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chaoticidealism

The Little People

May 09, 2009 13:00

I think you really can't have a very happy life until you understand that it's OK to have a small role in the world. Otherwise, even if you end up being somebody extremely important, you'll never be satisfied with what you have, and you'll never be able to truly care about anyone else.

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anonymous May 10 2009, 01:19:00 UTC

Yes, and indeed, essentially everybody has a small role in the world, even people who might be considered important today are, in the greater scheme of things, not that remarkable. At the same time, there is no one who is not important to someone.

It took me a while to accept this anonymous May 21 2009, 21:50:09 UTC

It is liberating to come into this conclusion and accept it. I also think that many of the "important" people actually never cared about being important at the first place, they just did their best thing because they like what they do. Of course that's only my conclusion after seeing how seriously I have been wanting to be important while observing the other people who already are there that they actually care less than I do. Anyone should give what he/she can give at best, if it's small or not it doesn't matter. Yes, I feel free now when thinking about this!

Your Blog anonymous September 12 2009, 14:47:47 UTC

I have really enjoyed reading about your journey. My daughter is 21, and is on a similar journey, but is resistant to the idea that she has AS (which she only undestands as the male/typical form). We tried counselling services, but they were of little help, especially (as I'm sure you're aware), they tend to be totally ignorant about AS in females. When I've brought it up, they discount it, even saying that cutting is not AS behavior (I don't think it's that simple). I am going to e-mail her your page link & hope that she can learn to appreciate herself and better understand her journey as she follows yours online. You are an inspiration for others, thank you for sharing.

Re: Your Blog chaoticidealism September 12 2009, 16:45:18 UTC

Ah... I actually think I agree with your daughter that cutting is not, per se, AS behavior. It's not that people with AS don't ever resort to it; just that typical people do so often enough that you just can't say it's due to AS and nothing else ( ... )