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I will be right over to read, PROF-SUMAKEL33. Thanks for reading my post;
I'm sorry you have had a health scare, but sometimes those scares are a wake-up call that get us back on track!
posted by
muser
on March 11, 2006 at 4:40 AM
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Communion with God.
Dear Muser.. I did it several times. I had a communion with God. Recently I have a health scare. From my doctor, I went home. I have a long face and my wife asked me if there is something wrong. I was diagnosed with something. My doctor wants me to go to a specialist for further testing. My wife called our Herbalist and read my blood test findings. After many consultations, it was not on a danger level but first symptoms. I think I will get over it.
During that time I had a few moments talking to God.
I find the word ANGST confusing. I know it's meaning in English but in German (which I am learning) means fear, frightened or afraid. It seems that the English language has almost the opposite meaning? How strange.
Anyway, I have posted a new blog entitled 'Scratching inside the Cold Coffin.
It is YAKKY at the start but I assure you it has a good ending.
regards.. 
Prof.
posted by
PROF-SUMAKEL33
on March 11, 2006 at 4:24 AM
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Ah to be an angst ridden teenager again... or maybe not! Its bad enough being the mother of three teenagers - angst or not. And I thought that getting up all night to change and feed babies was bad - I should have embraced those moments! But I digress from your post, which I found thought provoking and truly readable once again. Thank you!
posted by
Ca88andra
on March 10, 2006 at 7:52 PM
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Hi ceemarie53. Thanks so much for reading and commenting. I didn' t realize
my piece came across pertaining so much to young men...I meant the target group to be teens as I was one of those angst-ridden teens myself! I am so glad to leave that behind me...
posted by
muser
on March 8, 2006 at 8:00 PM
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Funny word, "Angst"
The topic of much of my blogging, Michael, was always talking about the angst he suffered in his search for love while in college. I find it interesting that you attribute so much angst to young men. I really never considered angst period until Michael kept bringing it up from his journal.
Hope you keep writing! Very insightful Blog!
C
posted by
LadyCeeMarie
on March 8, 2006 at 2:56 PM
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muser
I will enjoy reading it.
posted by
TAPS.
on March 6, 2006 at 12:22 PM
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TAPS- If I had had four teenage boys at once, I would have been ...
angst-ridden ! Seriously, your sons were so fortunate to have a mom like you who could reach back in time and remember what angst was like for a teen so you could better help them manage theirs. I thank you for the kind words that you have left on this page; I will remember them always. I am about to post part one of a long ficticious story based on my paternal grandfather. This is the first story I wrote in which purely ficticious characters and plots showed up; I was quite excited when I realized that I could pull a story "out of the air" based on nothing more than my imagination. This story was a first for me; and proved to my worst critic - ME- that I am indeed a real story - teller!
posted by
muser
on March 6, 2006 at 12:17 PM
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OFFBEATS, You might feel a little blue now and then...but angst...I doubt
seriously! Thank you for such a sweet comment...and I love flowers!
posted by
muser
on March 6, 2006 at 11:44 AM
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The staggering genius...When you finally graduate college, and realize the
the LIFE 101 manual you received with the course is made up only of best case scenarios, and you find yourself thinking that angst would be nirvana...
just visualize an older Southern lady who likes your attitude running up and down the sidelines of your life cheering for you...and maybe even saying a prayer once in a while on your behalf!
posted by
muser
on March 6, 2006 at 11:41 AM
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muser
I have come back to this post again because you have not yet written another and because this one is well worth reading again. Aren't teenagers wonderful. Even in the midst of the angst (and I'm sure that to one degree or another they all have some) they are so alive, seeking, desiring, expressive if given the opportunity. The most challenging time of parenthood for me was having four teenage boys at the same time, but I loved it because I could remember what it was like for me at the same age. Angst never completely goes away no matter how mature one gets. Even when we think that we have conquered our our worries, something pops up and we find anxiety pecking at us again. That is why it is so wonderful to pray and to have someone praying for us when the Holy Spirit leads. You are a one of a kind lady, an up-lifter, an intercessor. You are special.
posted by
TAPS.
on March 6, 2006 at 10:15 AM
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Muser
I always appreciate it when you read me, but I don't know if I suffer from Angst..One thing I do know for sure is I always like reading you...your like a fresh bouquet of flowers around here!
posted by
Offy
on March 6, 2006 at 10:06 AM
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Nirvana usually comes
to mind when I hear the word 'angst'
posted by
_the_staggering_genius_
on March 6, 2006 at 9:27 AM
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Krisles...we are of the same mind...and how eloquently you expressed in
your wonderful comment exactly what I wanted to say in my post! I have accepted my rambling...Max calls it telling a shaggy dog story...I never know quite how my posts will end when I set out to write them! When I begin writing about something, I do get around to what I want to write about...in addition to at least a few other things!! LOL!
