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Because I can’t handle too much, tend to seek simplicity, keeping it simple. What helps me is certain words, they remind me what I should remember. Really when you see a fix thats a straight line to a problem, thats clarity to me. One word thats always jumped out at me is COMBINATIONS. For me it covers a lot of areas. Always more than one way, having both sides not just one, when to be kind- when not to, strong and weak, like that.
This is also a part of my introduction, giving some detail of myself to be known a little bit better. Its not about parading myself, looking for pats on the back. This being the internet one can only go so far. Rarely do I see a closed door, I see an open door with possibilities
Leaving you with a saying of mine-—you can’t go back to where you’ve been but you can go to where you’ve never been
I find myself saying “Everything is transitory” quite frequently these days. Sometimes it cheers me up; sometimes it saddens me.
You started some interesting threads, fs1. Refreshing, new, and evoking many combinations.
I like your idea of combinations, but I hate the word. I immediately think of gym lockers.
So, you’ve decided to stick around, huh? That’s good, ‘cause we need some barmaids in this joint, even if their mixed drinks are a little short on booze. Chicks are necessary for civilized behavior. Otherwise, it’s just one brawl after another.
By the way, fs1, I’m driven crazy by combinations. I see everything from so many angles that I’m a walking kaleidoscope, except one that doesn’t create a pattern.
This is both a blessing and a curse, but I would not choose to be otherwise. People accuse me of being indecisive, while the truth is, in many instances, people who are only committed to a particular point of view are trapping themselves in ways that make them smaller, not larger. You can’t live in the world aware, alive and not feel all the different pieces….not only in yourself, but in the people around you who believe and argue from different angles and who also may possess a fragment of the truth.
I argue with myself all the time. It’s the only arguments I trust. When arguing with others, you argue to win and the truth can get lost. When you argue with yourself, the person who wins is the same person as the one who loses.
I’m learning to come to terms with the divisions in myself, though, admittedly it gets tedious at times. The trick is to simple allow the conflict to be and not close off the part of yourself that feels differently than the other compartments. And it is a relief to figure out that I don’t have to feel obligated to present a perfect, unified facade to the world…or Forum.
Sorry about what may seem to be a self-obsessed little speech, but this has been on my mind for a few months and your op provided me with an opportunity to express what I’ve been thinking.
And it is a relief to figure out that I don’t have to feel obligated to present a perfect, unified facade to the world…or Forum.
I don’t think any of us have have taken all the available parts and put together a perfect machine - there are always a few parts left over. What we usually do is simply disregard those parts as being unimportant. If the engine runs, that’s good enough. So we have atheist engines, theist engines, and saralynn.
ecurb: So, you’ve decided to stick around, huh? That’s good, ‘cause we need some barmaids in this joint, even if their mixed drinks are a little short on booze. Chicks are necessary for civilized behavior. Otherwise, it’s just one brawl after another.
Yeah….I’m back. The withdrawal symptoms were too severe.
However, as you can see from my previous post, my wounds are still festering a bit and I used poor fs1’s thread as an opportunity to both make a speech and wail and complain about being misunderstood.
This technique works very well on my husband, so it may be effective here, Of course, I can’t use my strongest weapon…withdrawal of affection….but, one has to adapt to one’s circumstances, even if it is a tavern filled with brawling cowboys.
By the way, fs1, I’m driven crazy by combinations. I see everything from so many angles that I’m a walking kaleidoscope, except one that doesn’t create a pattern.
This is both a blessing and a curse, but I would not choose to be otherwise. People accuse me of being indecisive, while the truth is, in many instances, people who are only committed to a particular point of view are trapping themselves in ways that make them smaller, not larger. You can’t live in the world aware, alive and not feel all the different pieces….not only in yourself, but in the people around you who believe and argue from different angles and who also may possess a fragment of the truth.
I argue with myself all the time. It’s the only arguments I trust. When arguing with others, you argue to win and the truth can get lost. When you argue with yourself, the person who wins is the same person as the one who loses.
I’m learning to come to terms with the divisions in myself, though, admittedly it gets tedious at times. The trick is to simple allow the conflict to be and not close off the part of yourself that feels differently than the other compartments. And it is a relief to figure out that I don’t have to feel obligated to present a perfect, unified facade to the world…or Forum.
Sorry about what may seem to be a self-obsessed little speech, but this has been on my mind for a few months and your op provided me with an opportunity to express what I’ve been thinking.
I’ll have to read your post closer later very interesting. I think the point of this site was to express reasoning , so please continue to express yourself its in the communication that we learn. If you can’t be yourself whats the use?
fs1: I’ll have to read your post closer later very interesting. I think the point of this site was to express reasoning , so please continue to express yourself its in the communication that we learn. If you can’t be yourself whats the use?
I have often thought that I’d prefer to me Meryl Streep, but since Meryl Streep is Meryl Streep, I have to settle with being myself.
I don’t think any of us have have taken all the available parts and put together a perfect machine - there are always a few parts left over. What we usually do is simply disregard those parts as being unimportant. If the engine runs, that’s good enough. So we have atheist engines, theist engines, and saralynn.
This is fine until the gears start grinding together or the engine backfires. However, I have learned that a little lubricant helps both problems. Did I ever mention that one of my divisions is a bit of a slut?
fs1: I’ll have to read your post closer later very interesting. I think the point of this site was to express reasoning , so please continue to express yourself its in the communication that we learn. If you can’t be yourself whats the use?
I have often thought that I’d prefer to me Meryl Streep, but since Meryl Streep is Meryl Streep, I have to settle with being myself.
Don’t have to settle for anything but its probably advisable to live with being yourself
This is fine until the gears start grinding together or the engine backfires. However, I have learned that a little lubricant helps both problems. Did I ever mention that one of my divisions is a bit of a slut?
Thank God for lubricants - of all types. One of your “divisions”? So there’s a whole corporation in your head? Who’s the CEO? Can I buy some shares?
I find myself saying “Everything is transitory” quite frequently these days. Sometimes it cheers me up; sometimes it saddens me.
You started some interesting threads, fs1. Refreshing, new, and evoking many combinations.
I like your idea of combinations, but I hate the word. I immediately think of gym lockers.
Think of the combinatorial play of ideas, each idea having little wiggles and such so they can fit together like a jigsaw puzzle. Sort of like fitting people together.
I find myself saying “Everything is transitory” quite frequently these days. Sometimes it cheers me up; sometimes it saddens me.
You started some interesting threads, fs1. Refreshing, new, and evoking many combinations.
I like your idea of combinations, but I hate the word. I immediately think of gym lockers.
Think of the combinatorial play of ideas, each idea having little wiggles and such so they can fit together like a jigsaw puzzle. Sort of like fitting people together.
Better not go there ...
Think of all that wiggling and fitting together and all too much and someone’s gonna get pregnant.
ecurb: So there’s a whole corporation in your head? Who’s the CEO? Can I buy some shares?
No, it’s not a corporation. It is big old house with a lot of people trying to live together. They are the ones who are always quarreling with each other., although once in a while they all get together and sing kumbaya. We have all agreed to lock the batty old lady who smokes cigars and spits on the sidewalk in the attic. She’s a foul mouthed bitch,who lifts her leg when she farts. When she hears the rest of us singing, she cackles and calls us shit-for-brains woo ninnies.
Hmmm….maybe I’ll unlock the door and ask her to check out PR. She’d love it. She’d probably fall in love with that pesky rabbit.
gym locker? haha
