Exotics cruise ---WHAT A BLAST---
#61
Originally Posted by Turbodan
IMHO to each his own. unless someone is directly affecting me let them do whatever they want. are you 2 guys so bored with your own lives that you must fling s*** at others who are enjoying themselves. why not channel your energy to things that are positive and you enjoy?
by the way that SLR is sweeet!
by the way that SLR is sweeet!
i guess but if everyone only worried about things that affected them the world wouldnt work very well. if you like doing it...dont be bothered that others dont
#63
Originally Posted by NOBLEGT3
its not snobbery and ego. they are lonely and joiners who like the comraderie and attention as well as the social aspect. if it works for them who cares...i agree with you but not your theory.....as well some are whupped and take any excuse to get away from wife and kids. to me FWIW..true car enthusiasts dont stand around with their hooods open, and they dont go on street drives with other lonely guys and gals. thats my HUMBLE opinion. i was at Mosport today on my motorcycle..crashed by the way...many there are the same type..love the attention, love standing around chatting,many were bugging me to look at their machinery...i was more interested in donning leathers and helmet and beating the hell out of my bike...next im getting a shifter kart and doing that..no standing around chatting about my coolness...to each their own...in other words im writing a prescription for 2 ********* to all you GTG people..
Good entertainment.
#67
Originally Posted by cleanme
Hahaha funny stuff, you don't like the attention yet you mention you crashed? You're pretty badass man, wow-you are such an enthusiast, because all true enthusiasts crash. Oh and all true enthusiasts are single & no kids, sounds like you've got the "snobbery & ego" as you said that us non-enthusiasts are lacking.
Good entertainment.
Good entertainment.
#69
Originally Posted by NOBLEGT3
the other stuff...not the steers and queers reference
doing that stuff requires not only just stregth but you must have to have trust in others, patience, team work, communitcation skills, respect for people who you believe are weaker then you which I would consider as having humility and kindness. Nothing of which you have ever shown to anyone on the forum.
#71
Originally Posted by jumper5836
unless I've pegged you wrong it was a retorical question.
doing that stuff requires not only just stregth but you must have to have trust in others, patience, team work, communitcation skills, respect for people who you believe are weaker then you which I would consider as having humility and kindness. Nothing of which you have ever shown to anyone on the forum.
doing that stuff requires not only just stregth but you must have to have trust in others, patience, team work, communitcation skills, respect for people who you believe are weaker then you which I would consider as having humility and kindness. Nothing of which you have ever shown to anyone on the forum.
#72
Originally Posted by TurboS
You are a freak!
i think you all might like this read:
Standing Alone
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IT IS HUMAN to stand with the crowd; it is divine to stand alone. It is man-like to follow the people, to drift with the tide; it is God-like to follow a principle, to stem the tide.
It is natural to compromise conscience and follow the social and religious fashion for the sake of gain or pleasure; it is divine to sacrifice both on the altar of truth and duty.
"No man stood with me, but all men forsook me" (2 Timothy 4:16) wrote the battle-scarred apostle in describing his appearance before a civil court to answer for his life of believing and teaching contrary to the Roman world.
God's absolute, revealed Truth has been out of fashion since man changed his robe of fadeless light for a garment of faded leaves.
Noah built and voyaged alone. His neighbors laughed at his strangeness and perished in style.
Abraham wandered and worshipped alone. Sodomites smiled at the simple shepherd, followed the world's fashion, and fed the flames.
Daniel dined and prayed alone. Elijah sacrificed and witnessed alone. Jeremiah prophesied and wept alone. Jesus loved and died alone.
And of the lonely way His disciples should walk, He said, "Straight is the gate, and narrow is the way which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it." Matthew 7:14.
Of their treatment by the many who walk in the broad way, He said, "If ye were of the world, the world would love his own; but because ye are not of the world, . . . therefore the world hateth you." John 15:19.
The redeemed children of Israel in the wilderness praised Abraham and persecuted Moses. The people of God in the days of the kings praised Moses and persecuted the prophets. The court of Caiphas, the high priest, praised the prophets and persecuted Jesus. The church of the popes praised the Saviour and persecuted the saints.
And multitudes now, both in the church and the world, applaud the courage and fortitude of the patriarchs and prophets, the apostles and martyrs, but condemn as stubbornness or foolishness the same faithfulness in standing for truth today.
Wanted, today, men and women, young and old, who will obey their convictions of truth and duty at the cost of fortune and friends and life itself.
A man does not commence to truly live until he finds an immovable center within himself on which to stand, by which to regulate his life, and from which to draw his peace. If he trusts to that which fluctuates he also will fluctuate; if he leans upon that which may be withdrawn he will fall and be bruised; if he looks for satisfaction in perishable accumulations he will starve for happiness in the midst of plenty.
Let a man learn to stand alone, looking to no one for support; expecting no favours, craving no personal advantages; not begging, nor complaining, not craving, nor regretting, but relying upon the truth within himself, deriving his satisfaction and comfort from the integrity of his own heart.
If a man can find no peace within himself where shall he find it? If he dreads to be alone with himself what steadfastness shall he find in company? If he can find no joy in communion with his own thoughts how shall he escape misery in his contact with others? The man who has yet found nothing within himself upon which to stand will nowhere find a place of constant rest.
