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Greetings-
I thought I’d share a ‘funny’ moment. I don’t expect that this will have any legs, but it caused me to smile.
My grandson is three and a tad. We have been ‘talking’ on Sunday afternoon calls since long before he could put two words together to make a sentence. As he has grown the ‘quality’ of these calls has improved. At first there was a lot of coaching in the background: “Tell Chief this or that depending. ( I am ‘Chief’ instead of Gramps because there is no blood between us).
We have now reached the stage where he has all of the synapsis in place for a ‘real’ conversation, except he believes that because we are talking, I must be able to see whatever he sees while we talk, be that TV, or the dog, or his baby sister eating/wearing ‘s-getti’. It was a bit of an epiphany for me when I finally understood where his head was.
I never had kids in the house that young and am highly entertained by it all! Sorry if this isn’t high drama.
Anyone else have an epiphany or eureka moment recently?
Regards
Simon
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marc
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My epiphany of late is the realization that my first instincts must be followed....
Never trust anyone....
Never reach out to anyone....
Never befriend anyone....
Keep to myself....
Life is great for me... Most of the time... But then I meet people online... Very few are real friends... Many say they are but know nothing of what it means... Some say they are, but are so shallow...
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And I thank you for posting.
Regards
Simon
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marc
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you don't live my life.... How could you possibly know?
Every time I have allowed people into my comfort zone I have never not been disapointed....
Life is great for me... Most of the time... But then I meet people online... Very few are real friends... Many say they are but know nothing of what it means... Some say they are, but are so shallow...
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marc
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I'm not trying to be rude..... I am just stating facts.....
Life is great for me... Most of the time... But then I meet people online... Very few are real friends... Many say they are but know nothing of what it means... Some say they are, but are so shallow...
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pimple
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And I'm OK with the dichotomy, there is no way for me to see the world from your point of view, but you are willing to concede that there may be more than one point of view.
I am hardly disappointed by the response of others, but I am insulated.
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Simon
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marc
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I have tried a few times reciently to strip away some of that insulation but it as ever was a mistake.
I just have to stop listening to people that seem to know best for me......
So far they are batting 1000 in setting me up for a fall.
It has however occured to me that in their attempts to get me to open up to others all they are doing is passing me off on someone else.
Life is great for me... Most of the time... But then I meet people online... Very few are real friends... Many say they are but know nothing of what it means... Some say they are, but are so shallow...
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pimple
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Assume that I know nothing and explain all.
I truly don't understand.
Lots of little words please.
regards
Simon
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Greetings\\
I have been putting way more effort into this than I would have expeted. If it is this hard to care - why should I bother?
Regards-
Simon
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Because caring is not transient. It is active and is unconditional. It takes effort to continue to care - anyone can care for a moment and throw money in a beggar's hat, but to care for a long time, that is work. Its reward is all for the person you care about, never easily for you as the carer. And yet that is reward in itself.
Anything less is not caring. Anything less is short term easememt of some form of guilt.
Author of Queer Me! Halfway Between Flying and Crying - the true story of life for a gay boy in the Swinging Sixties in a British all male Public School
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