What is the purpose of pain?
Some say that it is to let you know that something is wrong - something needs attending to.
Does this mean the purpose of my three day migraine is to tell me there's something wrong with my brain? - er duh!
No seriously, why do some people suffer with chronic and debilitating pain, and others breeze through life. Not FAIR!!!!!
Is there a lesson to be learnt here?? WHAT IS IT?? will somebody tell me so i can learn it and lose these d@m$ migraines!
Sunday, May 27, 2007
Monday, May 21, 2007
Mind Control
Why is the mind so hard to control? Why do thoughts come unbidden to your mind - unwanted, not true thoughts even, things that you would never consciously think.
I give you an example. My daughter this afternoon said to me
you are called BOSSY mummy
and my mind replied - and you are called pain in the arse daughter. I didn't and never would, say anything like this out loud. I don't even actually think it's true most of the time! I wish i could control my thoughts the way I control my actions. Well, most of my actions. That action that takes food and brings it to the mouth i seem to have trouble with - but you get the point!
I give you an example. My daughter this afternoon said to me
you are called BOSSY mummy
and my mind replied - and you are called pain in the arse daughter. I didn't and never would, say anything like this out loud. I don't even actually think it's true most of the time! I wish i could control my thoughts the way I control my actions. Well, most of my actions. That action that takes food and brings it to the mouth i seem to have trouble with - but you get the point!
Wednesday, May 9, 2007
Service
Don't you hate it when you don't get what you pay for?
My internet connection has been down for the last few days. We've only had broadband for a month, and I think it's been down more than up. When we called, they first treated us like morons and told us to make sure the modem was plugged in! uh der. Then they blamed the lines rather than the modem. Actually, this one might be true, as anyone from Australia will know, Telstra usually is to blame!
That's about as far as we have gone in our quest for better service. We have yet to ring telstra as, quite frankly, we couldn't be bothered at the moment. You can bet it's going to be a long and painful process, and there is no way we'll get a refund, even though it's affected my work and income.
Admittedly we went for the cheapest plan that suited our needs, but i prefer to think of it as "best value" rather than cheap. And anyway, it's not that cheap!
My internet connection has been down for the last few days. We've only had broadband for a month, and I think it's been down more than up. When we called, they first treated us like morons and told us to make sure the modem was plugged in! uh der. Then they blamed the lines rather than the modem. Actually, this one might be true, as anyone from Australia will know, Telstra usually is to blame!
That's about as far as we have gone in our quest for better service. We have yet to ring telstra as, quite frankly, we couldn't be bothered at the moment. You can bet it's going to be a long and painful process, and there is no way we'll get a refund, even though it's affected my work and income.
Admittedly we went for the cheapest plan that suited our needs, but i prefer to think of it as "best value" rather than cheap. And anyway, it's not that cheap!
Wednesday, May 2, 2007
marriage sermon
I recently heard an idea for a great marriage sermon/talk/thingo
It was only eight words long which is one of the things that attracted me to it as that is about the length of my attention span!
basically, there are eight words you should say to your spouse everyday
i love you (obviously)
I'm sorry (officially this is probably three words but we're counting it as two)
I forgive you.
He also said that if you feel like you don't need to say the last two everyday you should check your pulse!
It was only eight words long which is one of the things that attracted me to it as that is about the length of my attention span!
basically, there are eight words you should say to your spouse everyday
i love you (obviously)
I'm sorry (officially this is probably three words but we're counting it as two)
I forgive you.
He also said that if you feel like you don't need to say the last two everyday you should check your pulse!
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