Greatness: On being trapped; on being free; on being . . .

[t_isfor_]

Above my desk , the wall is clear. I hate to stare at clutter when I am thinking. But up at the top, where my eyes will rest when I tilt my head back to ponder, there is a question. I keep it there in hope that it will always be on my mind

Comments

indesribable is no mood

[ofthedawn]

wilkomen to the party. thanks for helping us avoid a fracas oh wise won. cause you always win and...you did too cave--sorta.
you have to add us too, titus.

Uncertainty

[whartons_ghost]

There is more to entrapment than circumstances or a dissatisfaction with them or your self. Is it possible that there is something outside of a person that makes them less than finished? Not circumstances or an attitude. Or perhaps it is both in conjunction with each other. Perhaps in some corner of the consciousness one might systematically destroy himself. But unintentionally. How and why is less certain. And how can this self-destructive tendency be stopped if only vaguely perceivable by the wreckage it leaves in its wake

Re: Uncertainty

[marune]

raw ... and real. uncertainty. i don't know if i know you so i don't know if i understand your struggle - i can only look at my own and reach out from there, hoping to touch yours and connect. this whole damn world is broken, i'm broken, you're broken, things are not as they should be. you are unfinished, the world is unfinished, history is unfinished. redeemed humanity is a work in progress. but none of that feels very helpful or hopeful when something very personal hurts like hell. sometimes we are trapped by circumstances, sometimes we are trapped by attitude, sometimes we sabotage ourselves, sometimes we're sabotaged. sometimes good things happen, though they're hard to remember when everything seems dark. i guess the most hopeful thing i can offer is that we're in the box with you, even if you can't see us. trust and hope are hard, especially if you've been burned before, but the only option i can see is to keep trying

[whartons_ghost]

Wow.

I needed that. People usually try to put bandaids on someone after the figurative exploratory surgery. The adhesive hurts like hell and you just feel hurt AND irritated.

[marune]

bandaids suck. cut the crap and shoot straight. but be sensitive.

all that to say ... glad i bumped into you in the box.

balance of tensions, right?

[marune]

thought you'd be amused to know that when i minimized this window the little box at the bottom said t_isfor_: Greatness: ...

welcome, caver.

i saw a squirrel this morning but he ran away when i tried to rescue him...

[keturandrea]

hello. i only wanted to say that a flock of geese in V-pattern just flew by outside my classroom window cackling and carrying on southbound; the moment made my mind think of you immediately--you'll recall our most recent discussion concerning animals and their south migratory patterns. ::ahem:: i thought it spontaneous of me to call but you failed to answer your mobile device. no matter. i have a poem for you when you have the time.
cheers.
k