I Can't Promise What I Can't Imagine

[cuervolinda]

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oof

[mazzie]

Now I want to write ... I want to run away ... and I can't do either.

If you are true to yourself, sometimes the risk is everyone else.

Crap. I am going to be thinking about that for days. Maybe weeks.

Thank you.

Is There Anybody Out There?

[cuervolinda]

Thank you Mazzie. Sometimes I write this crap and I don't even think anyone gets it, let alone identifies with it. Your words are very much appreciated.

Re: Is There Anybody Out There?

[mazzie]

I started out by saying "how can you do this to a girl in the middle of the workday?" but I deleted it, because you don't know me well enough to know that's meant as a compliment. But this really disrupted me. In a good way.
Thank you.

[cuervolinda]

you don't know me well enough to know that's meant as a compliment.
I would have taken it as a compliment anyway. Anything I write that makes someone feel anything, good or bad, has merit. Some of the most productive moments of my life are also the most uncomfortable.

A Hard Lesson to Learn

[cuervolinda]

It is the ultimate in bravery to be true to yourself regardless of the cost. Nothing is more terrifying to me. Thank you for your insight. I am trying so hard. It's so good to know someone else is living this.

You are So Very Welcome

[cuervolinda]

I really enjoy your entries, too. I wish both of us posted more. Lately, I just can't get into it. So I try to force myself to put SOMETHING down. Those posts tend to be pretty honest and therapuetic.

[pickled_cotton]

If you are true to yourself, sometimes the risk is everyone else.

Agreed, except I would change "sometimes" to "almost always."

Very well-written and striking. Thank you for making me think!

That's What I'm Afraid Of

[cuervolinda]

Agreed, except I would change "sometimes" to "almost always."
Yikes. This is my greatest fear. The thing that sustains me is knowing that although you gamble everything when you are true to yourself, my experience has always been that it comes out much better than deceiving oneself or others ever could. Even if you lose everything, you still come out ahead in the end.

It's the unknown along the way that is unbearable. The outcome is usually nowhere as bad as anyone can imagine.

[la_cochina]

Because of this post, I now have that Monkees song "I'll be True to You" stuck in my head. Because of you, Davy Jones' voice will haunt my nightmares. I guess I am one of the casualties of you being true to yourself, Linda. Thanks a lot!

But then again, it might not be your fault at all. After all, it is not your fault that I know the words.

Dare I Even Ask?

[cuervolinda]

I thought I was some sort of expert on Monkees discography, but I don't know the song you are referring to. Care to share with the uninformed among us? Of course, I will be able to blame you in the event I can't stop hearing Davey's voice.

Re: Dare I Even Ask?

[la_cochina]

It's a ballad from that one album that has Last Train to Clarksville and the Monkees Theme Song. I think they're wearing red shirts on the cover. Can't remember what it's called, if it's even called anything at all.