posted by
muser
on March 6, 2006 at 6:18 AM
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Muser
Wonderful post. I don't really understand angst...never have. I guess it depends on who one reads, but I find it voiced in more than a few in the over 40 group.....they may not use the word, but it sounds like it. I usually feel maternal, want to nurture, help, fix.....and have spent a lot of time coaching, encouraging and, yes, praying for some that seemed genuinely lost. At other times, I've experienced the same feeling that I get when my granddaughters won't stop whining.....and even typing that sounds cold. It's just a difference in generations, perhaps.....or maybe the fact that I spent my career dealing with pain and loss of the objective kind........ And I'm a lemonade maker, with little time for angst in the precious life that we have. I read, try to understand, don't comment.....but I do accept that perception is reality for all of us...and I am sorry for their pain....wish I could take it away for them. Writing like yours helps...of that, I am sure.
posted by
Krisles
on March 5, 2006 at 9:08 PM
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Thank you Lensman. Sometimes I feel overwhelmed with all the suffering in
in this world. I'll get something on my mind and fret until I remember there are only certain things I can change,and like it or not there are many things I must accept...knowing the difference helps. It's funny...I have spent a good portion of the last several days literally in a quiet room...absorbing the quiet...so soothing. I love when it snows during the night, and on waking, the quiet screams out.
posted by
muser
on March 5, 2006 at 8:36 PM
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Justsouno, I am blushin' now, darlin'and my heart is just palpitatin'.
Lordy I've got to sit down for a minute...Thank you for all those kind words, sweet lady...
posted by
muser
on March 5, 2006 at 7:37 PM
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FactorFiction...You have the BEST smileys!!
posted by
muser
on March 5, 2006 at 6:45 PM
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Hi Muser
If anyone's writing needs applause, it's yours, and this post is another deserving example. Your waters run deep. Blogit does sometimes seem top-heavy with angst and hostility, and so coming to read your writing is very soothing, like stepping into a quiet room :-)
posted by
Lensman
on March 5, 2006 at 10:11 AM
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Muser, I always love what you have to say. I can see into your soul
Southern, Godly and full of fun and intellectual prodding. You are a Barbedwire Magnolia Southeast and Southwest blended into it's softest steel. Be blessed lady. Just another really good post.
posted by
Justi
on March 4, 2006 at 6:29 PM
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Thank you, Muser!
posted by
FactorFiction
on March 4, 2006 at 6:46 AM
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TAPS...I have come to love this community of writers. I thought my time
here would be short term...then I met writers like you who I admire so much...writers who inspire me through their words and with their hearts and spirits. I love your writing, TAPS, in all the forms it takes. I think of you as one of my mentors.
posted by
muser
on March 4, 2006 at 3:52 AM
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Thank you so much for your wonderful comment, Quirkyalone. My post ,
especially the last two paragraphs, was straight from my heart...
posted by
muser
on March 4, 2006 at 3:38 AM
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Sincere Thanks for your kind words, DrJPT...and for your very good advice!
I accept it most graciously, and I shall put it to practice.I greatly appreciate your reading and your comments !
posted by
muser
on March 4, 2006 at 3:34 AM
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FactorFiction, I know your time is limited; I do undestand. I also know
that when you have time,you are a writer par excellence! In between your more serious posts, I love your Furcritters, and you can make me hold my sides from laughing so hard with your wonderfully unique sense of humor!
posted by
muser
on March 4, 2006 at 3:29 AM
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Thank you, billy cargo, for taking the time to comment on my post.
I read your "About Me" page, and enjoyed it very much. If I may be bold, I would suggest that you not supress your voice...TAME IT. Instead of arguing, (you are wrong, you're a ______, you don't know what you're talking about, etc.) state your position clearly in the first person... I think, I believe, in my opinion. etc. You will never persuade as many as you would like...maybe not any, but your voice is important also and deserves to be heard...don't deny yor voice. Someone somewhere will be inspired by it!
posted by
muser
on March 4, 2006 at 3:21 AM
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Dear Blanche, your comment is the kind that inspires me to risk
reaching out as good intentions are not always well received. To know that my words helped you is an affirmation to me that by listening to that small voice within we both were blessed. I am supporting your efforts to do a wonderful good work with prayer and positive thoughts.
posted by
muser
on March 4, 2006 at 3:03 AM
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Talion, it is so good to hear from you...to hear you speak out. As far as I
am concerned,Talion,your hoping is more than enough...it is invaluable. Your hope, added with all the hope of others who care, becomes a powerful force. As long as we have hope, we will survive...persevere...and dream our dreams. It is good to know that a heart as noble as yours holds out hope!
