Comments on: State of Mind (warning: long post) http://recluse.me/2007/11/state-of-mind-warning-long-post/ The great paradox of the writer's life is how much time he spends alone trying to connect with other people. ~ Betsy Lerner Wed, 28 Apr 2010 04:11:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: PJ http://recluse.me/2007/11/state-of-mind-warning-long-post/comment-page-1/#comment-1699 PJ Wed, 21 Nov 2007 13:31:42 +0000 http://nubiana.co.uk/2007/11/17/state-of-mind-warning-long-post/#comment-1699 Thanks for your insight, I was hoping that you'd respond to my cry for help. You're right - I don't want to be like everyone else, but I'm scared of the alternative. I think you'll know when you've met the right woman; it won't feel so difficult to love. Thanks for your insight, I was hoping that you’d respond to my cry for help. You’re right – I don’t want to be like everyone else, but I’m scared of the alternative. I think you’ll know when you’ve met the right woman; it won’t feel so difficult to love.

]]> By: BV http://recluse.me/2007/11/state-of-mind-warning-long-post/comment-page-1/#comment-1677 BV Sun, 18 Nov 2007 21:20:16 +0000 http://nubiana.co.uk/2007/11/17/state-of-mind-warning-long-post/#comment-1677 You know what John Lennon said: Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans. Of course he could say that...the artistic temperament worked out rather well for him (well, up until a certain day in December). There's a reason why most people who have been successful creating tell others, if there's anything else you can possibly do, for your own sake, do it. I write because (well, this is one of the reasons) it's the only way I can possibly see of working out the kinks of my own life. I suspect part of you doesn't want to be like everybody else. Sometimes I've thought about staying with someone whom I could enjoy more than I enjoy listening to this little voice in my head. But there's always part of me that knows I would never be completely happy in that situation. Then again, maybe I just haven't found the right woman yet. You know what John Lennon said: Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans. Of course he could say that…the artistic temperament worked out rather well for him (well, up until a certain day in December).

There’s a reason why most people who have been successful creating tell others, if there’s anything else you can possibly do, for your own sake, do it.

I write because (well, this is one of the reasons) it’s the only way I can possibly see of working out the kinks of my own life.

I suspect part of you doesn’t want to be like everybody else. Sometimes I’ve thought about staying with someone whom I could enjoy more than I enjoy listening to this little voice in my head.

But there’s always part of me that knows I would never be completely happy in that situation. Then again, maybe I just haven’t found the right woman yet.

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