I Believe..

rockstar lover · 07-06-2012, 10:12 AM

I believe in the universe.
I believe that things will turn out how they're meant to.
I believe we all deserve to be happy & loved.

Julien · 07-06-2012, 10:59 AM

I believe everything happens for a reason;
I believe in me and my path in this life;
I believe that I will love and be loved
I believe in prayer.

Nomad · 07-08-2012, 07:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rockstar lover

I believe in the universe.
I believe that things will turn out how they're meant to.
I believe we all deserve to be happy & loved.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Julien

I believe everything happens for a reason;
I believe in me and my path in this life;
I believe that I will love and be loved
I believe in prayer.

i believe in these guys

Ginger · 07-18-2012, 10:19 AM

I believe there is randomness to life.
I believe if people don’t find love it isn’t necessarily because they aren’t ready, etc. It could just be because they didn’t happen to be in the right place at the right time to meet the right person.
Likewise, I believe that if bad things happen to people, it isn’t necessarily because they made it happen in some unconscious or conscious way—it might just be because they were in the wrong place at the wrong time.
I believe that fearing the randomness of life causes people to incorrectly attribute cause-and-effect logic to their actions—and miss the stuff they really need to focus on.
I believe that fearing the randomness of life often comes from a fear of not having control over one’s life.
I believe the most arrogant people are often the most fragile people.
I believe the most aggressive people are often the most fearful people.
I believe the most intolerant people are often the most isolated people.
I believe the happiest people are often the most flexible people.
I believe that people who live longest are not only the ones who lucked out genetically and had good health care, but are those who continue staying open to new connections with others.
I believe the destructiveness of religion far outweighs its usefulness.
I believe that if all religions disappeared, the ways in which they are useful—creating community, honoring life’s milestones, alleviating fear of death—would emerge in non-religious forms that work just as well.
That said, I believe the ways in which religions are destructive—codifying oppression, controlling behavior in ways that hurt some people—would also, unfortunately, emerge in effective, non-religious forms.
I believe people (myself included) think they are in love not because of how they feel about a person, but because of how that person makes them feel about themselves.
I believe for-profit entities will never do right by the humans, animals and ecosystems that enable their success, unless they are forced to do so.
I believe it’s better to forgive a friend, relative, lover, co-worker or other, because otherwise you deprive yourself of what you enjoy about them and benefit from.
That said, I believe that when the deficits outweigh the benefits, it’s better to let a connection with someone dissolve.
I believe it’s really hard to assess the benefits versus the deficits in any kind of human relationships because our need for the benefits makes us go into denial about the deficits.
I believe shame is the internalization of other people’s or a culture’s desire to control my behavior in ways that are not in my best interest.
I believe my biology as a human prevents me from understanding concepts like infinity and time.
I believe romantic love is a chemical experience sometimes felt as a kind of resonance in other parts of the body (for me, it resonates in the chest cavity and I feel it in a cardio-vascular way).
I believe that when events or circumstances triggering the chemical experience change, romantic love can change.
I believe that successful, long-term romantic love continues to access the chemical experience, places it in the context of intellectual understanding and appreciation, and is flexible as people change over time.
I believe the earth is dying, and the damage will not be reversed in time to stop its death. I believe that this is not a reflection on how evil humans are, but how human humans are, and I believe this is no excuse not to try and reverse the damage.
I believe coyotes will survive longer than wolves, because they are willing to eat our garbage and sneak into our habitat, to get it. Any living thing that can adapt in order to co-exist with humans, will last longer than those that retreat further and further into shrinking non-humanized zones.
I believe the commitment to see myself and others clearly, keeps all my long-term relationships alive—unless what I eventually see is not what I signed on for.
I believe it’s possible other life forms exist beyond those on Earth.
I believe there has been cultural resistance to female comediennes because laughter is a physical response, and there is discomfort with females controlling the physical response of large groups.
I believe people with different beliefs can often get along just fine, though it might impact on the extent to which they are involved, or the type of relationship they might have.
I believe trust is my deepest bond with any person.
I believe that pretending to be happy; doing and saying the things a happy person would do or say, sometimes tricks us into authentic happiness—just as there is biological evidence that when we force ourselves to smile, it creates the pathway in the brain that triggers a smile, and sometimes, creating that pathway, even in a “backwards” way, results in happiness.
I believe my beliefs are actually opinions, because they are not based on faith, but instead are based on fact, or the evidence of my experience.
I believe people are drawn to my charisma and repelled by my fear. I believe my fear is sometimes valid, sometimes not.
I believe my closest friends are the ones who see my fear in the context of who I am, and love my fear just as they love my strength.
I believe I attract domineering people because my fear reads like permission to be dominated.
I believe I attract dishonest people because my unusually developed ability to listen reads like uncritical acceptance of all I hear.
I believe I attract intelligent people because they are relieved to go somewhere unexpected with their brain.
I believe I attract kind people because they are tired of being the kind one all the time, and yearn to be treated tenderly, themselves.
I believe I will live longer than I want to, and not as long as I hope for.
I believe my dreams are filled with the sensation of nostalgia because I am trying to reinvent my life and am looking for models from my past.
I believe my beliefs are often alienating to others.
I believe that doesn’t matter.
I believe anyone who has read to the end of this post is likely to be someone I either appall, or make happy in some way.

