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I knew you were special luv

posted by WileyJohn on March 22, 2006 at 6:22 AM | link to this | reply

Muser... what can I say? You're special!

I think all of us feel different most of the time, you just have proof LOL.

posted by RedHeadedGypsy on March 21, 2006 at 12:33 PM | link to this | reply

shypettite, It sure sounds to me like you are a very courageous person

who has figured out what is important. Don't try to fit the standards, shypettite - make the standards!

posted by muser on March 20, 2006 at 11:23 PM | link to this | reply

It took me long time to understand and accept my differency.

I am different from others. I heard it so many times and it was driving me crazy, making me unhappy. I wanted to fit to the standards. It wasn't working. Finally, I learned the way to accept it and live my life my way. I cut my past and started my second life, where I am able to be myself without feeling sorry for myself for being different.

posted by shypettite on March 20, 2006 at 9:33 PM | link to this | reply

Talion, being different did hurt. I managed to become an academy award

winning actress hiding behind a clown face. Thank Goodness you were unsuccessful in your attempt to be like everyone else! I remember my best friend and I went shopping once. We each bought an identical "wildly different" pair of shoes. We wore our new shoes the next day thinking we were so cool for being different!

posted by muser on March 20, 2006 at 8:43 PM | link to this | reply

Whacky...it is very interesting. It's not "the grail" but certainly gives

one insights into why we are the way we are.

posted by muser on March 20, 2006 at 7:45 PM | link to this | reply

Mason, self approval was included , I presume.

posted by muser on March 20, 2006 at 7:42 PM | link to this | reply

Hummm...maybe I need to take that test.

posted by Whacky on March 20, 2006 at 7:05 PM | link to this | reply

...yes...

...when I gave up 'trying to fit'.... and simply started to BE... whatever I was or am.... approval from many soon followed.. without my seeking it... or caring about it... nice post, thank you sister square peg! M

posted by MasonGarrett on March 20, 2006 at 5:21 PM | link to this | reply

Blanche, there is a free version of the test called something like a

Jungian typology test at www.humanmetrics.com. It is a very interesting version that you might enjoy taking. I appreciate your comment about what would the world be without musers such as myself... duller, I hope! LOL!

posted by muser on March 20, 2006 at 3:55 PM | link to this | reply

So what does it mean, Justsouno...what does it mean? Max and I had the

same kind of experience. We had spent a great deal of time discussing how much fun it would be having an R.V. A neighbor dropped in the following evening, and...you guessed it. She started talking about how much fun she thought it would be to drive an R.V. cross-country!

posted by muser on March 20, 2006 at 3:07 PM | link to this | reply

Dennison...some more than others!

posted by muser on March 20, 2006 at 2:35 PM | link to this | reply

Muser,

I've never taken a Meier's Briggs test, but if's based on Jungian philosophy, which I think it is, then I'm antrovert/feeling type. It took me a long time to work that out, because as Jung said, the world doesn't value what introverts have to offer but all types fit into the scheme of the world. Where would the world be without great musers such as yourself?

posted by Blanche. on March 20, 2006 at 2:16 PM | link to this | reply

Muser, you are a good friend, but three is a crowd in a romantic get-away

at least in my book. LOL This very subject Geroge and I talked about all week-end. Both of us feel this strongly and have all our lives. Thanks..... it is like you were evesdropping... lol

posted by Justi on March 20, 2006 at 1:11 PM | link to this | reply

muser

I too grappled with the misfit label while growing up. Try as I might, I could never be "like everyone else"and I must admit, it hurt. By the time I hit college, I quit trying. I let the pendulum swing to the other extreme, embracing my "misfit" status and running with it, trying just as hard not to fit in. Eventually I learned this was equally ridiculous. My supposed contempt for the status quo was simply projected anger for being "rejected." Some time in my late twenties, I came to my senses. I slowly became comfortable with myself and suddenly, I didn't care if I marched to the same drummer or not. As I took the time to get to know people, to read between the lines and such, I realized I wasn't as different as I once thought.