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GreenEyesButterfly

Joined: 9/30/2005

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Can religion be a rock on the front of having an emotional relationship? Posted: 5/15/2006 5:21:41 PM
i didn't say it wasn't possible to be religious and educated, it just becomes more difficult because you start to question things more as you learn more. i for one believe that one can remain open minded...i'm not one to seperate religion and science and it is partially my education that has lead me to that. boundaries are always blurred in my opinion...but that's only my opinion and i don't ever wish to impose it on anyone. anyway, how bout getting this topic back on track...i didn't mean to open a can of worms blush

GreenEyesButterfly

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Favorite Quotes Posted: 5/14/2006 10:32:13 PM
few of many (in no perticular order)... "We are all angels with but one wing. We fly only when we embrace." - Leo Buscaglia "The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed." -Carl Jung "Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired." - Robert Frost "I can remember when the air was clean and sex was dirty." - George Burns

GreenEyesButterfly

Joined: 9/30/2005

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Profile Honesty Posted: 5/14/2006 10:00:20 PM
100% honest...if you're hiding who you are and someone is attracted to you only hurt will come out when they find out the really you (well unless you're a superhero and are pretending to be a loser, or something...lol)...either way...games aren't fun. be yourself, be honest, don't mess with people's heads. Best of luck!

GreenEyesButterfly

Joined: 9/30/2005

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Who knows? Only time Posted: 5/14/2006 9:56:48 PM
yes time does heal...but i believe you never forget the ones you loved...especially your first love...and in some way you still might love them. They are a part of you and change you...you never forget the lesson. It's a good thing, it shapes who you are and how you are in future relationships. Chin up, love will come again...when you least expect it (forgive the cliche)

GreenEyesButterfly

Joined: 9/30/2005

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Can religion be a rock on the front of having an emotional relationship? Posted: 5/14/2006 9:36:18 PM
When looking at what creates strong relationships there are certain things that are better there and others that are compromisable (is that a word? i'm tired)...anyway... Communication always rates number one...as for religion...well... in the old age question of whether "opposites attract" or "birds of a feather flock together"...studies have show that it's BOTH (i did actually look into this, at one point i wanted to go into marriage counselling) Basically what 'they' say is that people form more successful (not always but often) relationships if they have some basic commonalities - these include social status, education level and religion (i think there is others but i'd have to look back through my notes to find them)... so basically, i wouldn't say that religion is really a 'rock' per say but it it another commonality that helps build the base of a relationship. This does of course only really apply if both, or either, party is actually religious and how devote they are. I am a practicing Catholic but I am fairly liberal in my ways, mainly because i like to remain somewhat open minded (my sister once said, it's difficult to be educated and devotely religious because you learn of so many contradictions for one, and secondly your eyes are just more open to the world)...I digress. In a nutshell...if both people are religious it is can be something that keeps the relationship strong because it's something you both share and believe in. I find that religion often has an attitude tied with it too...about God's master plan for all of us, this includes in relationship...in a way it becomes a support system, for lack of better wording. I'm not sure if this in any way answers your question...i may be totally off the point...just a thought :) Just to be clear i'm not saying that inter-religion relationships don't work...they do (although i wouldn't put a devote religious person with a strict athiest who thinks that religious people are crazy or something...that could get messy...lol), like i said, it's about compromise and what you're willing to give up and how strict you are in your practice.

GreenEyesButterfly

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PHOTOGRAPHY and FILM!!! Posted: 4/21/2006 10:52:27 PM
When it comes to black and white, I like AGFA. Colour I like Fuji. But it's all personal preference. good luck :)

GreenEyesButterfly

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The power of music Posted: 4/21/2006 10:50:29 PM
someone once said (and sadly i can't recall who) that "without music, life would be a mistake". I've grown up with music in my life and I know it's something I can never let go. I sort of miss my highschool years (yes you heard me, i miss highschool) because I was in 3 choirs, the band, perussion ensemble and the musical for all 5 years. add private piano and flute lessons to that. And yet I didn't make it into York's music program...lol...but I'm not bitter, things happen for a reason and I actually ended up taking private voice lessons from an amazing jazz teacher...but i digress... music is expression when i play it or sing...and to hear it, some songs can have an profound affect on me, sometimes the music, sometimes the lyrics...i'm just really intense like that though. I honestly feel that there is little in life that can have the effect that music can. It's universal...and the psychologist in me says that it has healing powers for sure :)

GreenEyesButterfly

Joined: 9/30/2005

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Songwriters out there? Posted: 4/21/2006 10:38:27 PM
The Arts Administrator in me agrees that SOCAN is a good idea. Although the songwriter in my hasn't joined yet...but that's also partially b/c i'm too chicken to get back up on stage and perform...although missing singing very much...and right now missing my guitar (it's being fixed by a friend)...i'm not sure what i was thinking to give it up to be fixed the day after i wrote a song...lol...i'm working on a bridge for it and i can't play, so it's just lyrics...the piano just won't do this song justice. that's my random rant :)

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