Men everywhere are deluded by the superstition that their happiness rests with other people and with outward things, and, as a result, they live in continual disappointments, regrets, and lamentations. The man who does not look for happiness to any others or to external things, but finds within himself its inexhaustible source, will be self-contained and serene under all circumstances, and will never become the helpless victim of misery and grief. The man who looks to others for support, who measures his happiness by the conduct of others and not by his own, who depends upon their co-operation for his peace of mind - such a man has no spiritual foothold, his mind is tossed hither and thither with the continual changes going on around him, and he lives in that ceaseless ebb and flow of the spirits which is wretchedness and unrest. He is a spiritual cripple, and has yet to learn how to maintain his mental center of gravity, and so go without the aid of crutches.
As a child learns to walk in order to go about from place to place of itself strong and unaided, so should a man learn to stand alone, to judge and think and act for himself, and to choose, in the strength of his own mind, the oath-way which he shall walk.
Without is change and decay and insecurity, within is all surety and blessedness. The soul is sufficient of itself. Where the need is there is the abundant supply. Your eternal dwelling-place is within; go there and take possession of your mansion; there you are a king, elsewhere you are a vassal. Be contended that others shall manage or mismanage their own little kingdom, and see to it that you reign strongly over your own. Your entire well-being and the well-being of the whole world lies there. You have a conscience, follow it; you have a mind, clarify it; you have a judgment, use and improve it; you have a will, employ and strengthen it; you have knowledge, increase it; there is a light within your soul, watch it, tend it, encourage it, shield it from the winds of passion, and help it to burn with a steadier and ever steadier radiance. Leave the world and come back to yourself. Think as a man, act as a man, live as a man. Be rich in yourself, be complete in yourself. Find the abiding center within you and obey it. The earth is maintaining its orbit by its obedience to its center the sun. Obey the center of light that is within you; let others call it darkness if they will. You are responsible for yourself, are accountable to yourself, therefore rely upon yourself. If you fear yourself who will place confidence in you? If you are untrue to yourself where shall you find the sweet satisfaction of Truth?
The great man stands alone in the simple dignity of independent manhood; he pursues his own path fearlessly, and does not apologise or "beg leave." Criticism and applause are no more to him than the dust upon his coat, of which he shakes himself free. He is not guided by the changing opinions of men but guides himself by the light of his own mind. Other men barter away their manhood for messes of flattery or fashion.
Until you can stand alone, looking for guidance neither to spirits nor mortals, gods nor men, but guiding yourself by the light of the truth within you, you are not unfettered and free, not altogether blessed. But do not mistake pride for self-reliance. To attempt to stand upon the crumbling foundation of pride is to be already fallen. No man depends upon others more than the proud man. He drinks in their approbation and resents their censure. He mistakes flattery for sound judgment, and is most easily hurt or pleased by the opinions of others. His happiness is entirely in the hands of others. But the self-reliant man stands, not upon personal pride, but on an abiding law, principle, ideal, reality within himself. Upon this he poises himself, refusing to be swept from his strong foothold either by the waves of passion within or the storms of opinion without, but should he at any time lose his balance he quickly regains himself, and is fully restored. His happiness is entirely in his own hands.
Find your center of balance and succeed in standing alone, and, whatever your work in life may be, you will succeed; you will accomplish what you set your mind upon , for the truly self-reliant man is the invincible man. But though you do not rely upon others, learn of them. Never cease to increase in knowledge, and be ever ready to receive that which is good and useful. You can not have too much humility; the most self-reliant men are the most humble. "No aristocrat, no prince born to the purple, can begin to compare with the self-respect of the saint. Why is he lowly, but that he knows that he can well afford it, resting on the largeness of God in him." Learn of all men, and especially of the masters of Truth, but do not lose your hold upon the truth that the ultimate guidance is in yourself. A master can say : "Here is the path," but he can neither compel you to walk it nor walk it for you. You must put forth your own efforts , must achieve by your own strength, must make his truth your truth by your own unaided exertions; you must implicitly trust yourself.
#73
Originally Posted by NOBLEGT3
oh it was rhetorical...well i aint good on book learning.....you really have to take a step back and realise the internet isnt real life...on here its fun time , not play well with others time. if you joiners like standing around a parking lot then have at it. if i make you feel weak by showing no patience, team work, communication skills or humility and kindness then you really are sheep who need others to show you how you should feel. And thats fine too. not many people can be happy without the comfort of people around them all the time to tell them they are ok. you obviously like being part of a group as you joined the army which is great..... There is no I in team but there is a me.
So why even join a forum if your so content with real life? You say your not a joiner but still continue to post here.
#75
Originally Posted by jumper5836
So I get it. You use the internet and the forum to bash people. You must get some kick out of it.
So why even join a forum if your so content with real life? You say your not a joiner but still continue to post here.
So why even join a forum if your so content with real life? You say your not a joiner but still continue to post here.
im trying to help you...thats why im on the forum.
its funny how dissenting views are always taken as ,bashing or judgemental. are your convictions that weak that you cant stand dissent?
i guess you are right about me being a joiner for being on this forum...therefore i wont post again. that is the right thing to do