I don't see it as being you. It is a part of what you are and takes place within a formative perspective. If it set the stage for the rest of your life then it might have had a more permanent impact than that which I am capable of understanding which. for me, accentuates the sadness of it. I am not all what I am today because of what happened to me in my youth but more so because I was able to put the past into perspective and then allow my "self" to emerge, not become a part of it but apart from it. I believe this is what I agree with in Molly's post. "........let go of the identity that you derive from it." If I tell someone of my past it is in the form of a story about my past and is far removed from my personae, though an experience within my life, historically. Some are cast into worlds without choice and without the ability to escape, therefore their lives are products of their involuntary captivity. This is partially true for us all in the sense of parental and familial environments. So again I agree with ".......at some point, we can let go of them and move into our potentiality." I'm not a writer and cannot offer any literary critique but overall I find it unnecessary reading. I don't see the benefit of infusing my life with the trials and tribulations of others unless there is some historical significance. That would be like having to listen to every holocaust survivor's personal story of horror. There are those who will hang on to the past and become bitter reflections of it throughout their future creating their self inflicted personal imprisonment. My stories remain just that and unless there is some relevance in the rehashing or telling of them, they will remain dormant nothings that I never think about. For me personally life is and has always been a roll of film and each day I have new pictures to take, so I will never waste film taking the same pictures I took yesterday. We can choose how to view the world, individually and collectively. I'll be having a wonderful day today, hope the same for all of you!
On May 4, 10:24 am, gruff <[email protected]> wrote: > "... On May 3, 6:00 pm, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: ..." > > > I agree gruff, roll it out, lay it down and then leave it to the > > wind. As Molly says, it is not you anymore, not even close but > > something that is part of your personal molding. > > I'm sorry you seem to have found it as did Molly. But I can't leave > it to the wind because it's me. I'd be throwing away part of myself. > It's my beginning and as such set the stage for the next fifty years. > I could no more disown it than I can change my heritage. I have > though, to some degree, risen above it. I'm not writing my life as a > means of expunging it but as a story, an expose, that is nasty, gritty > and dirty enough to be worth sharing with others, if nothing else as > an example to avoid, but more hopefully as an enlightenment into some > of the realities of human travail. Life is not a pretty little > cupcake to be oood and ahhhd over but rather a difficult and > frightening path to be traveled. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
