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  • TigerLilly
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    That was again a FINE piece of writing.********************************** Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you will still exist, but you have ceased to live. Samuel Clemens
  • marye
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    what they all said
    Folks above put it better than I could, bless 'em, but many good vibes and hopes for better times in the new year to you. We will get by!
  • Hal R
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    We are with you. Take care of yourself. Find joy in your life with your son, remember how important you are to each other. I wish you much peace to your spirit. I really just want to ditto what Oroboros said above. Hal If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. William Blake
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    Do what you are doing, my friend. Talk when you can, it can help to endure the pain. That pain is the unwelcome balance the joy that we are blessed to experience. Recognize the great gift of your skeptical humor and wit that you share regularly with us. And know that there are times that your contribution offers us all here a 'cookie' that is a unique 'johnmanism'. I can hear the angst in your post but note the warm empathy for others as well. Again that contrast is striking. And welcome. Move on as you can, brother, and stop and rest when needed. Depression often takes herculean efforts to endure. It is exhasting. Honor your feelings, but care to not linger on those thoughts that are destructive to you and tax your sense of yourself. Persevere and remind yourself of your path and how far you have come. Be gentle with yourself. "Shall we go?...you and I, while we can?" Take care, Tim The Truth is realized in an instant, the act is practiced step by step.
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    hold on, my good (john)man- the sun will rise again-- we are reaching out to you because of your value in this world i hope you made contact with tigerlilly or someone else who could help ease your pain and isolation i'm sending you good vibes & good wishes & i'll keep you in my prayers- tomorrow is a new year (thank goodness!). thinking of you-- xo c caroline
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    come in the chatroom-talk to me. is all I can say to do gotta walk the kids to a friend's and then will come back and wait 4 u! ********************************** Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you will still exist, but you have ceased to live. Samuel Clemens
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    when yer so down that ya can't talk to other people for fear you'll bum them out but ya need ta talk to someone so bad it makes yer chest hurt? when ya don't wanna eat, smoke, drink, sleep, stay awake, sit, stand, lie down but yer hungry thirsty tired and alone.........music doesn't help, nor does quiet, so scared ya wanna puke and can't. suicide is too much work and leaves a mess for someone else to clean up and bums THEM out, and ya know THAT ain't right, and ya know it's just selfish to think about yerself but ya know nobody else will.........and even if they do there's nothing they can do for you.................
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    Can anybody help GratefulMom out? She has DSO tix for tonight, and got stood up twice, and is in a bad way. is sort notice but very very important no idea what to do from here ********************************** Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you will still exist, but you have ceased to live. Samuel Clemens
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    Hey Bob,sometimes the night looks very dark,but the SUN comes up every morning and I wish you that its beams will cover you with all the good Vibes you need to go on..!!
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    peace through music Just wanted to jot a quick note on my way out the door to the hospital to see Norm. When your sinking in the mire of doubt and or depression just knowing that there are souls out there who take the time to care and write a few words of encouragement can be inspiring. It gives you the strength to carry on. Thank you all for this unconditional Love. And thank the stars for Marye and all the work you do connecting us all. Holiday blessings to all. To Sunshine Daydream Bob; Not sure what's wrong but sending Good Love vibes to you!
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herbie, come home. "She could be hanging round a steel mill Working in a house of blue light Riding a getaway bus out of Portland Talking to the night"
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Lame! Maybe it was the rich kids living up on Skyline Blvd. going on a midnight jaunt. Karma will catch up to the perpetrator....Why would you do that to our wonderful Mary? Well I'm glad to hear that the other things worked out though. May the four winds blow you safely home Subaru! _____________________________________________ Will you come with me? Once in awhile you can get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right!
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Long may you run , straight home to mama !!
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Glad to hear Rex is doing well, I hope your car is returned soon so you and the dogs can go cruisin again!
