sense of accomplishment
Request: A sense of pride that you accomplished or finished something you set out to do. A pleasant feeling that you conquered an obstacle or reached a goal.
By request
Lord Don't Give Up On Me, by Merle Haggard
Lord, don't tune me out, don't go away / I'm just a wandering pilgrim, all alone / And lord, I'm only halfway home. (video embedded)
Bas Uterwijk's depiction of Jesus
Request: Is this an accurate representation of what Christ looked like?
"less thinking, more doing"
Anonymous quote. Seems to align with practical reality and options instead of hypotheticals, overthinking, and negative anticipation -- request
The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ, by Nicolas Notovitch
"In reading the account of the life of Issa (Jesus Christ), one is struck... by the resemblance of certain principal passages to accounts in the Old and New Testaments; and... the Buddhistic version and Hebraic and Christian records"
Colonel Douglas MacGregor (Ret.)
Request: The Colonel has been very outspoken about the state of America & it's foreign policy. He is a frequent guest on Fox News & podcasts.
impasse
"a predicament affording no obvious escape" -- merriam-webster.com
making the sign of the cross
This blessing is made by the tracing of an upright cross or + across the body with the right hand, often accompanied by spoken or mental recitation of the Trinitarian formula: "In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen." -- wikipedia
slot machines
Request: This is an interesting one because it’s wide knowledge that the house always wins in gambling. But, people still get lured in and some lose everything to these machines. There seems to be a desire loop that deep down you know will never be satisfied.
mantra: I am not alone
Works out to be intellectual assurance: true but omits God's divine Love, as "alone" (or its negation) is meaningless over 500.
Richard Rudd
Request: an international teacher, writer and award-winning poet. He is the founder of the Gene Keys Synthesis, an integral matrix of all human evolutionary potential.
being discouraged over lack of likes on comments
Request: When my comments get less likes than other people's comments, I get a feeling that I must have said something wrong or stupid and feel awkward. Perhaps it is indeed so and means that a comment is outside of the normative range of the community?
jaggery (sweetener)
a concentrated product of cane juice and often date or palm sap without separation of the molasses and crystals, and can vary from golden brown to dark brown in colour -- wikipedia
CrowdHealth
Request: CrowdHealth isn’t health insurance. It’s a platform, community, and toolkit to help you find and fund your health care outside the insurance system, including a health care crowdfunding platform for your big bills.
krill oil
Request: seen as a high form of omega 3 with less risk of oxidation than fish oil has. Low omega 3 intake is linked with depression and other mental illnesses, so taking a supplement can be a good way to increase intake.