It is with deep regret to inform you of the passing of my dad, Don (a.k.a. ezdays) this afternoon.  He was a founding member of this forum and instrumental in getting it up and running.  I know he considered many of you friends and extended family and talked about you and this forum quite often.  

The family is planning a service at some point, and I will keep you posted as we progress.

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Out of curisoity, I have been listening to this podcast. I was wondering if anyone else listened to The Rosary In A Year with Father Mark-Mary?

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Yesterday, happened to catch Fr. Mike Schmitz' keynote address at Seek 2025 ... very interesting ... just thought I'd toss this out to anyone who'd like to hear him ... really love Fr. Schmitz!

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A very blessed Feast of The Epiphany to you!

I wish everyone a happy new year!

More than half my life ago I had a short dream which I still remember vividly. I laughed about it with my mother and sister. I don't remember all the particulars, but I recall feeling absolute apathy with my job, my prospects for prosperity, and any ability to support a family.

I saw a corroded old metal cage, with a dejected miniature parrot sitting in the cage. I then noticed the bars of the cage were wider apart than the small bird was wide. 

"Stupid green bird! It can leave any time it wants!"    I said this in my sleep and woke from the dream. I realized the dream was about myself, and realized that the bird's situation was my own.

Life can beat you down and steal your energy, confidence and aspirations. If we just passively allow that to happen, we are that stupid,
morose, dispirited bird. Most of the time, we can simply step out of the cage, at least to some extent. There is no such thing as total freedom or contentment in this fleeting life, but we sure can improve things.

Several of us here have expressed dissatisfaction with our jobs recently.

Jobs are ephemeral. They never remain the same, and in the end they provide and are necessary but cannot be fulfillment even in this life. 

There are many jobs, but only one you. Every day is a new day. Tomorrow is a new year. If you are presently in a cage which you can walk out of, do so.

There is always a better job. Only once did I leave a bad job and end in a worse one, and that worse job was the spur to go back to school for proper training in fine arts, a boon to me my whole life.

Happy New Year. Resolve to advance yourself if you are discontented.

Merry Christmas everyone

Much of the stress that I'm experiencing at work is due to the codependency of my coworkers and managers. Codependency is a term that I recently learned about, though I have always recognized signs and symptoms of it. I don't recall it was ever a topic on the CM forums, at least when I was participating on it.

We're all broken people. I even recognize some codependent behaviors within myself. But experiencing other people's codependency can be extremely taxing. So, I have to figure out how to protect my own interests and sanity and to set boundaries.

I had never seen the term social media "lurker" until a few months ago, when a lady posted that she had been a CM Forum "lurker" for many years. She posted for the first time just a few days before the sunset of CM Forums to express her regrets that the forums were ending. I see the same phenomenon here. For a given thread, there are many, many more views than posts. The disparity is perhaps greater here than on CM Forums. I don't know what the total membership is here but it appears to be far greater than the number of regular posters. Anyway, if you look at these forums regularly, please consider posting. Maybe you could even start your own thread on a topic that interests you. If you have posted in the past and have not posted in a while, it would be great to see you again.

I normally don't have the radio on in my vehicle except during the holiday season. There's one station here that touts having "Christmas music", 24/7. It appears to be the only station that does that, so I listen to it in spite of their playlist selection. It is all about Santa, gifts, making love and jingle bells, but it's rare when they even play "Silent Night". I guess they don't want to offend someone playing a carol or a song about the birth of Jesus. Many popular movies skip that part as well. I put my radio on "scan", and by golly, there was another station playing, "O Come all you Faithful". Problem was that whoever was singing yelling it sounded like a cross between rock and rap. I will keep scanning, I have a couple of leads of stations that are playing Christmas music, I just don't know what type. praising Santa or praising the birth of Christ.

So, maybe between now and Christmas, we can provide links to some real Christmas music and maybe list a few of our favorite Christmas movies.