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I'm Nobody! Who are you?
Are you — Nobody — Too?
Then there's a pair of us!
Don't tell! they'd advertise — you know!
How dreary — to be — Somebody!
How public — like a Frog —
To tell one's name — the livelong June —
To an admiring Bog!
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"Tale" er parlamentets staffasje
"Tårer" - nervenes knep
Men hjertet som bærer den tyngste byrden
beveger seg ikke alltid
"Speech" — is a prank of Parliament —
"Tears" — is a trick of the nerve —
But the Heart with the heaviest freight on —
Doesn't — always — move —
Emily Dickinson
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I understand, perhaps more than I would care to say
I too did not come here to blog about myself. Dylan was the draw surely. I did not even put up all that listy stuff on my site to promote me, rather it was to humanize the 'philosophy instructor,' so I could be seen as more than that merely. I believe there is a big misunderstanding, or perhaps something profound I am missing. Knowing oneself is hard, and to face our self isn't easy. We do all have a history, and a past, and are more than the sum total of all of our experiences. Yet many are untrue to themselves. Many are not willing to look in the mirror, and see the flaws and all. Some are in a world of illusion. Yet I am still trying to actualize the potential within. Thus the self is a never ending project of life experiences. Embrace the positive, and try to come to terms with the negativity. I know what it is like to build a wall and then tear it down to blab endlessly about that which I refused to face, even with myself. Balance is the key, and it seems you have found this harmony, since you are very positive, uplifting and open. So, as you say: be yourself. Nobody does it better.
Jen
**know thyself**
Jen0Sophia...
You say: Know thyself. It means know yourself right? And yeah perhaps it helps many times to know yourself... But I think living is more important. I would gladly trade all the knowledge I have about myself for a life where you go through its ups and downs and where you don't know much about yourself but you learn bit by by as the years go by. I know myself as if I had been around for 60-80 years and gotten to know myself through the years but that alone doesn't make me happy.
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Honest girl!
Thanks for your compliments!
I have deleted this blog many times in my mind. Why am I here sharing my life with you like this? I don't have to come here and be this open and honest but the thing is: I come here being me. That's the truth. :) I try to be less honest really. I am not convinced being as honest and open as me is the way to go...
I have a history like we all do but mine is a bit different perhaps. I have been troubled as long as I can remember and I have been trying to solve myself all my life really. That's how it started. I had to find out what was wrong with me...
And I turned into this superhonest and open person. And when the doctors got hold of me and called me insane I just had to go on being as honest and open as I could because I had to prove they were wrong. And I did!
But why I come here and tell you about it? I didn't plan to really. It just happened. I came here to talk about Bob Dylan...
Brilliant poem selection
Who are you? the caterpillar asked Alice. Who ARE you? Being is a complicated question. We could assume that we are somebody, yet I always make an a** of myself and others that way. How dreary indeed to be somebody or just anybody. The imagery is spot on. I am not very big on being on display, yet I am very open about who I am. I did admire the way in which you have very openly let the folks here into your world. I am equally impressed with the way you generously share your kindness with others. I know you have been hit with many compliments, yet please do not feel burdened by my saying what is the case. I am not as open as I imagined, though appearances speak otherwise. I was thinking, after reading a number of your posts, how incredibly open and honest you are, and most importantly, positive and uplifting, even when the topic may not be. I was worried about your cat, and I hope your cat is well. I am in process of a cat ‘rescue’ in that I am responsible for finding stray cats in the woods near my home, and with the help of a veterinarian, we spay/neuter them. I have so many cats because so many folks are unkind and just release their unwanted pets into the nearest ‘wild’ space. I cannot keep any more here, since I have 6 cats in my colony now, so this new guy must move on to a shelter. I hope he finds a new home that is better than his last surely. This is the first step to his new future. I am having difficulty with being as open as you have been. I am grateful for your presence here, and had to let you know. And it would be easier to just be nobody. Yet that I am, that I exist, is the most self-evident truth there is. Who am I? Now this question is not so easy to answer.
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Jen
**know thyself**