[MD] A Few Words

Wed Aug 18 16:23:38 PDT 2010

Ok, I'll be flyin' by the seat of my pants here, DT, and offer you the most
honest and accurate answer/assesment I can.

On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 2:54 PM, David Thomas <combinedefforts at earthlink.net
> wrote:

> All,
>
> A simple exercise. Below is a list of 100 words. Words which according to
> the MoQ are patterns of some level of value. Overlooking the interpretation
> that all words are abstract signs and thus intellectual patterns to be
> manipulated into meaningful sentences, but standing alone using the most
> common, normal, definition for each, which words are intellectual patterns
> of value? All, none, some? How do you know? If they are not what are they?
>
>

> 1. Acceptance

yes.

> 2. Appreciation

yes.

3. Balance

of course.

> 4. Beauty

absolutely

> 5. Belief

yes.

6.Changelessness

yes.

7. Cheerfulness

Oh yes.

8. Clarity

Yes indeed.

9. Community

Well.... if you've been reading at all, you know my opinion.

> 10. Compassion

yes. and ditto.

11.Confidence

YES!!!!!

> 12. Contentment

yup.  sigh....

13. Courage

Yes!

14. Creativity

Dah.

15. Desirelessness

maybe... how badly do I wanna keep this going?

16.Devotion

Enough to see it through the end, evidently.

17. Endurance

To finish is to win.  An old endurance racer's motto.

18. Energy

Witout which, will would be meaniingless.

19. Enthusiasm

Heck yeah!

20. Equality

duh.

21. Eternity
>

What is that? How do I get there?

22. Even-mindedness

Maybe yes, maybe no.  I'll have to think about it some more.

23. Faith

I believe so.

> 24. Fearlessness

Abolutely!!  100%.

25. Forbearance

I could tell you, but it might hurt your feelings.

26.Forgiveness

But that's ok.  I don't mind.

> 27. Freedom

MY country tis of THEE.

28. Friendship

yes.

29. Fun

Yippee!  Hooray!

30. Generosity

yes.

And more than yes.

31. Gentleness
>

yes

32. Gratitude

Yes, thank you.

> 33. Harmony

Sing along now...

All we need is YES.

All we need is YES, Yes... Yes is all we need.  Yes is all we need.  yes is
all we need...

34. Healing

yes.

35. Honesty

yes.

36. Hope

I'd certainly hope so.

37.Humility

But then, I'm not positive.

38.Humor

duh.

> 39. Immortality

Forever YES.

40. Infinity

Like I said before.

41. Integrity

And keep saying, and saying, and sayting.

42. Interconnectedness

to everyone.

43.Introspection

I think.

44. Intuition

I feel.

45.Joy

And I'm happy.

46. Justice

And it's only fair.

47. Kindness

I deserve it.

> 48. Knowledge
>

I'm sure.

49. Laughter

The joke's on you.

50. Light

But hopefully it's an illumination, rather than otherwise.

51. Listening

Which nobody does anymore.  Unless it's on tv.

52. Loyalty

Which I swear to God, I will never be.

53. Mercy

Even if you beg.

54. Mindfulness
>

Don't forget.

55. Mystery

Don't ask why.

56. Non-attachment

I don't care.

57. Non-injury

It doesn't hurt ME.

58. Oneness

It's all the same.

59. Openness

And I'm ready for anything.

60.Order

You bring it, I'll try and hum along.

61. Patience

It might take a while.

62. Peace

I can hardly wait.

> 63. Perfection

Is a _many_ splendored thing.

64. Perseverance

gets you there in the end.

65. Play

Is why you keep reading, and I keep writing.

66.Positive thinking

Fundamental to why we're both here.  Otherwise, why bother?

> 67. Power

Serves a higher purpose or it's meaningless.

68. Practicality

IS the higher purpose in perfection.

69. Pure awareness

Realizes this.

70. Pure consciousness

Embraces this.

71. Purity

Is this.

72. Receptivity

Hears this.

73. Reverence

Bows before this.

74. Rhythm

Times this.

75. Safety
>

Protects this.

> 76. Security

Guards this.

77. Self-control

Regulates this.

78. Service

Writes this.

79. Silence

Stops and waits for  other things

80. Simplicity

Doesn't demand one hundred answers!!

81. Sincerity

Tries to fulfill expectation anyway.

82. Spaciousness

Means never having to say you're sorry for wasting bandwidth.

83. Stillness

Is what I'm looking forward to soon.

84. Strength

Is how I keep on.  (and beer)

85. Success

Will be defined when I'm done.

86. Surrender

Happens only when I quit early.

87. Sweetness

Happens only when I don't.

> 88. Tenderness

Would be expressed in quitting early.

89. Thoughtfulness

Would be stopping before my reader is bored.

90. Tolerance

Comes from the reader when I keep on going, even though s/he's bored.

91. Trust

Is why you're still here, even though it took this long.

92. Truthfulness

Is when I admit I have no idea if it's worth your while.

> 93. Unconditional Love

IS a nice sentiment to express, but a load of crap if you want love to mean
anything.

> 94. Understanding

Embraces diversity with love.

95. Unity
>

Happens, when and if.

> 96. Usefulness

Contribute to the process.

97. Warmth

Smiles during the process.

> 98. Will

Keeps us here to the end of the process.

> 99. Wisdom

Is glad of the process.

> 100. Witness
>
>
Is what I do, to where the process is now.

> Just wondering.
>
> Dave
>
>
Just answering,

John