rustedrims · 07-18-2012, 10:39 AM

I Believe your last line was the Best.
I Believe it made me Smile.

Little Fish · 07-18-2012, 12:09 PM

I believe I am the latter.

rustedrims · 07-23-2012, 07:41 AM

I Believe in unicorns.I saw the pictures in a book.
I Believe in Mermaids.I saw her picture in a book.
I Believe in Fairy Dust,given in the right doses cures all things that make us feel yuckie.
I Believe tomorrow never comes because it is always today. {think about it}
I Believe in long passonite kisses.
I Believe in Vanilla Bean Massaging Oil cures all aches and pains.It isnt so much the oil,it is how it is applied.
I Believe Stormy is still in the house with me.
I Believe the Grinch is a nice guy.
I Believe in having ice-cream for breakfast.
I Believe in my gut feeling.
I Believe at the end of every rainbow there are 13 Femmes throwing multy colored glitter in the air.
I Believe in the strength of The Planet!

Kent · 07-23-2012, 07:52 AM

I believe in God and that anything is possible with God.

Kenna · 11-22-2012, 04:05 AM

I believe I shouldn't be up at this hour!

GPS · 11-22-2012, 03:12 PM

I believe one day there will be a cure for breast cancer.

i'm off to a holiday auction benefitting breast cancer

Blade · 11-22-2012, 03:29 PM

I believe I have lost my mind...I put my CD's on the rail of my truck last night. Cleaned the truck out and forgot to put them back in the truck. When I came back from Thanksgiving dinner with my family I found the cases laying in the yard beside the driveway almost at the road. How could I not have remembered to put them back in the truck.

JAGG · 08-20-2013, 09:50 AM

Today is my lucky day!! Sweet !!! Haha Thank you thank you !

07-06-2012, 10:59 AM	#2
Julien Member How Do You Identify?: TG/GenderQueer Preferred Pronoun?: I'm flexible, but only up to a point. Relationship Status: Single Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Alabama, Gulf Coast area Posts: 1,007 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,247 Thanked 2,702 Times in 737 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	I believe everything happens for a reason; I believe in me and my path in this life; I believe that I will love and be loved I believe in prayer. __________________ Julien “Self-plagiarism is style.” Alfred Hitchcock Formerly known as Graphiteta2s

