posted August 04, 2006 11:47 PM         

"I don't think your old friends knew you at all.

Thank God you didn't understand them."

It was the most wonderful, freeing, understanding, life saving, light shining thing that anyone has ever said to me.

What did he say to you?

(Feel free to repost any of his brilliance here)

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posted August 05, 2006 03:01 AM           

http://www.linda-goodman.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/006741.html

posted August 05, 2006 01:03 PM           

This is embarrassing, in the very best way.

I have actually just had the best week of my life,
although I am rather down at the moment,
and it was such a nice surprise to find this thread.

Thank You.

And thanks to everyone who posted.

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'Would you know your Lord's meaning in this thing? Know it well. Love was his meaning. Who showed it to you? Love. What did he show you? Love. Why did he show it? For love. Keep yourself therein and you shall know and understand more in the same. But you shall never know nor understand any other thing, forever.'
- Julian of Norwich

posted August 05, 2006 04:29 PM           

I always get the feeling that everything you say comes straight from your heart.

Thank you for your kindness, your wisdom, your sincerity.

Love,
GLLF

posted August 05, 2006 09:29 PM           

I do my best to speak from the heart...

Well, not my BEST.
That would require infinite revision,
or many lifetimes of silent meditation,
for which, I confess, I havent the patience,
or the will/inclination; whichever it is.
Few people do.

I do tend to re-edit my posts,
often more than a dozen times,
in order to express my meaning.
I do this, mostly, because I care,
and because I value my perspective immensely.
I despise false modesty as much as arrogance.

Everything is deeply personal, and highly impersonal, to me. I try to reconcile the depths with the heights, and find myself frequently misunderstood. Love me or hate me, I will tell you the truth, and I would rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not. I am never phony, but I contain contradictions. Some might call me a hippocrite for saying loving things, and turning around and saying foolish things, or speaking unflattering truths, but I am the same person I've always been, - it is not my fault if others form wrong impressions of me, or cannot bear to hear a truth which plainly refuses to flatter their egos. My weaknesses are no refutation of my strengths, and my honesty is never as insensitive as it appears.

I would ask those who would judge me to consider this: That I ascend to the heights.
And that, "The higher the monkey climbs, the more he shows his ass." I am not afraid to show my ass, but I am terrified of not climbing.

I quote others profusely, because I value the thoughts of many others just as much as I value my own. I repeat myself because I believe repetition is the best way to teach. I want you to remember my words, and the words of the wise, whom I quote, and whom you may not have the time, or whatever, to encounter on your own.

I thank, from the bottom of my heart, anyone who would take their time to read my posts.

posted August 05, 2006 09:52 PM           

I had hardly posted all week until a couple of days ago, when I posted some things on Universal Codes which have created an uproar, to my dismay. I do not see how what I have said could be construed as unkind, although, this is clearly what happened. I merely refused to honor the politically correct philosophies so popular in our time, which prescribe that a liberal dose of lip-service be paid to the views of anyone with whom we disagree. I respect people, but not their erroneous views. I make a distinction between a person and the views they hold dear. If I believe a person is ignorant in some regard, I will not sugar-coat my expression of this belief. I will say, "you are ignorant". If someone cannot stomach the possibility that they themselves may in fact be uninformed in some regard, that is not my concern. It only begins to concern me when that indigestion causes them to vomit their indignation all over me, and to accuse me of self-righteousness. But I do not wish to pride myself unduly on the accuracy of my perceptions. I only wish to speak them without unnecessary mitigation.

Some truths are relative, and some are definitive. Sometimes there is no right or wrong, but, sometimes you are right and I am wrong, and, sometimes, believe it or not, I am right and you are wrong.

It doesn't mean that I am in a bad way, if I refuse to engage in misguided diplomatic pretense. I am no politician, and this is no popularity contest. I am a philosopher in search of truth, and, when I believe I have discovered an uncommon gem of truth, yes, I do see myself as something of a prophet (often, a reluctant one), whose duty it is to speak that truth, however unpopular it may be - indeed, especially when it is unpopular; for that is when it most needs to be heard. I would not hoard my discoveries for anything in the world.

hsc

posted August 05, 2006 10:27 PM           

quote:

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I just spent the week with the most wonderful girl in the world, laughing almost constantly, and only ceasing to laugh in order to sigh, speak and whisper sweet nothings, engage in meaningful dialogues, and make love.

