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<<--- That's my dad - rather it is my iPad traced line drawing of a photo of him taken long before I was born. How does this lead into the topic, you ask? Well --     I have been an "artist" all of my life. MOST OF US HAVE. Most people begin to engage with some artistic activities VERY young, no matter where they are. Drawing with water on a rock or with a pencil or crayon, you get the picture here, I'm sure. Someone, somewhere just basically tells us it's not "good enough" and we quit. <shrug>      In these discussions regarding "social media" and "narcissism" that are being thrown around, let's agree that YOUR page on any platform SHOULD BE about YOU. If the people who follow you don't want to know about YOU, then why are they following your activities at all? It is just silly for me to expect your page to be about me, isn't it?      Yes, I am aware of the manipulations built into the software. I am a softwar...

 It's okay to be okay, okay? I have noticed this trend of EVERYTHING IS AWESOME needing to be the constant state. If it's NOT then something must be wrong with you. I disagree. It is fine to just be fine. I don't understand a need to be in a constant state of excitement, whether it be for positive or negative reasons. It strikes me that this need for constant drama is a dangerous and damaging by-product of the idea.      Don't get me wrong; I think it's great that there are people who wake up and jump out of bed just full of exuberance. That's wonderful if it's naturally occurring. Those people are often great examples for people who maybe have a little less pep in the morning to get them going, but I don't think it's necessary for EVERYONE to have this experience. It IS fine for some people to wake up and quietly begin to engage with their environments without a lot of fanfare.      Sometimes a "Good morning!!!" CAN be met with a simple no...

  My mind/body theory --- from Facebook, 2012 Looking at this dilemma from the point of view of the theory that “you are not your body,” I think I may have come to a conclusion as to how I can get through this thing best. If I am not my body, then this story of me saying, “Don’t let me die. I don’t want to die.” etc (bullshit, I, or MY MIND, never would have said in the circumstance) was actually this BODY not this MIND. Theoretically, the mind IS responsible for taking care of the body to which it is connected. the statements were the body expressing ITS desire not to die. Bodies without minds, of course, are the equivalent of bacteria, intellectually. So, do I believe that my body was fearful and expressing a desire to “live?” Sure, I can go with that.  It follows, then, that the EMOTIONAL issues are stemming from my mind (ME) being reconnected slowly with this body. This body KNOWS how much my mind (ME) despises it for this. ;-) Ultimately, the answer must lie, per this...