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Laughing and nodding in agreement a majroj's point.
I'm glad I caught up with things (your posts).
posted by
CringeintheUSA
on September 3, 2007 at 1:33 PM
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Good post and essential for sanity!
posted by
malcolm
on September 2, 2007 at 10:44 AM
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Azur
I tend to sulk at any imagined slight, but I do know I'm doing it and I work it out in my own mind.
posted by
johnmacnab
on August 31, 2007 at 2:07 PM
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azur
Good writing, again - clear and reasoned. I'm all for "silent steadfastness." Harder to practice than it sounds, however. I have been following the line of letting go of expectations too. It does make a difference.
posted by
mneme
on August 31, 2007 at 3:50 AM
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Wisdom.
posted by
_dave_says_ack_
on August 31, 2007 at 3:27 AM
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Excellent post!!
posted by
_Symphony_
on August 31, 2007 at 2:46 AM
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A lovely post. its reassuring in all the madness going on here.
posted by
proc
on August 30, 2007 at 11:00 PM
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Azur - 'silent steadfastness', yes.
posted by
FoliageGold
on August 30, 2007 at 3:31 AM
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Well written and said!
posted by
dark_mistress_again
on August 29, 2007 at 6:44 PM
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I love the way your thinking/feeling is so clear in your writing.
When you visited me you wrote, in a kind of throw-away last line, maybe you should write a novel about your life.
Why not?
And here's an idea. Clear your decks for the month of November, go to the National Novel Writing Month site and get in the contest -- all you have to do to win is write 50,000 words and post periodic updates on NaNo, which tallies the # of words but does not read... I made it last year to 58,000 and was amazed by some who got all the way up to 200,000. I'm picking at it like leftover Thanksgiving turkey now and then, maybe it will end up being a decent first draft.
posted by
Pat_B
on August 29, 2007 at 5:47 AM
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Azur
The secret must be in your last line!
posted by
Soul_Builder101
on August 28, 2007 at 9:45 PM
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And somtimes shit just happens or fails to happen.
I guess it's good for the site that some people live breathe and die for it, but hopefully no more than about 1%.
You guys want angst? Come see my front bathroom sometime. Obnoxious pissants on the Internet are a dime a dozen and easily handled here. The danger is unwittingly becoming one yourself...been there done that got the t shirt and wiped the car with it.
posted by
majroj
on August 28, 2007 at 9:12 PM
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Expectations can be a huge disappointment, Azur. I try not to have
any. But then I think I'm asking too little of myself...
posted by
saul_relative
on August 28, 2007 at 8:39 PM
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posted by
A-and-B
on August 28, 2007 at 8:05 PM
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Azur
This reminds me of the proactive vs. reactive debate - I do think it's better to be proactive, rather than reactive - but we're human, and sometimes we're going to be reactive = reality = The End. Good post, by the way. 
posted by
Enigmatic68
on August 28, 2007 at 6:49 PM
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I found interesting what you said about "being ignored"...
It's all in the way we percieve things.
posted by
Sheilah
on August 28, 2007 at 6:00 PM
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Fixed thinking can sure be a hinderance.
posted by
justanotherskinnybitch
on August 28, 2007 at 5:00 PM
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