Posted by Dinah on May 14, 2003, at 18:58:46
In reply to Re: Why? » WorryGirl, posted by leeran on May 14, 2003, at 18:43:51
> I'm sorry you're feeling so down today. I'm such a loner that I suppose I've learned to be my own dorky best friend and at the risk of sounding incredibly anti-social (and selfish), I kind of prefer it that way.
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Oh, Lee. I really think we must be related. Or maybe it's only child stuff. (Ok, I have a brother, but we didn't adopt him till I was ten and already an only child for too long to change.)> Sometimes I stop and think about how busy I am doing hardly anything, and I am struck by the thought that everyone else is out there, i.e. the guy in the next car over, the lady in front of me at the grocery store, the kid on the bike, etc., chugging away on the little Gerbil wheel in the same exact way. And suddenly, I feel really weird - as though my life, which seems so important to me, is just as unimportant to all these strangers as their lives are to me. That's a hard feeling to describe, but I've had it several times and it's kind of a weird sensation. It's like taking yourself out of your world for a moment and seeing the world in its entirety. It lasts for about as long as it does for the traffic light to change, or the kid on the bike to pedal out of view.
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Wow. I haven't had that perspective for a long time. As a kid, I would have it a fair amount. Does that mean I've gotten way too self involved?> Actually, I like being a newcomer on any board - and here's why: I don't know about former skirmishes and I don't have preconceived notions about individual posters. That gives me a clean slate from which I can paint little thumbnail portraits of each poster as I slowly remember their story and start putting their posts together in memory. It's like starting a new book. Quite exciting.
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I've been wanting to compliment you on that skill for some time, Lee. You really are quite extraordinary in your ability to do that, and it shows in your posts.
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