My soul mirror
Apr. 29th, 2008 09:58 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
susandennisYesterday I was trying to explain to Barbara and ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
machupicchu the other-than-sheer entertainment value that the community of Live Journal affords me. I've never been able to successfully define this to anyone else and I didn't do much better yesterday and probably won't here but he did give me a couple of examples to work with.
My Mom used to say that if you never married, you'd never have anyone to tell you that your slip was showing.
When you live alone and as relatively isolated as I do, you have to seek and find people to tell you when your slip is showing. That's what LJ does for me.
People read my entries and let me know with questions and comments that make me think about things differently or just make me think about things I would not or knock me off my self satisfied pedestal when I need it.pheon was great at this. He questioned and he offered up opposing views quietly and gently and oh so effectively. He died in a car wreck about 18 months ago and I still will write an entry every now and again and think 'wonder what Andy would say about this!' I wonder what he'd say about this one!
I also very much appreciate and need the validation I get from LJ - reading other peoples' journals and comments to my own. Sometimes I really do not know if I am on the right track or out in left field.
Yesterday Matthew asked me if I knew of many women my age who worked in IT. At the time I could not think of a one. Since then I've come up with a few - a couple on my LJ friends list. But, the question has stayed with me beyond what he asked. It points out how very lucky I have been in finding my niche in the world. I cannot imagine my life without computers - work life or other life. What if, because of my age or gender, I missed the byte boat??!! I never thought about it that way before and I'm sure glad I did.
And, he also offered up a great example in my own life of why my saying 'never' is as leaky as a sieve. For about 58 years I said and believed with every fiber of my being that I would never ever ever join a gym and most certainly would not start 6 days out of 7 in on one. And yet...
Looking back on that last night, I realized that several folks reading this journal had made much the same comment. Sometimes my soul mirror is foggy and I have to be shown stuff more than once.
I started keeping a journal here in 2002. At the time, I knew no one here and did not even really grasp the community part of the deal. I learned fast and while I still appreciate a good place to leave my daily journal thoughts, this is so much bigger. My LJ family is the perfect family. Many come for short visits. None stay for dinner (unless - bless their hearts- they bring it!). There are no holiday obligations.
The more I put in the more I get out and the better I am for it all. I know I have peops to tell me when my slip is showing. Thank you.
machupicchu the other-than-sheer entertainment value that the community of Live Journal affords me. I've never been able to successfully define this to anyone else and I didn't do much better yesterday and probably won't here but he did give me a couple of examples to work with.My Mom used to say that if you never married, you'd never have anyone to tell you that your slip was showing.
When you live alone and as relatively isolated as I do, you have to seek and find people to tell you when your slip is showing. That's what LJ does for me.
People read my entries and let me know with questions and comments that make me think about things differently or just make me think about things I would not or knock me off my self satisfied pedestal when I need it.
pheon was great at this. He questioned and he offered up opposing views quietly and gently and oh so effectively. He died in a car wreck about 18 months ago and I still will write an entry every now and again and think 'wonder what Andy would say about this!' I wonder what he'd say about this one!I also very much appreciate and need the validation I get from LJ - reading other peoples' journals and comments to my own. Sometimes I really do not know if I am on the right track or out in left field.
Yesterday Matthew asked me if I knew of many women my age who worked in IT. At the time I could not think of a one. Since then I've come up with a few - a couple on my LJ friends list. But, the question has stayed with me beyond what he asked. It points out how very lucky I have been in finding my niche in the world. I cannot imagine my life without computers - work life or other life. What if, because of my age or gender, I missed the byte boat??!! I never thought about it that way before and I'm sure glad I did.
And, he also offered up a great example in my own life of why my saying 'never' is as leaky as a sieve. For about 58 years I said and believed with every fiber of my being that I would never ever ever join a gym and most certainly would not start 6 days out of 7 in on one. And yet...
Looking back on that last night, I realized that several folks reading this journal had made much the same comment. Sometimes my soul mirror is foggy and I have to be shown stuff more than once.
I started keeping a journal here in 2002. At the time, I knew no one here and did not even really grasp the community part of the deal. I learned fast and while I still appreciate a good place to leave my daily journal thoughts, this is so much bigger. My LJ family is the perfect family. Many come for short visits. None stay for dinner (unless - bless their hearts- they bring it!). There are no holiday obligations.
The more I put in the more I get out and the better I am for it all. I know I have peops to tell me when my slip is showing. Thank you.
