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an energy-send to mimi for having the first journal I found that inspired me to create my own, and whose strength of character and creativity always inspire me. xie xie, my friend.
chronicled: 20 feb 99. saturday am.
spinning: "If Anyone Falls" by Stevie Nicks
Misc thoughts:
If something about a person irritates you, it's probably because deep down inside you're really the same way -- you're seeing something in them that touches a nerve about your own self. Nobody likes having a mirror thrust in their face.But the mirror is there now -- will you look away, or face it?
why is it that humans are so quick to add selfishness to their
lives? why is it so easy to become selfish, to want more than you have, and so difficult to appreciate what you have, to lose the beauty in what is here right now and not wantmore. is this such a deeply ingrained aspect of human nature that we have no choice but to lapse intoit? must we always begin taking things for granted?
I've found more role models among women than I have in men. Too many men are stuck on autopilot, flying endless circles around their insecurities and fears, powered by macho posturing, navigated by inflexibility of attitude. Unwilling to see other points of view. They've grown complacent and lazy -- mental & emotional couch potatoes -- from their position of the status quo, the ones dishing it out instead of being on the receiving end. (Any group that has persecuted without tasting persecution themselves is a social dead-end. Are they incapable of learning and evolving?) More men than women are apt to become predators & victimizers, out of touch with or unwilling to see what it's like to be the prey.
The men and women who have been through "battle" -- those are who I look up to.