink problem and I really have no experience in successfully living with someone who has that problem.
I have a poetic nature and write poetry sometimes. I have won an award for poetry in 2001 and it is time I wrote some more poetry but I can't seem to get down to it. Maybe a good partner could help me and give me ideas as what to write about. Maybe he could be my muse!
I also love music and play the tin whistle. I would love to learn the piano but we don't have one. I used to play the organ in the village church and love music of all types. I love mellow funky sounds. I love Neil Diamond and Midge Ure.