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I thought about this one a lot in order to better understand its meaning.
The pronoun switch was distracting (and the misuse of an apostrophe), but I like the message.
An Aries Knows (this site is more fun when people read and comment)
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I thought about this one a lot in order to better understand its meaning.
The pronoun switch was distracting (and the misuse of an apostrophe), but I like the message.
One of these really made me cry but I’m sick
I hope you feel better soon.
I’m not sure about the one about lonely people either.
I hope I wouldn’t choke anyone who was kind enough to embrace me?
I will have to give that some thought.
After I thought about it, I decided it didn’t mean an actual physical embrace, because I can’t imagine withholding that from a lonely person. I thought of people I’ve known who cling to the very thing they express sadness/discontent/frustration with in their lives. They become so comfortable in whatever that is, e.g., regret, grief, anger, jealousy, bitterness, that they perpetuate it.
To be a friend or colleague or nonprofessional (as in not a therapist) with a person like that is often to be sucked into their cycle of unhappiness, in this case, loneliness. When it becomes their burden but also their comfort zone, no matter how you might try to alleviate it, you can’t, and if you eventually stop trying, then for them, YOU become yet another example of why they are lonely. You weren’t there when they called/reached out/asked if you would go somewhere or do something with them. You have other friends, family, commitments, and they resent those.
I don’t know the context of the material this particular quote came from, and I was first struck by the art, then I realized how much it was making me think (because it jarred me). That’s why I saved it–if it makes me stop and analyze, it’s for sure going to be useful in some way–either in my own experience or a character’s.
Mom and Dad’s Michelle brown and white King Charles Spaniel (the one Mom says read the correct book when Molly the black and white King Charles Spaniel read the how to be a guard dog spaniel book) passed away yesterday morning from an enlarged heart that affected her breathing. Mom and Dad took her to the vet earlier because her breathing was off and she went off eating her food and drinking from the pond. I thought she might have caught a cold or perhaps even covid. But she died from an enlarged heart she always showed. They both would show up at a party with no gifts and still be the love of the party. My most memorable photos of the two were on a bench swing, or laying on the porch on a sunny day or Molly watching Michelle’s WWI Flying Ace fighting the Red Barron impression while they were playing in the snow.
Dogs… Nothing better to make us laugh, fill our hearts, occupy us, brighten our days, love us, teach us, break our hearts when they leave, and give us so many memories to cherish.
I’m sorry to hear about Michelle.