At 01:36 PM 9/6/2007, you wrote:
> [Marsha] > > Yes and no, I have chosen time over money. I >retired 9 years ago. > > [SA] >I'm being sensitive when I say this, but I >believe this was a point you were trying to make some >posts ago. If my option is waiting til I retire, then >I still have a long way to go. I chose to retire very early, but my children had already flown from the nest, so it was not such a difficult choice. > [Marsha] > > It's not easy to know past ones > > expectations of another person. That's a BIG >problem. > > Yes, I don't want to upset them, make them feel >sad, left out, and over-do it, etc... Not exactly what I meant. Do you know your mother as a individual person? Or do you know your mother through the expectations of her role as mother? This can become very dicey when it comes to significant other. > [Marsha] > > I'm not sure what works for others. For me it took > > 6 years of living > > in a semi-solitude. Time to ask the questions and > > wait for some > > answers. Time to pick at some scars and sink deep > > into old > > wounds. Time to realize that there is only one > > source, and that you > > are me, and I am you. That's who that other person > > is too, me and > > you. And it takes vigilance not to forget it. > > > I'm not talking about how to find out on my own >who that other person is. I'm talking about how I >know you more than the people I meet on the streets. >We've taken the time. We have the chance to get to >know each other. We're breaking barriers on the MoQ >discuss forum, but this forum is here on the internet, >using a computer, and is not at the grocery store. >There are no meeting places around here to discuss >openly and publicly. If I had more $, I'd be able to >make a place that I've dreamnt about for years, but >that's another issue I bring up to show I've thought >about positive solutions to this problem I think >exists. I can delve into myself, and I do, but I'm >talking about Joe-Bob, and Betty-Sue, etc... It's not delving into myself, but delving into "selves". Again, I'm not understanding what you want from Joe-Bob and Betty-Sue. > [Marsha] > > Jeez, I feel I should list all my bad habits, and >there are many, but > > fudge it, I'm not going to. > > I see this forum has allowed us to know each other >greatly, but I guess I see this forum as where I go to >talk about what is happening while I'm away from this >forum. But another big part of my life is on this >forum, too. My intellectual life has been rather limited. I am thrilled that this forum has exposed me to so many exciting new ideas. Marsha Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