posted by
muser
on March 4, 2006 at 2:49 AM
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Thank you, scriber for reading my post, and commenting. I like Mason, also
He is a very interesting writer who has a unique writing style...one that has been beneficial to several writers here. I don't know you; I shall be by to do some reading at your place soon.
posted by
muser
on March 3, 2006 at 11:55 PM
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Thank you, Mason for so many kind words. I will be here as long as I am
supposed to be...I feel a real sense of purpose here...I can't articulate it any more than this as yet.
posted by
muser
on March 3, 2006 at 11:47 PM
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smartdog,as I read more Blogs I find that we writers share many tendencies;
one is that we get discouraged from time to time. I'm not going to go off on one of my tangents on that subject... I 'll just say for now that I think your writing is outstanding, and I look forward to reading each new post. I think you are extremely talented, and I am honored every time you read something of mine.
posted by
muser
on March 3, 2006 at 11:39 PM
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Hi Blackcat30. One thing I left out in this post is that I also learn
something every day from my fellow Bloggers. I might have guessed the origin of angst was German...but I didn't know. Thank you for reading, and for leaving such an interesting comment. I'll try to do better with mine!
posted by
muser
on March 3, 2006 at 9:28 PM
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muser
You are such a tender-hearted and caring individual. What a blessing it is to have you as a member of Blogit.
posted by
TAPS.
on March 3, 2006 at 1:34 PM
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wow--that was a great post--
I especially love your last paragraph...what beautiful thoughts so eloquently expressed!!
posted by
Julia.
on March 3, 2006 at 1:29 PM
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Nice Post
I read more than I write and comment when I have something to contribute. I feel for you and how you did not let you come out. It is nice that you have now and there are many who appreciate you!! Read and comment, or not, according to your heart and what you want to do!!
posted by
Dr_JPT
on March 3, 2006 at 10:11 AM
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I can't explain the angst...blogit seems to have the trend of the week...
One post inspires another along similar lines often. BUT it alsohas shown me that I have a lot more to write about than I ever thought before. Maybe people don't find it riveting 
but at least I have found that I have a range of topics I could address.
I read more than I comment too just because it takes more time to comment...and coherent thoughts, too. Not always possible here! 
posted by
FactorFiction
on March 3, 2006 at 9:06 AM
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Muser, I really can't wade thru the political blogs anymore b/c I just
have no common ground on any outlook w/ many of the people there, Left or Right. I was saying insulting things, now I just don't read and it works out better.
posted by
FreeManWalking
on March 2, 2006 at 9:38 PM
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Muser,
Like you, when I read, I read at face value, thinking that the writer is writing a journal. I forget that there are layers of crafting. I don't always know what to say, either. The only thing I know that has helped me though my worst, bleakest, weakest times is journaling and prayer. What I want to do is listen. Monday was an angsty day for me, and your words helped me, so never think that it doesn't matter.
posted by
Blanche.
on March 2, 2006 at 9:34 PM
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I agree with Mason, who has, it seemed, developed quite a liking for u
in the two or three weeks he has been at Blogit.
posted by
scriber
on March 2, 2006 at 9:28 PM
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muser
I too have noticed the abundance of "angst." Most of the time, like teen angst, I consider it much ado about nothing, simply venting. However, occasionally, I can read between the lines and find something deep-rooted and dark that goes far beyond TV talk show type melodrama. I don't worry. That's too strong a word for a person I don't know, but I sometimes hope. I hope I've misunderstood and I'm making a mountain out of a molehill. I hope they're pulling my leg. I hope it's not as bad as it sounds and I hope if it is, there is someone who will worry. I hope the writer does more to help themselves than simply pound on a keyboard. That's all I can do. I hope that's enough.
posted by
Talion
on March 2, 2006 at 9:25 PM
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Hi Muser...
Don't ever question your writing.... you're terrific! ...and you strike chords in my heart! your observations are razor sharpe and gently cut to the truths that we all must find in our own way.... please, stay with us, M.
posted by
MasonGarrett
on March 2, 2006 at 9:16 PM
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muser
I am impressed by, and greateful for, how much thought you give to us little bloggers. Whether or not I'm one of those bloggers you speak of, your musings do speak a truth to me.
Be well,
-smartdog
posted by
smartdog_670
on March 2, 2006 at 9:11 PM
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In my office today, we had a conversation about the word "angst!"
So strange that you should post about it tonight. I learned that it's actually a German word, not English. I never knew that. Good post... but I think you should leave more comments (especially when you read me! LOL)
posted by
-blackcat
on March 2, 2006 at 9:10 PM
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