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The trouble of having identity
Having a body in life makes us easy to identify and define, we are assigned names to actually help distinguish us from each other, and we can see each other as individuals who we can recognise, there is not much totally anonymous communication (even with the internet, we still end up becoming identified, if only by username). A problem though I find is that as an individual we're all automatically entered into society and all taken into account, sometimes I wonder if taking me into account actually causes more harm and inconvenience and worry than it does good - people need not worry about me, I'll be ok whatever happens, but they will take me into account because I'm there...

Another harder thing though is that as an individual, intentions, and reactions to things, can sometimes be assumed to be more like what an average/stereotypical person would do in that situation... that can cause unnecessary worry. In the end it's not necessary, but I wonder if I would be more able to do what I want to do if was faceless and nameless and forgotten, like the voices some people get in their heads - they don't have name or identity (don't know the limits - could be more than one), but they still exist, and are not feared. I cannot become that yet, but in life I get more oppertunities, and I'll make the best I can with what I've got.
I don't care if my name fades into obscurity, or if I'd make myself invisible, there's more important things than that
 
 
   
 

Lawlie's Reaction
Many of my friends recommended that I show my last entry to my husband, and, since it was up when he came home today, I told him to come in and read what was on my screen.  I sneaked a peak at his reaction while he was reading it, and he was grinning all over his face. Of course, he pretended to act like he didn't like it by saying, "Are you silly or something, posting such things online for all the world to see? Did you just run out of things to blog about or what?"

But I knew he was extremely pleased behind the bluster.

Thanks again to all of my friends for the favorable reaction.  You are the best!

Bonnie
 
 
 

   
A few words

Gentle, darkness, quieted soul, filtered programming, redundant features still enacted.

 
 
   
 

"See you." "Later."
That was probably the least-painful breakup I have ever and will ever experience in my life. All right, so perhaps I can't make predictions like that, but...I'm rather stunned at how that went.

The hardest part's probably just going to be adjusting to the change, because I think it hasn't really hit me yet. I have the weirdest reaction times. I was totally weird all week about this, so that may have been all the reaction I'll have. Or it may suddenly lay me flat three weeks out from now. I really don't know.

That also went a lot easier with my mom, too. My mom's been the biggest advocate of us staying together despite this rather crucial difference. I was kind of preparing myself for a battle there, as well. Instead, she just expressed surprise that I wasn't more upset, and that she'd miss him. I'm going to miss him, too - and there wasn't a whole lot of reason to get mad.

I really need something to get busy on. Fortunately, I have quite the list.
 
 
 

   
Be yourself!
Sounds simple, right?  Well... reality says different...

It's simple enough to be yourself when you're alone, but add in the influence of others and most of us will find we are sometimes astonished at who we become. 

As sentient beings, we have the power to notice and control our attention.  Peoples words and actions do not have ultimate power that makes us slaves of our egocentric selves, they only serve as a stimulus for reaction.  To learn to quiet and ignore reaction is to learn to turn off the static in our perception of others, and ultimately ourselves. 

How we act in the world defines who we are.  Who will you choose to be today?

 
 
   
 

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