Thoughts On Life or something.

Jan 07, 2008 09:51

HI I'm SNOWED IN. lolo. (with like, half a foot of snow it's arizona and my car is tiny shh). So here is something I've been thinking about the past few days and I desire to share. Also, this is pre-emptively long and not proof read. I an notorious for making typos, especially of the is/isn't variety. READ IN CONTEXT, be understanding. And I will ( Read more... )

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angels_wear_red January 7 2008, 19:52:24 UTC
NEVER.

And yeah. There is a breed of life, especially the AMERICAN DREAM that says happiness comes with success. WHICH ISN'T TO SAY I DON'T WANT SUCCESS. But. I don't need it. I plan to be happy regardless. I don't think there is anything wrong with that.

Learning to accept compliments with grace is a weird and difficult thing. I remember back when I was drawing my mom used to tell me how good I was. And I felt this need to tell her no, I wasn't, and in detail why I sucked. And okay. I did suck. I had neither talent nor skill. But... I think it hurt her for me to tell her she was wrong, as if her opinion that I was good wasn't good ENOUGH, just because, let's face it, she knows nothing about art. And I didn't mean it that way! (and granted part of the reason I REJECTED HER COMPLIMENTS was because she wanted me to start drawing manga and making money and I was like lolaojdf;a lolol no but.) Yeah. And I felt bad. And now I let people say whatever they want )=

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conjuringsmile January 7 2008, 17:55:47 UTC
Uwah, I have to constantly remind myself of 3 and 4, but it helps when someone else says it. I'M NOT ALONE. ;o;b You're awesome, dear. ♥

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angels_wear_red January 7 2008, 19:52:53 UTC
WE ARE RARELY AS ALONE AS WE THINK WE ARE. Thank you <333

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piecrumbs January 7 2008, 17:58:05 UTC
Thank you so much for this. It's not just...player applicable, it's so related to real life and your points are really great reminders that, hey, we're not as bad at surviving in the world as we might think we are. You've put it so much more eloquently than I ever could and just...thanks. ♥

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angels_wear_red January 7 2008, 19:53:51 UTC
I meant for it to be player applicable and be like "STOP PUTTING YOURSELVES DOWN WHEN YOU APP. IT'S FINE TO HAVE CONFIDENCE IN YOURSELF AND YOU WILL PROBABLY SAVE TIME BY NOT HATING ON YOURSELF" but I got distracted.

And no, we're rarely as bad as we think we are |D

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whothehelldoyou January 7 2008, 18:07:44 UTC
But you see, I'm English and we're restricted to nodding and making 'mnuh' noises at any compliments we receive.

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angels_wear_red January 7 2008, 19:54:10 UTC
THE BRITISH ARE ALWAYS THE EXCEPTION THE RULE.

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inpignation January 7 2008, 22:03:27 UTC
THAT'S BECAUSE WE TAKE SECRET JOY IN BEING AWKWARD

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angels_wear_red January 7 2008, 19:54:31 UTC
Yay, your welcome <3

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