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Old Aug 29, 2016, 02:33 PM
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Originally Posted by RxQueen875 View Post
I'm just fuming. My grandma who is in her 80s was at the YMCA and someone broke open her locker, took her car keys and wallet , and stole her car. Wtf is wrong with people?! Her car was a lease so I'm wondering what the dealership will do. Are they going to replace it? I feel horrible for her and she's very upset. Luckily my family went over there to keep her company. I wish I could but my car isn't running.

Just wtf is wrong with society these days?!

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I sincerely hope my response will not add to your anger. I say this with good intentions. If it seems like I'm poking fun at you or trolling, please look deeper

The simplicity of the present moment is that, where there was a car, there is now empty space. Such is the fleeting nature of forms in the world of form

Nothing in the world of form is permanent: health, good looks, jobs, money, relationships, houses, cars, wallets.

When we take these things for granted and hold on to them tightly is when we get hurt most.

Also, what the thief did is really none of your concern, nor is it in your control. You have much less control over the events of the world than you think you do.

*** Trigger warning: *** It's not the car being gone that's the problem. It's your expectation (and resulting emotions) that people should not steal, and your illusion of control over that, that's the problem.

So says Eckhart Tolle.
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I turn to the crowd as they're watching
They're sitting all together in the dark in the warm
I wanted to be in there among them
I see how their eyes are gathered into one

And then she turns to me with her hand extended
Her palm is split with a flower with a flame

- Suzanne Vega (1987)