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Aine -> RE: what age are you (9/18/2006 12:14:54 PM)
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ORIGINAL: LaTigresse
Dear mons, they obviously don't understand your learning disability and how to read "thru" it to the meaning of what you are asking. Aside from that..........
I have known of others that have the same situation as you, inner child of the age they began to be abused with an exteriour persona that protects the inner. With some people it can be very destructive, fortunately it sounds like you have been able to channel everything into a positive force. Very awsome!
It's funny that you brought that up because I had a long talk to someone that I have known for a very long time the other day. As they were getting ready to leave they said something so funny to me about myself. How they find it so interesting that I can "enjoy the moment" without letting the fear of what others might think, much like a child. )Ex. stuff like a snowball fight, carnival rides etc..) I also do a great job of being a highly functioning adult. Yet, they have always said I have an old soul also. I don't think about it much because it's just who I am but they find it an intriguing combination.
Most are unaware of mon's situation, as am I. Not that it is something to be aired here unless she wants to speak of it. I agree, it's often hard to understand the points, but if people would have a little patience to re-read mon's posts as I often do, they might be able to come to a possible understanding of what she says.
Being a very nice person that I've noticed, people need to take a bit more care in what they say to mon and others. Try mulling over in your minds as many possibilities as you can as to why a person comes off as they do. Instead of jumping to conclusions and being rude as all get out while saying you're not trying to be. Some people are for various reasons not as capable with words as other people are. (And yes, some are just lazy, which mon is not)
I'm certainly guilty of saying "I'm not trying to be mean/rude"....but at least I try to temper my statements that follow to not come off as a complete jackass. (Not saying that the person up there who said it was a complete jackass because I don't think she is from her previous posts elsewhere) I'm just point that out in general that many have been complete jackasses and probably will continue to be after my response here in reference to mon's posts.
Anywho, not to hijack the thread, which is not my intention at all.
After reading LT's response, I myself have a better and more clarified understanding of mon's post. I had an idea and it seems I was close. I relate very well to what LT said because it's how some people have viewed me over the years and it is something I've tried to keep hold of. Being able to enjoy life and situations as might a child would, is a great way to keep one's self grounded in life. Keeps us a little more sane and in tune to things other than the stressful things in the "adult/grownup" world we all live in.
At the same time, as LT said, some people have what some call an "old soul". That was more evident in me when I was a teenager, and in the past few years, my own inner child has been rearing. It's interesting to see how much and how often some of us display those different parts of our personalities and at what times in our lives.
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