White Flag Warrior

Listen up.

-iNTune

"No one has greater love than this: to lay down his life for his friends." (John 15:13)

-iNTune

Kitty may need some holy water

My cat has been getting restless lately, especially at night. At first he targetted old posters (So long Harry Potter 2 movie poster...), but then he found a rosary and tried to eat it. He has been pawing at my "Footsteps" story, that I have hung on my wall.

click here to read the story

He also likes the Bible verses I put up by the Footsteps decoration. One sleepy night, I opened my eyes to see him reaching for one, and then he stretched his body so that he could reach it with his mouth. He bit it, spit it on the floor and pawed at the wall where it had been.

Perhaps some things shouldn't be placed within a cat's reach.

-iNTune

Passive-aggressive Facebook statuses

How did people let out their frustrations before Facebook was created? Gee, maybe they talked it out with other people when they were feeling upset. Or maybe they calmed down enough to assess the situation from the other person's point of view.

With technology to hide behind, people get bolder- their condescension seeps out from deep inside, their self control flies away.

I get the need to talk to someone about what is bothering you. No one should just hold in their anger, but to direct something to one person, in front of hundreds of others?

Take this status for example: "Some people never mind their own business."

Would you shout that out to someone else, from across a fairly quiet room? You're leaving the other person feeling so vulnerable, and most likely the crowd around you is merely thinking, "Uh oh, drama!". 

I've done it before, I get it. The last time that I did so, I took the status down within a few minutes. What was posting that status accomplishing, when I could vent in private or to a trustworthy friend? Why did I want the world to see my anguish, when most of them probably didn't care about my little temper tantrum? I needed to deal with it on my own.

There's a veil around us on the internet, as other people can't see our faces, cannot hear our words. Surely we wouldn't say half of what we say here, online, to people's faces?

-iNTune

The Sun's theme music

Is this song really from 2000? Twelve years ago, and it's still a favorite request for radio stations. 

-iNTune 

People ask me what I think happiness is: here is part of it.

Here are two keys to long-term happiness:

1.) Being honest with others.
2.) Being honest with yourself.

It makes life a lot more straight-forward by preventing the build-up of regrets. And it feels a whole lot lighter on the soul.



-iNTune

Where are they tonight?

Can't sleep. I like to count the stars, to see them twinkle high above. You can't see stars as well in the suburbs.

-iNTune