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Is more important that Rex is recovered, but I hope your hairy Subaru find's her way back to her rightful place. Hope the thief develops a sudden allergy to dog hair!********************************** It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine
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I'm not sure if this is the right place or not, and if not please excuse me and forgive me. This is my husbands account, and I know how much he liked looking around on here, but I have a problem. Billy's been in and out of the hospital since late October, and he's been in a sort of a funk for the last couple of months. I was wanting to find something to cheer him up, so I ordered some things for him in the "store" on this web site. It's been almost 2 weeks, and haven't received anthing, and I can't get anyone to reply to me when I send a message to customer service. Is there a specific person I can contact to see what the hold up is? Billy is such a lover of anything that has to do with the Grateful Dead, and me myself, well I guess I'll never understand it. I guess in a way, opposites do attract. See us standing together, and I've been told no one would believe that we were together. Anyway, if anyone here could lead me in the right direction, I would be forever thankful. Shannon
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i haven't been around i a while spring tour and all. Just want to send out healing vibes to all who need them.Lojack vibes to marye for her dog hair collection...(i collect dog hair in my camry)
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first lemme say what a thoughtful person you are to try and find something that you know your husband has an interest in.....not everyone is so lucky to be in that type of relationship. prolly all you can really do is go to the home page here and click on store, which i'm sure you have done as you placed an order. i f you go to the bottom of the page you will find help and customer service...click on "help" for instructions.....good luck..i have had problems with some orders and others went thru without a hitch.
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if you can figure out how to send me a Personal Message (see the My Inbox option on the left), give me the order number and any other details and I'll try to help straighten this out.
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I missed that part , so glad that Rex is doing good !! I`ll send some +++ vibes to Billy s !! Hope he gets to feelin better to !!
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funloving people.it would be grate to send a LOT of good vibes to Tommy Chong (Chech n'Chong) who serves a pretty f...g time for weed.anybody remember "BIG BAMBOO":-) surely Dr.roachclip wont,....but send him all you have on good vibes to give...............
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You sound like a grate other half. I hope you get some help at the store.Peace
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I finally have the energy to login here and tell everyone thank you for caring about me when I was so hurting and lost. I have to say it again, "You are really good people". Peace, Music & Many Good Vibes Returned to Everyone Here..................docks of the city (the old Embarcadero)
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Hey Now Friends I am asking for some good vibes for my teenage son, and my whole community. Sorry if this is long-winded. My son has always loved the GD music I played (constantly) - I sang him to sleep (badly) with Ripple when he was a baby & he used to make me rewind Fire on the Mountain and play it over and over when he was about four. He had always said how bummed out he was that he would never get to see the Grateful Dead and have that experience. So when the current Dead tour came around we got some cheap "at least I'm in the show" tix for Albany and Sunday in Worcester. We had a fantastic time. Both shows were fun and he said the Scarlet Fire on Sunday was one of the happiest moments of his life. On Monday that good vibe was shattered. As we were driving home to our small town he received a text message informing him that a friend of his had taken his own life over the weekend. My son was / is devastated. He says that the greatest day of his life was followed by the worst. He can't make sense of it, and neither can I, or anyone else in our community. This was a brilliant, talented, well-liked kid, and nobody can understand how this could happen. So I'm calling out for a cosmic hug for my boy... but also my whole town, and the family of the boy who took his life. I can not begin to imagine what they are going through. Peace to all ~ hug your kids...
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Hey Mornduvt, I will keep all of you in my thoughts
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Warm healing thoughts for you, your son and your whole town. I hope your son's friend at least found the peace he was seeking. Pay attention to your friends, folks. You never know when that funny snort, that odd glance, that moment of wry introspection is really a signal of Something Deeper. Just because it's usually nothing serious doesn't mean that this might not be that one time when all they really needs is a genuine smile from a friend to get them back in the game. Smile on your brother, and your sister, too. Try to love one another right now. Conversation is always more interesting than recitation, so speak your mind and not someone else's.
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A big hug goes out to your boy. Some things in life I guess are never meant to be understood.Peace
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so sorry to hear this, and comfort to all who loved this kid.
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i can't imagine....no.......i can't....i'll say an extra prayer for all of you. what a monumental bummer....healing vibes to you and yours.........
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Light, prayers and healing hugs to your son, family - all the families! I am sorry.
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Your poor kid! Peace and healing vibes to your son, the family, and your entire community. Such a thing is bewilderingly painful, I KNOW. Strength to you too, to be there to support your son, but sounds like you got that aplenty!********************************** It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine
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a giant hug to all who knew this boy. My prayers go out to his family and yours.