07-18-2012, 10:19 AM	#4
Ginger Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Femme lesbian Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: East coast Posts: 2,416 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 5,829 Thanked 12,295 Times in 2,057 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	I believe there is randomness to life. I believe if people don’t find love it isn’t necessarily because they aren’t ready, etc. It could just be because they didn’t happen to be in the right place at the right time to meet the right person. Likewise, I believe that if bad things happen to people, it isn’t necessarily because they made it happen in some unconscious or conscious way—it might just be because they were in the wrong place at the wrong time. I believe that fearing the randomness of life causes people to incorrectly attribute cause-and-effect logic to their actions—and miss the stuff they really need to focus on. I believe that fearing the randomness of life often comes from a fear of not having control over one’s life. I believe the most arrogant people are often the most fragile people. I believe the most aggressive people are often the most fearful people. I believe the most intolerant people are often the most isolated people. I believe the happiest people are often the most flexible people. I believe that people who live longest are not only the ones who lucked out genetically and had good health care, but are those who continue staying open to new connections with others. I believe the destructiveness of religion far outweighs its usefulness. I believe that if all religions disappeared, the ways in which they are useful—creating community, honoring life’s milestones, alleviating fear of death—would emerge in non-religious forms that work just as well. That said, I believe the ways in which religions are destructive—codifying oppression, controlling behavior in ways that hurt some people—would also, unfortunately, emerge in effective, non-religious forms. I believe people (myself included) think they are in love not because of how they feel about a person, but because of how that person makes them feel about themselves. I believe for-profit entities will never do right by the humans, animals and ecosystems that enable their success, unless they are forced to do so. I believe it’s better to forgive a friend, relative, lover, co-worker or other, because otherwise you deprive yourself of what you enjoy about them and benefit from. That said, I believe that when the deficits outweigh the benefits, it’s better to let a connection with someone dissolve. I believe it’s really hard to assess the benefits versus the deficits in any kind of human relationships because our need for the benefits makes us go into denial about the deficits. I believe shame is the internalization of other people’s or a culture’s desire to control my behavior in ways that are not in my best interest. I believe my biology as a human prevents me from understanding concepts like infinity and time. I believe romantic love is a chemical experience sometimes felt as a kind of resonance in other parts of the body (for me, it resonates in the chest cavity and I feel it in a cardio-vascular way). I believe that when events or circumstances triggering the chemical experience change, romantic love can change. I believe that successful, long-term romantic love continues to access the chemical experience, places it in the context of intellectual understanding and appreciation, and is flexible as people change over time. I believe the earth is dying, and the damage will not be reversed in time to stop its death. I believe that this is not a reflection on how evil humans are, but how human humans are, and I believe this is no excuse not to try and reverse the damage. I believe coyotes will survive longer than wolves, because they are willing to eat our garbage and sneak into our habitat, to get it. Any living thing that can adapt in order to co-exist with humans, will last longer than those that retreat further and further into shrinking non-humanized zones. I believe the commitment to see myself and others clearly, keeps all my long-term relationships alive—unless what I eventually see is not what I signed on for. I believe it’s possible other life forms exist beyond those on Earth. I believe there has been cultural resistance to female comediennes because laughter is a physical response, and there is discomfort with females controlling the physical response of large groups. I believe people with different beliefs can often get along just fine, though it might impact on the extent to which they are involved, or the type of relationship they might have. I believe trust is my deepest bond with any person. I believe that pretending to be happy; doing and saying the things a happy person would do or say, sometimes tricks us into authentic happiness—just as there is biological evidence that when we force ourselves to smile, it creates the pathway in the brain that triggers a smile, and sometimes, creating that pathway, even in a “backwards” way, results in happiness. I believe my beliefs are actually opinions, because they are not based on faith, but instead are based on fact, or the evidence of my experience. I believe people are drawn to my charisma and repelled by my fear. I believe my fear is sometimes valid, sometimes not. I believe my closest friends are the ones who see my fear in the context of who I am, and love my fear just as they love my strength. I believe I attract domineering people because my fear reads like permission to be dominated. I believe I attract dishonest people because my unusually developed ability to listen reads like uncritical acceptance of all I hear. I believe I attract intelligent people because they are relieved to go somewhere unexpected with their brain. I believe I attract kind people because they are tired of being the kind one all the time, and yearn to be treated tenderly, themselves. I believe I will live longer than I want to, and not as long as I hope for. I believe my dreams are filled with the sensation of nostalgia because I am trying to reinvent my life and am looking for models from my past. I believe my beliefs are often alienating to others. I believe that doesn’t matter. I believe anyone who has read to the end of this post is likely to be someone I either appall, or make happy in some way.

07-18-2012, 10:39 AM	#5
rustedrims Member How Do You Identify?: Butch Preferred Pronoun?: she/her Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Northern Ohio close to Lake Erie and ice-cream places Posts: 444 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 3,123 Thanked 2,553 Times in 367 Posts Rep Power: 21474851	Hey Scout, I Believe your last line was the Best. I Believe it made me Smile. __________________ I don't want to be perfect because if I was then I will loose the ability to learn.

