Ok, so my last post was incredibly whiny and didn't deserve to be on my webspace. Sorry to anyone who read it. I woke up incredibly depressed for no reason I can pinpoint, wrote that post, went through the first part of my day, had some lunch (thanks to Debbie for loaning me the lunch money), felt immediately better and deleted said whiny post.
Negativity is not something I entertain lightly. Again, my apologies to all.
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Out of curiosity...a somewhat random question...
I don't believe our sole purpose is to just "be". I think our purpose is to teach others and to learn from others, and emulate that in our day to day ineractions. What do you hope the average person learns about life from observing or even meeting you? What about what they learn from observing your interactions with your wife?
If you need clarification, just let me know. I'm not sure if it's making sense or not. It's just a little philosophical though for this afternoon.
I'll have to think about that one. I'll respond tonight, no time while at work.
Why don't you answer first and enlighten us?
On that note - I'm sorry if I was brusque earlier today; you caught me right in the middle of three different things. :)
No prob, Robyn. I didn't take offense. :)
And I understand her, Jess, it's just coming up with an answer that's tough. Really it's not even that coming up with the answer is tough, it's just... I'm not sure if I like the answer or not. I kinda do and I kinda don't.
The answer is, I don't know. I've never thought about it before. Truth of the matter is, up until this point I've never *cared* what people might learn from me, or my wife, or our relationship.
Really, though, I think the only reason *that* is is because, I still feel very much like a kid at heart. I don't feel like a teacher, I feel like one who learns. I feel like I still take in knowledge rather than project it.
That answer is probably a disappointment, but... that's what I have. Does that make sense?
Jessica, I don't mean teach as in preach or lecture. While this conversation might have been better posed in an IM to Jason, I was not wanting an immediate answer. I wanted him to mull over it a bit. The modivation (and further clarification) will be made known soon.
Your retort appears a bit curt. Was it meant to be taken that way?
Jason, thank you for response, it seems very honest. I'm headed home, so I'll have to pick this up again a bit later.
I confess, it seemed like a non-sequitur to me. Even Jason said he didn't understand the why of it initially. Initially.
Still, it's a set of weighty questions, and I'm curious how you'll answer. Surely you've thought on this yourself. It's a subjective kind of query and those interest me more than objective ones.
As for your reply, dear, I think it suits you to a tee. Your youth and desire to learn are parts of you I love. Perchance those aspects of your personality I love most.
Might you not then say what you project, what you could teach people, is to respect their inner children? I think that's a invaluable lesson.
I hope people take from me the lesson of living in the present. That perchance not all society deems necessary is so and that much of what we as humans generally consider serious is, in fact, not really serious at all. Everything ought to be dissected and analyzed.
I try to promote humor and to broaden people's vocabulary. I hope to convert a few dog lovers to cat lovers. I definitely want people to learn an appreciation for culture and art and music.
In terms of our marriage, I hope people observe us and understand the concepts of compromise and banter a little better. We've had so many people, strangers and familiar folks alike, comment on our chemistry. I'd like to think people would take a cue from our behavior and apply it to their own relationships.
Well, there we go.
Of course it's non-sequitur, which is why I prefaced the question with it being random. There's still no need to be terse.
Anyway, I'm glad you're feeling better Jason. Perhaps unexpected kindness, or regulating blood sugar that helped? We all have our bad days and our whiny moments. I'm glad that you were able to put it behind you and lot let it affect your entire day.
That's supposed to be *NOT* not lot, lol.
I'm glad that you were able to put it behind you and *not* let it affect your entire day.
I appreciate your comments toward me, that's sweet of you. :)
Having *said* that's sweet of you, I do feel I need to step in to defend my wife a bit here. She answered your question, paid you compliment, and explained why she might have seemed terse earlier. You didn't acknowledge any of that. You slid around it and just kinda slapped her on the wrist for being terse in the first place.
Not really fair to be so nice to me and ignore her. Makes me feel... strange. :-/
Interesting...I'm not seeing a compliment, perhaps we're not seeing the same thing?
I'm going to be taking this off this blog because it's gotten a bit out of hand here.
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