Well thank you my dear, that's very sweet of you to say. Seriously. And I tend to share your views on mankind. It's for that very reason that I do what I do here. Purely by accident, I stumbled upon a way to share my experiences, gifts and somewhat limited talents with a vast array of people, members, guests and lurkers alike, while at the same time being given a chance to make some true friends. Honestly, despite the occasional frustrations, it's been a truly unique, gratifying and humbling opportunity. You also touched on the real "secret" behind giving, whether it be financially, the gift of knowledge, assistance, emotional support or anything else, which is that true, sincere giving should never be done with the expectation of receiving anything in return. While I don't have anything against those who donate money and have buildings named after them, that just isn't my style, and in fact, I have very specific language in my will that instructs my children to make all gifts through a foundation with a seemingly anonymous sounding name based on their initials. Anyway, my point being, when a gift of any kind draws adulation to the giver, speaking for me anyway, the real point and impact is lost. The purest joy in giving comes from the incredibly humbling feeling of having been presented with the opportunity to help someone, the resources (financially or otherwise) to do so and the selflessness to take action. To expect anything in return is to miss the point, and as you know, the sad reality is that we live in a selfish world.
In any event, the good news is that I've found joy beyond measure in giving to and helping others, and it's allowed me to find and maintain a level of balance and perspective in life that I truly need to offset my often jaded and cynical view of mankind. While I must admit that the spiritual side of my life could use a bit of development and improvement, all I know is that when my time in this life is done and I stand before my maker, I'd like to be confident that they'd look back at me and say "Well done, good and faithful servant. That which you did for the least of my brothers and sisters, you surely did for Me". If there's one philosophy in life that I would love to see become contagious, it would be that.
Thank you for your kind words Beranda, they truly mean a lot to me. You're indeed a wise and beautiful soul, with a unique taste in hunky, prosthetically enhanced, flying thong wearing albino men! /default_biggrin.png
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tiquanunderwood:
Happy Monday!
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AlHoffman69:
TADYA IS THE AYH STAHY THHD
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nameofuser11:
Set a reasonable limit. Hell fucking make it like buying cold medicine where they swipe your id and you can't get a bunch. But we know this isn't about logic or public safety. It's about money and control.
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MorfineOrfan:
The major plain leaf companies and the AKA are the ones lobbying against 7 and the other semi-sythetic derivatives, mgm this that and the other. We all know the chemist are just gonna mess with the scaffolding of the compounds and come out with new and even better semi-sythetic alkoloids of kratom. They are already playing with cats-claw
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moai:
@MorphineOrfan how fucking stupid is this shit. We better see some new shit come out, I’m most upset about banning regular kratom because really? Millions of people have got off hard opioids with it. They must want everyone on methadone instead.
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Gulp2788:
If bans were done to logic so much of what is illegal now would end up prescription only and I think the powers that be react faster than they think... if they think at all
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RiftChems:
crazy they are banning SR17018 at the same time. they know what theyre doing.
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st1ckyf1ng4z:
Happy Independence Day my fellow DBG Americans!
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novedexrex:
Somebody has a potential gold mine there.