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posted August 06, 2006 12:55 AM           

**(this is post # 88,888 in ffa)

posted August 06, 2006 06:09 AM         

Petron... 88,888????????

Oh, Hsc, you are just grumpy because you miss your gf!

posted August 06, 2006 02:34 PM           

Ah, but you forgot to say "melody says".

Oh, Hsc, you are just grumpy because you miss your gf!

There's some truth to that.

Diplomatic!?!? (Said in my best italian gansta voice...) 'Are you talkin' ta ME?'

Not necessarily.
I dont speak to individuals, as such.
I speak to whomever the shoe fits.
If the shoe does not fit you, Melody,
by all means, cast it aside,
and do not imagine that it was meant for you.

posted August 06, 2006 07:31 PM           

That's why we love him!

Thanks for being you HSC.

Here are two songs that oddly, when they play, make me think of you. Not exactly sure why. I know youre a fellow ween fan, I guess.

Chocolate Town

Couldn't taste the taste that I was tastin'

Couldn't hear the waste that I was makin'

Tired of the life I was facin'

Couldn't tell one from another

Couldn't hide a secret from my mother

Any other mother wouldn't bother

Makin' time breakin' ground

Sail brown bay to chocolate town

Got me on the porch I'm in the front row

Says "sh!t's for real man" like I don't know

Get your punk @ss back to the dog show...

Makin' time breakin' ground

Sail brown bay to chocolate town

A new breath I feel the grip releasin'

Scraping my guts off of the ceiling

I've got that sunny bunny feeling

Makin' time breakin' ground

Sail brown bay to chocolate town

Makin' time breakin' ground

Greyhound bus to chocolate town...

If You Could Save Yourself (You'd Save Us All)

On a free ride home from the embassy
I saw the governor, and his lover holding hands
When I got to my place, I emptied my suitcase
And opened the windows wide

If you could save yourself, you'd save us all
Is that what you called me for, is that why you're knocking on my door?
The time I've spent, working myself to death
Thought that's what you wanted
I thought you needed my help
To make it good again, to make us strong
To make you happy, to push you along
And gain some respect, to be thrown a crumb
I was on my knees, when you knocked me down

The wheels fell off, the bottom dropped out
The checks all bounced, I came in your mouth
Your mother came calling but there was no one around
The trash caught fire when the leaves turned brown
The vultures were circling when the circus left town
I left you a note but I wrote it in disappearing ink

posted August 07, 2006 01:52 AM           

It felt so profound to me at the time. Truly. I don't even know if he knows how much.
I was so very touched that he would be so empathetic in heart as to see something that it seemed no one else, not even I (completely) saw.
The path I was journeying, aligned right alongside his words and carried them with me on my further travelings. It wasn't exclusively life-altering, but it joined and expanded something within me. I now seek others who cherish me, humanity and all... Place/give my heart in Sacred places of Cherish and hope for Understanding.

He has a special gift, of feeling other people's place (their sighs and hopes) and understanding.

thank you, Stephen.

posted August 07, 2006 03:16 AM           

She was fed up with conflicts errupting at LL,
and was telling us she was about to leave.

I said:

VTT,

You are an angel
You have wings
Not everybody does
I beg you to use them now
Not to fly away
But to rise above it

I think thats one of the best things I ever said.

*pats self on back*
*blushes sheepishly*
*holds head high*
"smiles like a child*

posted August 07, 2006 03:21 AM           

You are all so beautiful,
I can't even talk.

Yeah,
I'm speechless,
believe it or not.

posted August 07, 2006 09:29 AM           

I love your childlike self-love. It's adorable. You know your own strengths, you 'big them up' at every opportunity, but you know your faults too.

You see the beauty in others as well as yourself. Yet you are truthful. Not many can achieve this.

People say the truth hurts. No. The truth, if it really is the truth, the pure truth, never hurts. And that's why your words are special.

posted August 07, 2006 10:16 AM           

"I dont think you are a black sheep at all.
You're not even a strange duck.
You're just a perfect swan."

i hafta admit i just stared at my screen for awhile and walked away not sure of what to say then i thanked you later, clumsily, on another thread.
me, not different, not strange, just perfect.
sighing...........
what a PERFECT thing to say, to one who,at that moment prior, felt so flawed.