tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8478036.post111824696352088186..comments2023-06-02T11:54:55.764-04:00Comments on White Coral Bells: IndividualityFaerunnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17656231272399787961noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8478036.post-1118704140758895042005-06-13T19:09:00.000-04:002005-06-13T19:09:00.000-04:00I like this. I need to go back to the times that I...I like this. I need to go back to the times that I actually wrote good stuff in my blog.<BR/><BR/>Or did I ever have a time like that...? Ha.<BR/><BR/>Well, anyway, I like this.Darkhearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04440012417653824977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8478036.post-1118374132877691622005-06-09T23:28:00.000-04:002005-06-09T23:28:00.000-04:00Aww, I'm flattered. I didn't think it was all that...Aww, I'm flattered. I didn't think it was all that good, really.. just a rant that was screaming to be let out. But thanks ^_^ And you add/clarify some good things in your comment.Faerunnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17656231272399787961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8478036.post-1118341921631782522005-06-09T14:32:00.000-04:002005-06-09T14:32:00.000-04:00*reveal myself to my parents, that is*reveal myself to my parents, that isRiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03127365528333019518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8478036.post-1118341614761656692005-06-09T14:26:00.000-04:002005-06-09T14:26:00.000-04:00Amazing and breathtaking- it takes everything toge...Amazing and breathtaking- it takes everything together, whirls it in a blender and comes up with something more coherent than what it began with.<BR/><BR/>It's all too true that we take too many things for granted, and one of these days I'm going to have to sit down and count the many things in life that I have that so many people don't. It's true too that I (sadly) haven't been able to truly reveal myself- sometimes I wonder how on earth they could tolerate a person like me. And it's also very true that a lot of us think that by revealing ourselves online, we redeem ourselves, we're "sharing" ourselves, and we're no longer that lonely island in the middle of the vast world.<BR/><BR/>Truth is, we actually might be pushing ourselves further from the dock by thinking that way.<BR/><BR/>The immediacy of communication now deters any reason to think profoundly, to put oneself in relation to another. It's almost as though, as the sheep you mention, we pick up the telephone to baa to the sheep at the far end of the field rather than hobble over and speak.<BR/><BR/>Sometimes it takes a few moments to hobble back and think, "what on earth am I doing, lead by all the rest of the sheep". I admit, sometimes I end up seeing myself caught by the rush of sheep. But I've come to realise that sometimes you have to set yourself apart by understanding that our lives are part of a greater whole, and that following the crowd is forsaking one's own place, one's own stake in that world, and we get taken away by the tide. As you say, individualism shouldn't be about "Me, My Needs, Fears and Opinions"...<BR/><BR/>Wow. Great post. I'm at a loss for words, and for fear that I might contradict myself in light of your eloquence. I shall say no more and just read this whole post again.Riohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03127365528333019518noreply@blogger.com