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Re: of visits and hits-part II
Posted by Emil (Guest) squaremoon@emilsdiary.com - Saturday, October 29 2005, 1:13:21 (CEST)
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I have to admit that a part of me resents those who just kind of linger in the eaves like spirits one can't see, but whose presence can certainly be felt.
AND this coming from one who posts his diary online for all to see!
But I feel this way about inside assyria because this is a FORUM- a space that is provided by the administrators for dialogue. It's all more immediate...
This part of me of which I speak feels cheated.
And yet another part of me UNDERSTANDS. It's not comfortable for most of us to engage so openly in public discussions. I know it has not been easy for ME. It never has. I would rather hang out in the margins than to make myself so vulnerable, AND in writing to boot- where I may spell something incorrectly, and make a FOOL of myself. And what if what I say sounds comparatively FOOLISH...
I must have read this forum for an entire year before it felt RIGHT for me to CONTRIBUTE.
What a SCARY thing! To express one's very own ideas and thoughts. I don't know about you guys but I was brought up NOT to speak up, NOT to express myself, NOT to ask for help, or make OTHERS uncomfortable. We were to RESPECT our elders, I suppose, even while they sucked the air well out of the room.
I guess it takes small steps for each and every one of us to overcome our fears and feelings of awkwardness.
But WHAT IF someone challenges us, disagrees with us, steps on us, shoots us down, HURTS OUR FEELINGS?
So what? It's a DISCUSSION. At least that's what I try to remember. A DISCUSSION, not an AUDITION. Or a PAGEANT.
Here's what one of my dictionaries defines as discussion:
dis·cus·sion (di skushÆÃn), n.
an act or instance of discussing; consideration or examination by argument, comment, etc., esp. to explore solutions; informal debate.
So, if you're here and if you're reading this, and you're dying to introduce yourself, or to share YOUR EXPERIENCE, I know it's scary, but you're more than WELCOME to do so.
I don't think anybody's gonna bite. I know I won't.
And if someone DOES disagree with what you have to say (Beezlebub, Ahem!) it's all in the spirit of INFORMAL DEBATE. Nothing to be taken personally. Don't let it ruin your day.
Take your time.
Do what FEELS right to YOU.
But for crying outloud! DON'T take FOREVER!



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