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	<title>Comments on: Birds Back v2</title>
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	<description>by Patrick Edwards-Daugherty</description>
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		<title>By: Jazi-fay</title>
		<link>http://secretvespers.com/2009/01/07/birds-back-v2/#comment-4961</link>
		<dc:creator>Jazi-fay</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 16:27:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I see it as clouds, not birds. maybe thats just cause I like clouds. .  

I think at some point in our lives we have all been victims of both installments of this picture. 

I know I have.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I see it as clouds, not birds. maybe thats just cause I like clouds. .  </p>
<p>I think at some point in our lives we have all been victims of both installments of this picture. </p>
<p>I know I have.</p>
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		<title>By: Jx.</title>
		<link>http://secretvespers.com/2009/01/07/birds-back-v2/#comment-3254</link>
		<dc:creator>Jx.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 05:12:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sometimes the only reason you leave is because you think no one needs you.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sometimes the only reason you leave is because you think no one needs you.</p>
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		<title>By: MalikTous</title>
		<link>http://secretvespers.com/2009/01/07/birds-back-v2/#comment-2868</link>
		<dc:creator>MalikTous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2009 13:30:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Albatross!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Albatross!</p>
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		<title>By: orinoco womble</title>
		<link>http://secretvespers.com/2009/01/07/birds-back-v2/#comment-2835</link>
		<dc:creator>orinoco womble</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2009 18:06:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Word.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Word.</p>
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		<title>By: Vee</title>
		<link>http://secretvespers.com/2009/01/07/birds-back-v2/#comment-2830</link>
		<dc:creator>Vee</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:05:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>My mother might be thinking this right now. But honestly I left for other reasons, too.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My mother might be thinking this right now. But honestly I left for other reasons, too.</p>
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		<title>By: ritz</title>
		<link>http://secretvespers.com/2009/01/07/birds-back-v2/#comment-2828</link>
		<dc:creator>ritz</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:01:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I guess not.

I usually explain before leaving and I usually ask before or after &quot;being left&quot;.

If I was the one &lt;i&gt;left &lt;/i&gt; and it was made clear that that the other wants to leave me, I wouldn&#039;t consciously (willfully) wait.  

By default, the premise is the other left because he WANTS to leave, so why wait? 

&lt;i&gt;I am a straight-talker so i expect the same from the people I deal with. If the other says he wants to leave, I take it as a decision he has already mulled over.&lt;/i&gt;

Now if he wants to come back, the premise is: if he is capable of contemplating leaving, then he&#039;ll be capable of contemplating going back. I do not need to help him on that aspect.

If at some point he decides to come back, so be it. I am as free to decide as he is when that time comes.

&lt;i&gt;The heart and the brain are there for a reason. I can always listen to both and process what they are telling me at the exact time the one who left has decided to come back. &lt;/i&gt;

Now, if I was the one &lt;i&gt;who left &lt;/i&gt;and I feel like I need to go back, I&#039;ll initiate. However, if after initiating, I am no longer welcome, then I believe I have to respect his choice. &lt;i&gt;That is what he is saying so the premise is, that
is his choice. &lt;/i&gt;

If at some point he wants me back, then he can just say so (given the premise that i&#039;ve already initiated). He is free to express himself as I also have been.

We  can both take it from there after.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I guess not.</p>
<p>I usually explain before leaving and I usually ask before or after &#8220;being left&#8221;.</p>
<p>If I was the one <i>left </i> and it was made clear that that the other wants to leave me, I wouldn&#8217;t consciously (willfully) wait.  </p>
<p>By default, the premise is the other left because he WANTS to leave, so why wait? </p>
<p><i>I am a straight-talker so i expect the same from the people I deal with. If the other says he wants to leave, I take it as a decision he has already mulled over.</i></p>
<p>Now if he wants to come back, the premise is: if he is capable of contemplating leaving, then he&#8217;ll be capable of contemplating going back. I do not need to help him on that aspect.</p>
<p>If at some point he decides to come back, so be it. I am as free to decide as he is when that time comes.</p>
<p><i>The heart and the brain are there for a reason. I can always listen to both and process what they are telling me at the exact time the one who left has decided to come back. </i></p>
<p>Now, if I was the one <i>who left </i>and I feel like I need to go back, I&#8217;ll initiate. However, if after initiating, I am no longer welcome, then I believe I have to respect his choice. <i>That is what he is saying so the premise is, that<br />
is his choice. </i></p>
<p>If at some point he wants me back, then he can just say so (given the premise that i&#8217;ve already initiated). He is free to express himself as I also have been.</p>
<p>We  can both take it from there after.</p>
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