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Tissi
Thanks. I can relate to being a "tomorrow" person. Many times I find myself "borrowing" time..."gee, I wish it were tomorrow so I can sleep late." (borrowing time being the state where I want to jump over the time I'm currently in, so I can be somewhere/sometime else - like wishing it were already Christmas, now). This is obviously something I still need to work on.
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ravencat18
on September 27, 2005 at 6:44 AM
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Avant-garde
Know exactly what you mean. I call it the "allure of the mind spinners." My mind latches onto something, gets going really fast. It goes & goes, spinning what can be...thinking, sifting, until I come to the awareness that hours have passed without me accomplishing anything. Amazing what my ego can do to get me caught up in weaving absolute fluff, achieving nothing and yet desiring to "have it all."
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ravencat18
on September 27, 2005 at 6:40 AM
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Quirky
Wow, great quote. I love that..."ability without ambition is like a computer without a mouse." You are absolutely right - the computer would be useless. Well, actually the human using the computer would be useless. (The computer's only a tool to be used by us.) Tools are neither "good" nor "bad", it's how we use them that makes all the difference. Heck, it's whether we even use them at all.
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ravencat18
on September 27, 2005 at 6:35 AM
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ravencat so true
I tend to be a "tomorrow" person. Tomorrow I'll do this or tomorrow I won't do that. Alas, tomorrow never comes
nice post
Tissi Blake 
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TissiBlake
on September 26, 2005 at 8:38 PM
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ravencat
yes. and it's the image of what it might be like that prevents doing anything about it. it's your mind trying to derive some benefit, and it cannot, so it just stalls. it happens to me sometimes when i get completely caught up. i start spinning my wheels and the next thing i know, a whole day has gone up in smoke.
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avant-garde
on September 26, 2005 at 11:16 AM
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It's very true--even the desire to do something doesn't get you what you want if you don't get off the couch and try...I posted a quote once that said, "Ability without ambition is like a computer without a mouse." Kinda useless isn't it?
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Julia.
on September 26, 2005 at 8:39 AM
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