Mags N Brei wrote: > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Too true, Colin. Everyone heals at their own pace, and > > the pace of society dictates that we "snap out of it," > > the moment our suffering becomes inconvenient. > > Eventually "your heart gets up to go," (quoting Patty > > Larkin...), but only when it's ready to. Less than a > > year just doesn't seem like enough time for much of > > anything to heal. > > > > for some people, i believe that it is pretty much impossible to heal > completely, try as one might, from something so hurtful.
You are right. it isn't possible. It gets less and easier to handle. the bad times get further apart and less excruciating, but it never goes away. > > > > sometimes i find myself writing, words gush like a dam > burst wide open, thoughts and feelings fly...and once i hit that send > button, i think omg what have i done now and then it is too late, it is > gone. it is in my nature to be wide open and that is just what i tend > to do. ditto. I certainly understand that one. there is plenty I have written, I regret! > > > what am i getting at here. sometimes, when ive written something to the > list, i have also experienced a *thud* as it were. no response to > anything ive said. and i know others have felt this. they have told me > so. and i think what??? why? and that would just feed into my original > omg sentiment ... making me want to go back into lurk mode and just > keep my mouth shut. yes i get this. particulalry if what one has written was personal. It doesn't bother me when it is Joni related. No one has ever repsonded to those so i don't write them. I have nothing worth contributing about Joni or her work. I remeber well, a few years ago, writing out a long article about Joni in one of our broadsheet papers. I had sent 3 emails with about 3 more to go(and no typing errors) and not one person even commented.....weird or what? > and Colin, I agree wholeheartedly, I think that September 11th has > affected us deeply. > > and btw, Colin, 21 years is a big deal. Thank you Mags. > > btw I was off list for a while so don't know what this 'only 8 days to go' is about and don't want to guess!
