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Hi Wonby1 - It is disturbing how much of the law (Prosecution & Defence) is being hamstrung by back door, almost covert, Parliamentary action here. I have the impression, from US colleagues, that this is getting more prevalent at your end - though recent experience, even on this site, shows me we can all be tempted with taking thie law into our own hands! Rath de Ort; C+

As someone who is regularly embraced in UK law, such a move, here, would be devastating (& certainly challenged) to the Statute Book & European Conventionon on Human Rights - Mr Bumble in Dickens ' A Christmas Carol' was absolutely right when declaring; "The law is a <<< butt >>> "! C+

The Christmas story, pure & simple:- Always makes me realise that, despite everything, there is, yet, hope for this world of ours! C+

& now for something completely different ! .... If you weigh a whale at a whale-weigh station, where do you weigh a pie? C+

1. Being too judgemental 2. Being too proud 3. Being an Irishman living in England! C+

Hi Brennno - Don't know if you got my 1st reply so thought you'd better have it twice rather than not at all! Desiderata, as I fathom it, is the plural of the Latin Desireratum - something essential or "Desired". My fave passage comes from Max Ehrmann's interpretation (You can Google it). Though as I say my Latin can be worse than my English - Munster Gaeligh being my Mother tongue! Rath De ort; C+

Tend not to think of a loss of focus when the wheels come @ times - I believe my God is always testing me so I always look upon it as just that - A test in which He will always be there for strength & support if need be. C+

Afraid I only know what's in the media. A side effect of my work is I don't pay much heed to what appears in the press. C+

A town near us in olden days captured a monkey that escaped from a French galleon, tried it & found it guilty before sentencing it to death by hanging. A few years ago a candidate stood for Mayor dressed as Angus the Monkey & was elected - His alter-ego has done a great job in the seat! C+

Hi Corinthianz - Hope you're well I resent that there is so much suffering & I can do so little to address this. I resent that so many folk in pain that I don't know & cannot help. I resent that I work in a place where there is a lot of lying, deceit & untruthfulness. I resent that there is so much hunger yet more than enough to go round. I resent that violence is seen as a solution to so many problems. I resent that a millionaire pays less tax than a pensioner on benefits. I resent that at times there is so much in our world to resent - But my God is always at my side understanding my resentment of so much that is wrong in our life. GB; C+

My Faith My Family My Peace of Mind C+

I often read "Desiderata" C+

That I didn't do enough! (There will always be something where I should do that bit more!) Slochan leat C+

Hi williampayne100. I know I'm the "Newbie" on these pages but Please be assured you are both in my prayers - And please talk to each other. God bless C +

I hear, more & more, the doubt voiced; "It's not even our war". With this in mind I wonder how many have died unnecessarily. Hailing from Ireland I'm also wonder what the British are doing in Ulster - the 4th Province - in the first place. (Hope I make sense). C +

What a great topic & some wonderfully captive posts. I didn't choose God. At age 7 God chose me. I don't doubt this as I was faced with choosing from 3 schools & I opted for a choral school. Someone obviously pushed me in the direction of the Abbey School. At 16 we moved to England & speaking only Geiligh & little English at a time of much anti- Irish(ism), I really needed my God & he was always there for me & never failed me. I always refer to "My God". Having worked in various places throughout the world & sometimes in an NGO resettlement camp, witnessing a lot of suffering, I'm aware that we can all have different perceptions of our own higher power. But I always talk to my God for an hour each day. As work still takes me to different places I speak with my God at my Abbey, in chapels, at airports, hospitals or even in a wide open space. My God is still always there for me. We sometimes argue, we can fight, we joke as well as praying & talking together. I often ask questions but always get an answer. Sometimes the answe takes weeks but it always comes. My God is my Father, my confident, adviser & best friend I am so lucky he chose to take me under his wing & test me. Rath de Ort. C +