Posted by AuntieMel on December 8, 2004, at 8:52:53
In reply to Re: Re: » 64bowtie, posted by 64bowtie on December 8, 2004, at 2:52:51
There I go again.
My father, may he rest (I'm not too concerned about 'in peace') always used to tell me that I was smarter than most people and I would have to learn to adjust to them. Emphasis on the 'always.' I spent most of my early life trying to sound anything but smart....
Now I don't know how to sound smart anymore. Ignore the folksy style. I understand every word you write - I just can't respond in kind. Which is a shame as few things give me more joy than to read something cleverly worded.
But, hey, the purpose of language is to convey meaning. If that works (and I'm not being graded on it) that's all that counts, right?
Now, back on topic? Or topics - there may be more than one here. It is interesting that a word that has so much impact on people and their mental health gets so overused, isn't it. Could this be a byproduct of the 60's-70's? Free love. All you need is love. Make love, not war. To me those were the purest of times. We actually believed that more love would cure the worlds ails. I'm still not sure it can't. I would hate to think something so wonderful led to an overuse of such an important word.
Argh. I'm rambling.
You were also talking - before you were disappeared - about the concept of mature love and the ingredients it needed. Rather than scratch through the archives, could we start that topic again?
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