posted July 08, 2009 11:30 AM         

Everything makes sense now.

lol

I like it when you come out,
and dance with all of us, Yin.

You have been here a long time,
but you are the gentlest of souls,
and i think you get overlooked.

Hope all is well with you.

posted July 08, 2009 11:33 AM         

I don't think I get overlooked. I'm just too mellow and usually see multiple sides of all the arguments here.
It is impossible for me to be harsh or judgmental of people who obviously have a lot of demons to battle in their personal lives.
LindaLand is my escape and I like to keep it that way.
I have opinions, yes, but they are very fluid and changing. When I try to capture them on a page that I know will be read by many, those fleeting thoughts become engraved in stone and they are not meant to be.
I cannot speak in absolutes. It's too limiting.

posted July 08, 2009 11:37 AM         

these calm waters are so lovely

the whole tone has changed

i am sorry for those who packed it in during the storm.....i will miss them dearly

posted July 08, 2009 11:52 AM         

quote:

---

Gather a bouquet of blooming, multicolored ears to your lips, and try to pollinate them with your truth.

---

Freakin' love that! That's the best metaphor I've seen in awhile!

posted July 08, 2009 11:56 AM         

"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Speak what you think now in hard words, and tomorrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict everything you said today. -- 'Ah, so you shall be sure to be misunderstood.' -- Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood." ~ Emerson

posted July 08, 2009 12:02 PM         

You do your own thing.

I'll be dancing with myself.

posted July 08, 2009 12:04 PM         

all my life i been searching
all my life ive been uncertain

she wore blue jeans and a rosary,
believed in god and she belived in me
she happy with a bad seed
happy to be misunderstood

posted July 08, 2009 12:06 PM         

At a roadside bar in Tennessee
I met an angel to rescue me
She rescued me
She wore blue jeans and a rosary
Believed in God and believed in me
All her friends think she's a little crazy
She wears a smile, heart on her sleeve
Don't give a damn what the world thinks of me
She tells me it's all good
She's happy with a bad seed
Happy to be misunderstood

Two packs and a pint a day
To hide the shame
And wash away the pain
Aww the pain
[ Kid Rock Lyrics are found on www.songlyrics.com ]

Every road was a dead-end street
Runnin' from the law
And runnin' on empty
You couldn't shake the marks that were left on me

At a roadside bar in Tennessee
I met an angel to rescue me
She rescued me

posted July 08, 2009 12:11 PM         

quote:

---

She wore blue jeans and a rosary
Believed in God and believed in me
All her friends think she's a little crazy
She wears a smile, heart on her sleeve
Don't give a damn what the world thinks of me
She tells me it's all good
She's happy with a bad seed
Happy to be misunderstood

---

posted July 08, 2009 12:13 PM         

I didnt see you there.

Thank you.

Don't mind if I do.

posted July 08, 2009 12:19 PM         

We're both happy with it,
in our own ways, I think.

I'm happy to shoulder the blows,
heart bleeding down my sleeve.
"Every artist needs a nemesis."

You're happy to swim around it,
heart swathed in angel wings,
glowing pink behind the veil.

Me fixed,
you mutable.

posted July 08, 2009 02:02 PM         

quote:

---

zala - i want to thank you for always being supportive person in my life. starting way back when....you have no idea how much your support meant to me 4 years ago when emily had her accident and i went through some really hard things. your friendship has meant a lot to me through the years. i wanted you to know that.

---