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    Let's remember Beefy.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Damocles View Post


    Let's remember Beefy.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Damocles View Post


    Let's remember Beefy.
    Who was Beefy?

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    Quote Originally Posted by CFM View Post
    Who was Beefy?
    He was a good friend who posted on this board. You can see the announcements area, look at "Very sad news" and will likely see some of us talking about him.
    Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
    - -- Aristotle

    Believe nothing on the faith of traditions, even though they have been held in honor for many generations and in diverse places. Do not believe a thing because many people speak of it. Do not believe on the faith of the sages of the past. Do not believe what you yourself have imagined, persuading yourself that a God inspires you. Believe nothing on the sole authority of your masters and priests. After examination, believe what you yourself have tested and found to be reasonable, and conform your conduct thereto.
    - -- The Buddha

    It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
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    He told a story about living in Hawaii, buying pineapples at Costco, then selling them on the road to Hana to the tourist for twice the money.

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    I'll have to say that the past three years have been the worst my family has gone through... and now I lost a friend I always thought I would see again. I planned on going out to Hawai'i with the family and introducing them. I was always a bit sad that he moved from CO, then to Hawai'i....
    Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
    - -- Aristotle

    Believe nothing on the faith of traditions, even though they have been held in honor for many generations and in diverse places. Do not believe a thing because many people speak of it. Do not believe on the faith of the sages of the past. Do not believe what you yourself have imagined, persuading yourself that a God inspires you. Believe nothing on the sole authority of your masters and priests. After examination, believe what you yourself have tested and found to be reasonable, and conform your conduct thereto.
    - -- The Buddha

    It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
    - -- Aristotle

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    Quote Originally Posted by Damocles View Post
    I'll have to say that the past three years have been the worst my family has gone through... and now I lost a friend I always thought I would see again. I planned on going out to Hawai'i with the family and introducing them. I was always a bit sad that he moved from CO, then to Hawai'i....
    I am sorry for your family and your loss. Depression, I assume Beefy suffered from it, is a terrible and treatable disease.

    Separately, I will pray that things get better for your family. I guess you already know that good and bad times are seen as such by the participants but its really simply a personal judgement and can be overcome. I wish that for you and your family.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jarod View Post
    I am sorry for your family and your loss. Depression, I assume Beefy suffered from it, is a terrible and treatable disease.

    Separately, I will pray that things get better for your family. I guess you already know that good and bad times are seen as such by the participants but its really simply a personal judgement and can be overcome. I wish that for you and your family.
    There are some things that are just bad regardless of what view you look at it from. Had I known what Beefs was working through I could have helped him see with some perspective. Some stuff is so bad that all it serves in this vein is to give you a different perspective on anything you used to think was bad in the past. What he was facing was more than likely not insurmountable and I wish I had been there for him. There is one thing in particular that happened that will affect everything I think and do for a lifetime.
    Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
    - -- Aristotle

    Believe nothing on the faith of traditions, even though they have been held in honor for many generations and in diverse places. Do not believe a thing because many people speak of it. Do not believe on the faith of the sages of the past. Do not believe what you yourself have imagined, persuading yourself that a God inspires you. Believe nothing on the sole authority of your masters and priests. After examination, believe what you yourself have tested and found to be reasonable, and conform your conduct thereto.
    - -- The Buddha

    It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
    - -- Aristotle

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    I wish more than ever now that I was able to save those last few months of posts. He came back, and I believe, said his goodbyes.

    He really was good people all the way to the bone. I can't imagine him in that dark place...

    Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
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    - -- The Buddha

    It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Damocles View Post
    I wish more than ever now that I was able to save those last few months of posts. He came back, and I believe, said his goodbyes.

    He really was good people all the way to the bone. I can't imagine him in that dark place...

    He was either saying goodbye or he was asking for help. Nobody will ever know.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Damocles View Post
    I wish more than ever now that I was able to save those last few months of posts. He came back, and I believe, said his goodbyes.

    He really was good people all the way to the bone. I can't imagine him in that dark place...

    yeah we lost a lot of good stuff. we might find some things via google cache sleuthing.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Damocles View Post
    I can't imagine him in that dark place...
    How do you know it is not a bright light place? :shrug:
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    Quote Originally Posted by Truth Detector View Post
    How do you know it is not a bright light place? :shrug:
    You think that contemplating suicide is a "bright light" place?
    Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
    - -- Aristotle

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    Quote Originally Posted by Damocles View Post
    You think that contemplating suicide is a "bright light" place?
    I was referring, and thought you were referring, to death. Not the act.
    "When government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny."


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    Quote Originally Posted by Truth Detector View Post
    I was referring, and thought you were referring, to death. Not the act.
    Well, I was referring to the contemplation of the act.
    Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
    - -- Aristotle

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    - -- The Buddha

    It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
    - -- Aristotle

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