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Mornduvt Our thoughts are with you and your son. Speaking from 20 years experience of listening to my wife Candy(PHd and currently has 3 people on suicide watch) work with many who thought life would be better if they ended it--It won't be. Your friends and parents will never get over it. The pain many think goes away by taking that step comes back and hurts those that really care multiplied uncountable times. Perhaps suggesting that your son become a student counselor to work with fellow students may bring something meaningful and helpful out of this tragedy. Watch the movie "Ordinary People" and talk about it .Your son probably also may harbor feelings of anger at his friend and perhaps feels guilty about it. I am going to sound harsh and if I offend don't take it personally.- Suicide is a selfish act. It is one thing to be in terrible physical pain 80 years old with nothing to look forward to. Adolescent suicide is usually an act of anger towards those people which the child is having a conflict with. It may be no fault of the child and unfair (in the case of bullying) however killing one self is not the answer.It most cases therapy or a very brief hospital stay and willingness to work on improving things would be far better. Sometimes chemical imbalances may account for the depression but not always. If you want to talk off line let me know. And the road goes on forever.... BobbaLee
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for all those Subaru-come-home beams. After a saga that would well exceed the parameters of the Positive Vibes topic, the duly found and repaired dogmobile will be home on Monday. It wouldn't have made it without you.
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I lost my father-in-law that way, the week after Jerry died. It has to be even harder when it's a young person, someone who, given more time, may have learned to cope. I was nearly killed by a drunk driver (0n my way to see GD at Cal Expo in '84) and still can't walk right, etc. While we may be scarred, we can't stop. The good moves us forward and we learn.
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Yeahya!
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gladd to hear that i hope tou are well insured for any damages.....now if everyone can focus and help me find my marbles..i lost them back on tour some where...
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took dogs to dogpark this morning, passed smog and got new registration this morning. Now has big red Club on steering wheel. Will keep an eye out for noonie's marbles in case they rolled west.
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I got one of your marbles. Must have gotten on a plane somehow. Can I keep it please? Need all the marbles I can get.********************************** It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine
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that's great! Very happy for you and the doggies.
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Many thanks to all for the kind words and warm feelings... I could almost hear your voices in the darkness, and I absolutely could feel the vibes... and I leaned on them, and they held me up. Over the past month I have been blown away by the power of the positive pull of this community we share - in a way I had forgotten in the past decade as I got older and I admit... lost touch... I thank you all for helping to see all of us through this hardship - and for showing one old head that it wasn't just a dream after all... I love you all. And I am glad Marye's car came home too... ...& I have been trying to post this all morning, but I think my server is not cooperating - so my apologies if it pops up six times...
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so nice to know you got your wheels back !! Sure the dogs are happy too !! ruff ruff let`s go cruisin` mom ! oh yea , no sign of any loose marbles here , but will keep an eye open ..
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If you or anyone you know may have witnessed ABUSE by the Chicago police the evening of 05-05-09 at (night of Allstate Arena show in Rosemont), you are urged to call attorney Goeffrey Fieger at 248-355-5555 and leave info with Robert Giroux. You can also call the Chicago division of the FBI at 312-421-6700. This is Rabbit and I can be reached at 419-215-0577.
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Got a message from Rider that Geeky's in the hospital and doing poorly. Sounds like she needs a dose of our loving vibes. Beks, get better and come back!********************************** Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society. Mark Twain
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Sending out positive vibes to get well soon! Hang in there girl!! Love & Peace,Gigi xoxoxoxxo
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feel better good vibes to geeky!peacen'love tc
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oh man........THAT brought my good feelin's down a notch......all good vibes gather with geeky...NOW!!!!
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Love love you so much Geeky and all our talks. Get better get better find a will find a way. Good vibes hugs kisses and good thoughts! XOXOXOXOXOXO
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GGGGGGGGGGGGGGggeeky.........all good vibes for you darlin... sorry to hear you in a bad place ((((((((((((((((hugs eternal )))))))))))))))))))))))) so the allways there when needed ---------------------{-@ -----------------------------{-@ ------------------------------------{--@ -----------------------------{-@ -----------------------{-@ :-) Love and good feeling always Poconochuck
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Keeping you in my thought.
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thinking about you and about you getting better really soon!
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and warm squishy hugs going out to geeky
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pls send good vibes to all our troops far from home...hoping the will ALL come HOME SOON where they BELONG.....no matter WHY they are where they are.
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for helping us remember those who are so far away from home. Also may the spirits of all those who died in war be at peace. Don't ever forget our veterans. And civilian wartime deaths as well. If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. William Blake