Many people are given boxes filled with sh*t.

Hey Dikran,

The boy in your story may be delusional and clinging to false hopes.

What if he gets just the horse poo? He'll be disillusioned when he finally realizes there's no pony.

Anyway, your original story is batshit crazy. The father loses a young daughter and is left with a f-ing box. And this is supposed to be a happy inspiring story?

I'd be more inspired by a story of The Lizard King farting in a jar.

Pi and JJ, Dikran's made a friendly, well-meaning holiday post with a positive message.

And, on Christmas day, you're both shitting on him. What's wrong with you?

f*** you both and merry Christmas!

Monkey King wrote:

Pi and JJ, Dikran's made a friendly, well-meaning holiday post with a positive message.

And, on Christmas day, you're both shitting on him. What's wrong with you?

f*** you both and merry Christmas!

Alright.

There is actually wisdom in seeing the positive amidst chaos and harshness.

Thank you for the optimistic story, Dikran.

Dikran wrote:

Thanks Osama, I appreciate it,

Even though I often advise friends to look at things in a positive way, but sometimes I can't even do it myself...., it's easier said than done......, I guess life is harsh on all of us, but we have to hang on to it......

I think life is given to us free, but we have to suffer to keep it going.....

Cheers and wish you a successful year ahead

Thanks, but I'm anticipating another shitty year ahead.

They're all shitty.

We should stop saying "happy new year!".

We should say "have another shitty year!"

That way, there's no disillusionment.

I think we should look at things in a negative way. I really do.

Anyway, one year of truce is a bit much to ask. I can't wait to pounce all over Lizard King once this holiday phony niceness is over.

Well done, boys. I knew you'd do the right thing.

Stalkers' tip: We'll be at Disneyworld 1/3 through 1/9. I'll be at the entrance to It's a Small World at noon on the 4th for any and all violence appointments!

Dikran wrote:

@MK, JJ and Osama, I'm wondering if you guys know each other, I mean if you ever met, or just on Internet???

No, we don't know each other. Pi keeps inviting me over for coffee, but I keep turning him down.

Dikran wrote:

You know what Osama, I always had a motto for a long time which said, "Today better than Yesterday and worse than tomorrow"....... and it's been more than 7 years it's going today worse than yesterday and worse than yesterday and so on...... but I'm not giving up, I fell down many times and I got up and tried to continue.... I'm close to 60 years old and this year I started a new venture and I don't know where it will head.......

Perhaps sometimes as you say it's good to look at things in a negative way, and when you see a small light ahead, it will bring smile on your face, but then again, when you look at things in a negative way, you might end up attracting negative thoughts and negative energy around you......

So it's up to you whether you want to see the cup half full or half empty..... now you're going to say, it doesn't matter, no matter how you look at it you're still going to drink half a glass of water.....

Physically yes....but I guess it's better to drink half a glass of water than half a glass of emptiness........ it wouldn't matter physically but in your mind it will have a big effect........ and as you know our minds control the body......

Now I'm not going to say have a good year or a shitty year, but whatever your heart desires........

By the way, what do you do??

Yeah, I've had some monumental setbacks, reversals of fortune, catastrophes and bad luck.

I don't think the Gods care too much if you look at things positively or negatively. They just mete out karma and experiences as they see appropriate.

Shakespeare said "There is nothing good or bad. Only thinking makes it so." (or something like that)

You can wish yourself and others a 'good' year until you're blue in the face, but if the Gods want to deal you some harsh blows, then that's what you get.

And maybe every harsh blow you're dealt is ultimately designed to bring you one step closer to God anyway.

As my man George Harrison pointed out "They've forgotten all about God. That's the only reason we exist."

I can give you my Matrix spiel if you want. We're in a parallel universe. The f***ed up one. And we need to make our way back to the Good Parallel Universe.

I don't know, man. What the f*** do I know?

So there.

Monkey King is a snob. He doesn't return my calls.