The beginning is the end is the beginning.

[insomnia]

So, what next?!

It's been ten years..... or, alternately, 14 months.

I left because I was bored of LJ... and, perhaps, bored of the myself I let myself become.

And you know what? I blame the collective *you* in a way, and not perhaps in a fair way, but thereyago. It's not personal, but it is what it is.

Let me explain... I created this journal

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[strspn]

It's good to know you're still well, Mark.

[bikerbar]

"If you censor yourself, you help to shame and censor others through your silence.... and if you don't, you have to pay the price and bear the collective cruelty that will most assuredly be exacted by those around you

[insomnia]

That is an excellent quote and a good point, but...

"You can rail against the masses for their resistance/inability to transcend, but perhaps you should also be more empathetic to the majority, who are hamsters trapped in their own psychic mazes."

My concern is ultimately with human beings. Giving hamsters -- and lemmings -- understanding and comfort is not a kindness. The true kindness is to offer them an opportunity to be truly human.

[bikerbar]

well the hamster thing was just kinda thrown out there. I guess what I meant is that I am both a human being and a hamster :) and we need to empathize more with the lemmings, or sheeple, or whatever who, though they drag us down and keep society stuck in a rut, are just lost like many of us in this crazy time in history. That said I do believe that it is almost impossible to have a rational conversation with these Tea Party hamsters, and so that muddies my argument.

I think we have to be careful in defining a hierarchy of humanity, that is to say that one group is superior because they are more free or transcendent, etc .. this can lead to fascistic ideas about aristocrats and peasants, etc etc. Rather we must try to remain humble, to see that each person has their own unique views and gifts and to try to make an environment where they can become fulfilled. Clearly we don't live in that kind of environment, but we can at least keep dreaming. The world could be so much better. It's like I say: The dream is dead. Long live the

[aviatrix]

Bravo!

[karenbynight]

This.

Plus, I once thought there was nothing in the world worth hiding my true self from anyone for even a moment. And then I found something that was worth that sacrifice to me. Neither of those two ideological positions is better or worse or more or less evolved; they're just different.

[insomnia]

I don't think the whole world does, either. And I'm not sure that I judge others all that harshly... that said, we both know your potential is very high. And we both know what a fucked up, neurotic wreck the nature of the beast can make you, especially when your legs are cut out from underneath you, and you're not allowed to shine

[tsarina]

When I started my lj, I was working at a dying dotcom and had nothing to do. I like to think writing here the past ten years has really pushed me to be more open and honest with myself about just who and what I am.

Thank you, for the work you did back in the day. I can't imagine my life without the people and things Livejournal brought into it.