The last one kind of like this needed me to help her run away from a bond that had failed her… We’re still friends, but we weren’t really ready to be lovers, and her current lover was a bit… too physical. She managed to run, he linked with another more suitable for him, and I have some pleasant memories.
I stayed on the edge for a summer, then the choice was made for me and I ran. Can’t say there are no regrets, because summer will come again and a similar situation is sure to arise, but I plan to keep running.
The folly of youth is all the more bittersweet when you know it’s happening, I think.
The heart and the mind may “know” things differently.
When it’s purely mind “knowledge”, it’s easier…. for then you just need to present graphs, timelines, etc. Under close scrutiny, you can prove or disprove things – making evident the folly or the wisdom of the choice you have just made.
It’s difficult though when it’s the heart that “knows” what’s happening. How do you just say “i’m making this decision because I just know”? Responsible people – or at least if one’s trying to be – don’t just make crucial decisions based on “i just know” principles… more so if a lot of other constraints need to be considered lest they inviolate somebody else.
Crucial decisions should always be made by the mind and the heart. If you have both embodiment of knowledge – that of the mind , and that of the heart – and you still choose not to act, that’s when it becomes inexcusable.
Yes, if you ACTUALLY know it’s happening, it’s not just an excusable “folly” anymore–it becomes a choice.
That aside and on another note, isn’t gut feel termed such because whatever’s in “the gut” needs to be processed before it is dispensed of? or absorbed?
What if your knowledge is based on your ‘gut feel’ of what is happening? How do you act on it?
There are things one can easily run from.
There are things that need careful consideration, preparation or cooperation before it’s decided upon.
Sometimes if one wants all efforts – cumulative or independent, emotional investment or years of blood and tears – not be for naught, nor go to waste… sometimes, one needs strong, non-debatable concrete proofs that will hold ground once the decision is made.
Curious then, when one’s waiting for God’s proper timing, should it be considered inaction?
Is it an excusable “folly” – since “gut feel” knowledge isn’t “concrete knowledge” , using the world’s standards?
Is it a choice, just suspended, but later to be acted upon given the proper ingredients and the proper timing?
I chose to run away with him both times. I was hurt after the first, but I still have hope for this time around and I believe in us. If it doesn’t work out again, I’ll have no regrets for running away with him again. How many people can say that they got that chance to have their first real love back?
I found him when I thought I was too jaded to ever feel that way again. I already wanted to run away, so there were no reasons left not to run away with him.
It is better to run to something else, than just away from something.
So many young people in my circle (or who once were) are fleeing blindly forward, running away. They leave us all behind…and leave themselves behind in the process.
Someday you will be out of breath. What will you do when you run out of “aways” and can’t run anymore?
Sit down. Have some tea. Let us talk.
There’s time.
I love what orinoco womble said.
I wish older people would -give- me that sense of security though, more often. it seems i’m forever discovering the infancy of adulthood, though..
…maybe we run away because we can’t deal with the fact that we don’t -know- more things? we were told all our life that adults knew everything, but now we see they -don’t-. we don’t, either. (new adults as we are). no wonder we run away..
…i wish people in general .. i wish we could sit down and have tea and talk more often, yes. but really, not just.. a tiny bit. like really. really, really, really talk.
i think i am on the verge of opposite extremes a lot.
i have this all-or-nothing approach to things a lot of the time. i hate it.
i run away WITH people i believe in, no matter if the world tells me i shouldn’t.
this goes the same way for beliefs, concepts, convictions.
i run away FROM people who do not understand what boundaries are all about. i create a distance so they’ll understand that i don’t wanna be controlled. that i can stay away if i want to. that i will opt to stay away rather than be close, boxed.
… in my book, that’s what matters most. i’d rather a wayward spirit choose to take the path towards me when or if he chooses to. rather than have someone always close at hand, just because he’s such a coward to find his way out.
freedom of choice. free will. ain’t that what life should really all about?
this goes the same way for beliefs, concepts, convictions… and the right to live.
i run away WITH people i believe in, no matter if the world tells me i shouldn’t.
this goes the same way for beliefs, concepts, convictions.
i run away FROM people who do not understand what boundaries are all about. i create a distance so they’ll understand that i don’t wanna be controlled. that i can stay away if i want to. that i will opt to stay away rather than be close, boxed.
… in my book, that’s what matters most. i’d rather a wayward spirit choose to take the path towards me when or if he chooses to. rather than have someone always close at hand, just because he’s such a coward to find his way out.
freedom of choice. free will. ain’t that what life should really be all about?
this goes the same way for beliefs, concepts, convictions… and the right to live.
My life, my days
are repeatitive series-
black and white,
no choices inbetween.
The doctors say it is common
but I choose to refuse them.
When I first fell in love with my fiance, things were like this.Still are, in fact. It was such an intense love that I knew I’d have little choices.
Whoa … this one sucker punched me in the stomach. :S
There was this guy …
You see, I was lying on the floor in a tiny room in Ishoej.
And it was it.
I ran away.
(I can’t say I don’t have any regrets… but I cling on this feeling that I can run back. Yeah.)
If you’re not on the verge of both, you’re doing it wrong.
Last summer. I ran away, and now I know that it was for the best.
