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lil_monsoon 38F
44 posts
2/23/2007 2:31 am

Last Read:
2/26/2007 2:39 am

What I've Learned Today

I think we are born to be other-seeking beings. After all, we do live in a society that comprises of individuals inevitably interacting with one another. Whether we like it or not, I think that we are not built to live in total, absolute seclusion. Maybe that’s why we seek friends, acceptance, we yearn to travel, or learn a new language, or express emotions such as anger and hate and their counterparts. Maybe that’s why love is always a central theme, the reason why we seek to be with that person.
But, as someone has once so pessimistically told me, at the end of the day we have no one but ourselves to count on. And maybe it’s not just some bitter bout of words but a stingingly cynical reality. Or for the optimists out there, a genuine opportunity for self. A time for “me”. Which ever way you’d like to put it.
And these past few days, I’ve been so caught up in my activities and in all my work stuff that when my world suddenly stopped spinning for just a nanosecond, I found myself alone in the middle of all the noise and the hustle and bustle and people. And I felt sad. For no apparent or logical reason. That made me think whether I can actually be lonely is a sea of people I know quite well, whether I can actually be lost in the familiarity of my everyday. It felt so blah and well, sh[i!1l]tty. I felt like a drone and I realized that I’ve been feeling this way for the past weeks. Sloppy and so dead. True, I’ve been so tangled up with the things I do and chose to do but I couldn’t help but a indistinct hollowness. I realized that I missed being busy with the things I enjoy doing. The sheer high I get, for that giddy feeling, the adrenaline rush, and the contentment you can’t get from doing a chore in a to-do list. I miss jogging under the stars, I miss late night calls, I miss talking to friends about those crushes of mine, I miss reading a good book of my choice (not some class requirement), I miss playing video games with my sister. And being busy with those things is unlike any other busy feeling, it’s a kind of busy that you’d rather be busy with always. I miss being un-alone.

Today, I walked home (another thing I love doing) and I felt aimless. Like I wanted to do something, like go to the mall, or hang out with a friend yet I didn’t feel up to it. Weird. I ended up texting a good friend of mine and things got a tad clearer. A jog also helped. And maybe there are times that we are meant to feel alone because somewhere in that lost feeling we get to understand little by little ourselves and what is and who are important to us.



Celia2005 65F

2/23/2007 11:10 am

hmm i'd been thru..that situation when i was still single.....hmmmm after having one son, a single parent, a working mom..oh my time is short....meaning all the time busy , wherein i can't find time for myself ..i'm just around if uu needed me to bla bla....

Have a nice day !


KYLAN1963 61M
890 posts
2/23/2007 3:49 pm

Like Bro Flip,Flip #2 supports yah. Hope you are OK as is pamilya. Hugzzzzzzz as usual May. As for texts and calls..was that you breathing heavy on the phone again???? Oh oopsie maybe 'FGA' thought it your number heh..^_^ (Peace Bro!).