diver dan consider me out of your thread
do you have a taxidermist near your place

Diver,

I'm not sure what you're on about.

I am well aware of what this discussion is about.
That's why I joined in - especially with people making
references to death in earlier posts here. Which by the
way did not seem to upset you in the slightest. You made
no comment on their posts. Yet you picked on me. I
wonder why that was? The point that I was trying to make
was that life is full of compromises. We often have to
take what life dishes out to us - as Belly and I have
done over the years. But despite all that - it's made
us stronger - and we've survived.

I thought this was right on topic.
Life is all about compromises.

Another - By the way. You are in no position to tell people
how to post. You can start a discussion but according to
the rules of the forum - you don't give people instructions.
Only the moderator does that.

Just so that you know, for next time.

And, don't worry I shall avoid posting on your discussions
from now on. You and they, are not all that interesting.
Silly me, trying to broaden things for you, and get more
responses.

hi

Sorry Foxy that your nephew is not well, and it is good that your friend Belly said he was also sorry, that is what friends say. In our whanau which is very large we have many troubles with sickness and even death. Already this year some have died, my cousin killed himself, he was only 18, and another who was about 40, died in NZ when his motorbike crashed with a truck. Although these bad things happen, its not good to only think of them, and not the good that is in our life. Some on here are very negative towards others, that is very sad.
Is this a forum with many unhappy people, and a few happy ones like you Belly and Foxy. Nan and Koroua said it is, we live with them and they are always happy.

Wahine as I am banned from this thread I came back only to offer my true sympathy and best wishes for you and those you love see you in another thread, in respect diver dan it will never be one of yours again

Oh...even Neanderthals have feelings judging on this thread.

Not the most spectacularly educated, but none the less alive with self pity.

Where is your cave Wahine? That's not you I see at the odd sunset on Bennalong point, under the spreading rainbow sails of the Opera House, leaning against the statue of the revered King Billy?

Dan

Dear Wahine,

Whakawhetai ki a koe.

I too have just come back to extend my gratitude to you
for your kind words.

Your comments were in keeping with the Maori tradition
of Hongi. You embraced me and breathed life into me.
Which was a beautiful thing to have done. You are
a beautiful soul and your light shines brightly.

I'm sorry for your families losses. You are
so lucky to live with your Nan and Koroua (grandfather).
You are surrounded by love.

Humans are the most extraordinary creatures, and a big part
of me still wants to reach an even greater understanding
about who we are. Not because I need to know more,
necessarily, but because I am drawn to the process of
discovery. If someone asks what makes me happiest, it is
never anything I can quantify like a house or a possession
or something I can touch. It is the spirit of the human
being, which can fill me with more joy than anything in the
world.

That's what I've learned on my life's journey thus far,
that my spirit is uplifted by these encounters.

Yes, I have met some bad people along the way.

But I have also met some amazing souls, and their light
fills me.

You are one of those amazing souls.

Kia ora.