Young is relative.

The Magic of Gratitude will change your life for the better.

Matthew 6:28 is the twenty-eighth verse of the sixth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament and is part of the Sermon on the Mount.

This verse continues the discussion of worry about material provisions.

In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads:

And why take ye thought for raiment?
Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow;
they toil not, neither do they spin:

The World English Bible translates the passage as:

Why are you anxious about clothing?
Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow.
They don’t toil, neither do they spin,

Yes, I'm 'poor' by income and American standards. I have two t.v.'s and two computers, Internet, car, etc. (I would qualify for food stamps, but I have never signed up for them.)

Yes very much so.

If you were to look at my actual income, I am below the poverty level, and yet I know people (relatives and friends) whose income is double what mine is, even triple-- and I listen to them when they whine all the time about how broke they are and how they can't pay their bills... blah blah blah.

They usually have three cars, two houses, credit card bills... blah blah ...

yeh, I feel real sorry for them. They need to manage their money and live within their means.

I can feel that there is tension (and perhaps a competition) going on between his mother and you. Like it is a contest to see who ends up with the guy who may have to choose between his mother and a relationship.

Don't let that happen. Not a good idea at all. Try (I know it is hard) but TRY to look at it from his mother's point of view. She may be afraid of being abandoned, left alone in her old age, put in a nursing home.

I'm not suggesting you do this, but this is what I would at least try. Try to find compassion for his mother. See her fear. See if it is possible to develop a relationship with HER separate from the crowd. Become her ally and friend.

If you can't do that, then it will remain a contest.

I don't feel much has been accomplished in this thread.

So let's here some ideas about why some people are poor and others are not. What is the cause of poverty?

Who can you blame for it? And if you want to blame someone, isn't that refusing to take responsibility for your circumstances if you are poor?

Is poverty a state of mind? Is it a lack of money or lack of things that money can buy?

If virginity were crucial for marriage... then there would be a lot of 'ruined' people walking around who could never get married.

Now that you have been a little more forthcoming, I would say that if this is a controlling mom and her son, then the son should step up to the plate and move out if he wants to have a life.

If he can't do that, then he should just learn to stand up to his mom and ignore her attempts to manipulate.... even if he 'owes' her. If he 'owes' her and he refuses to be manipulated, she might do him a big favor threaten to kick him out.

Not to me.


There is going to be a show on the discovery channel this week about the Bible and how the idea that the mother of Jesus was a virgin was a misinterpretation.

So the whole idea of virginity being important, if it is linked to religious ideas, is blown.

Drugs destroy lives.

His account has been deactivated. He sounded demanding and spoiled to me. Everyone has needs. You are responsible for getting your needs fulfilled, no one else is.

Not as much as we will be in the future. You ain't seen nuttin yet.

True, and the doctors have decided to quit, and there aren't enough to go around, and people have to wait for months to get appointments.

Creepy.

It could have been a personal message from your higher self or spirit that perhaps you should change your evil ways.

No, he was in Alabama and I was in Colorado. He died of a heart attack.

My friend who is a medium, contacted him after he died. I questioned him about how he died through her and he didn't want to talk about it. He kept saying "Case is closed Gloria!" (He was a private investigator in life.)

It was a very freaky experience.

Good post Metalwing about Obama's so called accomplishments.

That was the hand of Jesus and you got left behind.

BUAW HA HA HA HA HA!(EVIL LAUGH)

The bad part about it is that people who take care of their own health, and don't smoke and eat well, and exercise, will be paying for health care for the people who do drugs, and drink, and smoke and get sick by their own actions.