07-23-2012, 07:41 AM	#7
rustedrims Member How Do You Identify?: Butch Preferred Pronoun?: she/her Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Northern Ohio close to Lake Erie and ice-cream places Posts: 444 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 3,123 Thanked 2,553 Times in 367 Posts Rep Power: 21474851	I Believe in unicorns.I saw the pictures in a book. I Believe in Mermaids.I saw her picture in a book. I Believe in Fairy Dust,given in the right doses cures all things that make us feel yuckie. I Believe tomorrow never comes because it is always today. {think about it} I Believe in long passonite kisses. I Believe in Vanilla Bean Massaging Oil cures all aches and pains.It isnt so much the oil,it is how it is applied. I Believe Stormy is still in the house with me. I Believe the Grinch is a nice guy. I Believe in having ice-cream for breakfast. I Believe in my gut feeling. I Believe at the end of every rainbow there are 13 Femmes throwing multy colored glitter in the air. I Believe in the strength of The Planet! __________________ I don't want to be perfect because if I was then I will loose the ability to learn.

07-23-2012, 07:52 AM	#8
Kent Member How Do You Identify?: Male Relationship Status: Single Tournaments Won: 2 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: TX Posts: 1,079 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 3,564 Thanked 2,058 Times in 720 Posts Rep Power: 19241326	I believe in God and that anything is possible with God. __________________ Kent

07-06-2012, 10:12 AM	#1
rockstar lover Member How Do You Identify?: Butch Relationship Status: Found my forever girl :-) Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Alberta Posts: 103 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 564 Thanked 594 Times in 96 Posts Rep Power: 5496794	I believe in the universe. I believe that things will turn out how they're meant to. I believe we all deserve to be happy & loved.

07-18-2012, 12:09 PM	#6
Little Fish Member How Do You Identify?: Butch Preferred Pronoun?: female ones, will also respond to babe, boi and Romeo Relationship Status: Happy :-) Join Date: May 2012 Location: apearldiver@gmail.com Posts: 349 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,655 Thanked 1,886 Times in 321 Posts Rep Power: 21474850	I believe I am the latter.

11-22-2012, 04:05 AM	#9
Kenna Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Fiery, Sassy, Tough As Nails, Femme Tomboy Preferred Pronoun?: She Relationship Status: I am your favorite hello and hardest goodbye. Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: NC & CO Posts: 4,806 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 4,624 Thanked 12,194 Times in 3,779 Posts Rep Power: 21474856	I believe I shouldn't be up at this hour! __________________ **************************** She has been through hell, so believe me when I say, fear her when she looks into a fire and smiles. ~E.Corona~

11-22-2012, 03:12 PM	#10
GPS Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Daddy to my 5 year old.. Preferred Pronoun?: Banned 12/27/2012 - Former member came back under a new name Relationship Status: Enjoying Life Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: the south, is where i like it Posts: 505 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,820 Thanked 1,171 Times in 351 Posts Rep Power: 0	I believe one day there will be a cure for breast cancer. i'm off to a holiday auction benefitting breast cancer

11-22-2012, 03:29 PM	#11
Blade Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: TG Preferred Pronoun?: He Relationship Status: once in a while someone amazing comes along...and here I am! Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Down on the farm Posts: 5,501 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,855 Thanked 14,413 Times in 4,058 Posts Rep Power: 21474857	I believe I have lost my mind...I put my CD's on the rail of my truck last night. Cleaned the truck out and forgot to put them back in the truck. When I came back from Thanksgiving dinner with my family I found the cases laying in the yard beside the driveway almost at the road. How could I not have remembered to put them back in the truck. __________________ Yeah so what if I'm triple dipped in awesome sauce? The best way to predict the future, is to create it.

08-20-2013, 09:50 AM	#12
JAGG Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Butch Preferred Pronoun?: JAGG Relationship Status: =) Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Tulsa (cat free zone) Posts: 6,093 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 18,651 Thanked 17,531 Times in 4,137 Posts Rep Power: 21474858	Today is my lucky day!! Sweet !!! Haha Thank you thank you ! __________________ I don't want to spend my life with someone I can live with, I want to spend my life with someone I can't live without.