I know that in years to come I’ll look back and laugh at how young I was, but for now it’s still kind of fresh.
I think I should have run away once, but I didn’t, and now all I’m doing is chasing shadows.
The last one kind of like this needed me to help her run away from a bond that had failed her… We’re still friends, but we weren’t really ready to be lovers, and her current lover was a bit… too physical. She managed to run, he linked with another more suitable for him, and I have some pleasant memories.
im ethier heading to new york in the fall. or staying home indefinitely.
if i let myself love you, i’ll ethier be leaving or you wont love me back
I stayed on the edge for a summer, then the choice was made for me and I ran. Can’t say there are no regrets, because summer will come again and a similar situation is sure to arise, but I plan to keep running.
The folly of youth is all the more bittersweet when you know it’s happening, I think.
If you know it’s happening, it’s not just an excusable “folly” anymore–it becomes a choice.
The heart and the mind may “know” things differently.
When it’s purely mind “knowledge”, it’s easier…. for then you just need to present graphs, timelines, etc. Under close scrutiny, you can prove or disprove things – making evident the folly or the wisdom of the choice you have just made.
It’s difficult though when it’s the heart that “knows” what’s happening. How do you just say “i’m making this decision because I just know”? Responsible people – or at least if one’s trying to be – don’t just make crucial decisions based on “i just know” principles… more so if a lot of other constraints need to be considered lest they inviolate somebody else.
Crucial decisions should always be made by the mind and the heart. If you have both embodiment of knowledge – that of the mind , and that of the heart – and you still choose not to act, that’s when it becomes inexcusable.
Yes, if you ACTUALLY know it’s happening, it’s not just an excusable “folly” anymore–it becomes a choice.
That aside and on another note, isn’t gut feel termed such because whatever’s in “the gut” needs to be processed before it is dispensed of? or absorbed?
What if your knowledge is based on your ‘gut feel’ of what is happening? How do you act on it?
There are things one can easily run from.
There are things that need careful consideration, preparation or cooperation before it’s decided upon.
Sometimes if one wants all efforts – cumulative or independent, emotional investment or years of blood and tears – not be for naught, nor go to waste… sometimes, one needs strong, non-debatable concrete proofs that will hold ground once the decision is made.
Curious then, when one’s waiting for God’s proper timing, should it be considered inaction?
Is it an excusable “folly” – since “gut feel” knowledge isn’t “concrete knowledge” , using the world’s standards?
Is it a choice, just suspended, but later to be acted upon given the proper ingredients and the proper timing?
What’s folly?
What’s choice?
What’s inexcusable?
What’s excusable?
I chose to run away with him both times. I was hurt after the first, but I still have hope for this time around and I believe in us. If it doesn’t work out again, I’ll have no regrets for running away with him again. How many people can say that they got that chance to have their first real love back?
I found him when I thought I was too jaded to ever feel that way again. I already wanted to run away, so there were no reasons left not to run away with him.
It is better to run to something else, than just away from something.
So many young people in my circle (or who once were) are fleeing blindly forward, running away. They leave us all behind…and leave themselves behind in the process.
Someday you will be out of breath. What will you do when you run out of “aways” and can’t run anymore?
Sit down. Have some tea. Let us talk.
There’s time.
Run away *to* home.
Have you ever been on the verge of both the opposite extremes?
Not just on the verge.
I ran away with him.
…So i could understand why i need to run away from him.
I love what orinoco womble said.
I wish older people would -give- me that sense of security though, more often. it seems i’m forever discovering the infancy of adulthood, though..
…maybe we run away because we can’t deal with the fact that we don’t -know- more things? we were told all our life that adults knew everything, but now we see they -don’t-. we don’t, either. (new adults as we are). no wonder we run away..
…i wish people in general .. i wish we could sit down and have tea and talk more often, yes. but really, not just.. a tiny bit. like really. really, really, really talk.
i think i am on the verge of opposite extremes a lot.
i have this all-or-nothing approach to things a lot of the time. i hate it.
i run away WITH people i believe in, no matter if the world tells me i shouldn’t.
this goes the same way for beliefs, concepts, convictions.
i run away FROM people who do not understand what boundaries are all about. i create a distance so they’ll understand that i don’t wanna be controlled. that i can stay away if i want to. that i will opt to stay away rather than be close, boxed.
… in my book, that’s what matters most. i’d rather a wayward spirit choose to take the path towards me when or if he chooses to. rather than have someone always close at hand, just because he’s such a coward to find his way out.
freedom of choice. free will. ain’t that what life should really all about?
this goes the same way for beliefs, concepts, convictions… and the right to live.
i run away WITH people i believe in, no matter if the world tells me i shouldn’t.
this goes the same way for beliefs, concepts, convictions.
i run away FROM people who do not understand what boundaries are all about. i create a distance so they’ll understand that i don’t wanna be controlled. that i can stay away if i want to. that i will opt to stay away rather than be close, boxed.
… in my book, that’s what matters most. i’d rather a wayward spirit choose to take the path towards me when or if he chooses to. rather than have someone always close at hand, just because he’s such a coward to find his way out.
freedom of choice. free will. ain’t that what life should really be all about?
this goes the same way for beliefs, concepts, convictions… and the right to live.