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That "why." Do we ever really know? Why does it matter?
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<blockquote data-quote="Scent of Cedar *" data-source="post: 673289" data-attributes="member: 17461"><p>No. It requires bravery to question what we were taught, on pain of shunning in whatever degree, was the right way to think about ourselves and our situations. This means Leafy, that you are being totally brave to taste and confront and question reality as you were taught it.</p><p></p><p>This is what bravery feels like then, Leafy.</p><p></p><p>"<em>Let me win. If I cannot win, let me be brave."</em></p><p></p><p><em>Patrick Kennedy</em></p><p><em>Special Olympics Chair</em></p><p></p><p><em></em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>That is the feeling, when we recognize the cheapness of the win we have suffered over for all of our lives. That cheap, power-over grandiosity that, once we see it, we do not unsee. Then, we see it in their smallest actions...and all we really see is the love that never was, and that is a sadness for us.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>What it might have been; what it should have been. What everyone else has, and we do not.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Huh.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>We have shunning. We have stupidly competitive game playing that wastes our time of our lives with its meaninglessness to us.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Wasted, that time, those times when we gave them our time of our lives because we did not believe the first time, when they told us, with great clarity, who they are.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>We are not them.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Count our blessings.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>I am stuck in italics again Copa, and no matter how many times I push the blue button, I am still in italics.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Cedar</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scent of Cedar *, post: 673289, member: 17461"] No. It requires bravery to question what we were taught, on pain of shunning in whatever degree, was the right way to think about ourselves and our situations. This means Leafy, that you are being totally brave to taste and confront and question reality as you were taught it. This is what bravery feels like then, Leafy. "[I]Let me win. If I cannot win, let me be brave."[/I] [I]Patrick Kennedy Special Olympics Chair[/I] [I] That is the feeling, when we recognize the cheapness of the win we have suffered over for all of our lives. That cheap, power-over grandiosity that, once we see it, we do not unsee. Then, we see it in their smallest actions...and all we really see is the love that never was, and that is a sadness for us. What it might have been; what it should have been. What everyone else has, and we do not. Huh. We have shunning. We have stupidly competitive game playing that wastes our time of our lives with its meaninglessness to us. Wasted, that time, those times when we gave them our time of our lives because we did not believe the first time, when they told us, with great clarity, who they are. We are not them. Count our blessings. I am stuck in italics again Copa, and no matter how many times I push the blue button, I am still in italics. Cedar [/I] [/QUOTE]
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