Alternate endings

Dec 23, 2014 18:29


Life goes like this.  You can’t tell someone what your life is really like, because the only perfect map is a complete model of the terrain.  You’d have to recapitulate the universe to get it right.  So, instead, we pick and choose, and, in the process, we change things.  Always with the intention to mislead, although it might be an intent to ( Read more... )

woodworking, self esteem, philosophizing

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fayroberts December 24 2014, 07:41:58 UTC
Ah, Big Brother. You never cease to inspire... :)

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amanda_lodden December 24 2014, 16:38:48 UTC
You may not have learned anything from the re-telling, but you had to learn something to be capable of writing the re-telling in the first place.

And it heartens me, because what you had to learn to be capable of the re-telling is how to be kind to yourself, and allow yourself to fail in one thing without failing in everything. You're a good person, and I'm glad to see you allowing yourself to realize it.

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