Anyway
Every now and then, there comes a time when it's best if we don't share ourselves.
Best that we don't express ideas, because doing so means that we are adding yet another layer to the persona that we create for each, distinct person we try to gain a new understanding with.
There are only so many people we can be.
We lose ourselves this way. This explaining. This ruse of self-awareness.
"Anyway." "It's complicated." "Let's talk about it later." "I don't know."
True words of wisdom.
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Very true.
I think it's okay not to know sometimes.
Are you suggesting I stick my head in that hole?
I say, "I have to go to the bathroom now."
I am not much on sharing all these feelings and what not in real life.
"What the hell are you talking about?"
"Seriously, I don't care."
They always think you are joking. It is wonderful.
that picture is one i took from my uncle's storage shed (a scary place). he's always got holes in ceilings and exposed nails on whatever he builds.
it seemed appropriate in a way. when you feel kind of detached and reflective and not sociable, it can often seem like you can see all the life going on around you ... but you're kind of stuck in a hole.
anyway, that's what that picture means to me.
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Just time to dig in a little dirt. And be quiet. Not to suggest that you're ever wordy.
I don't know how I feel about that. Guess it all depends if you can ever really be truthful with yourself.
speaking only for myself, i find that it is in solitude and silence that i'm most true with myself.
i suppose it's a state of observation rather than expression after expression.
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I am most truthful with myself when I am praying. Haha. If there is a time to not play games and have pity parties, that is it.
i agree, amber. but sometimes i wonder whether people pray in such a fashion. oftentimes, it seems it becomes nothing but the thing you say it shouldn't be.
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Eric said he is most true with himself in solitude and silence. I am the opposite. I love the silence and solitude because that is where I can tell myself anything I want and no one holds me accountable. It is only when I am in the presence of other people that I am forced to be who I am, at the mercy of other people's judgments, personalities, power struggles. Alone I can aspire to greatness. With other people I know to be sure and not hurt anyone, clean the litter box and mow the lawn. People keep me grounded. Alone I can fly. I don't want to fly anymore; I just want to walk steadily.
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