Self-Reliance

[mlerules]

This is key. Vital to work on taking control of my destiny, or rather, since this is only possible to a certain extent, at least not associating it necessarily w/another or others'. Mine rather than "ours."

I do like the idea of "ours." And mebbe sometime that'll come about again. THAT = the hope/desire that some "we" will happen/develop & matter aka be accompanied by consistent and/or persistent action towards mutually desired 'n' desirable goals. But for now, for the foreseeable future, it's just me myself & I. This is less of a selfish wish than it might sound; it's more of a reality-based approach to my life 'n' future nowadays.

It's scary, challenging, necessary, and exciting. And it's not to decry friends(hips) (who/that're important and relevant and vital), but to point out that my current future history is not currently bound up tightly w/anybody else('s).

Can myth-making happen for/with/by just one person?

A new guiding light: “Being a poet is not writing a poem, but finding a new way to live.” – Paul la Cour

Comments

[clayshaper.livejournal.com]

The only thing you can always count on, is Change.

For some of us, pairbonding happens. For some of us, it seems to elude- but just because you have had a series of close attachments that didn't quite become the one-and-only in this mythical way, doesn't mean that each and every one of them wasn't REALLY important.

I think that for some people, it's harder for them to find a /single/ mate because they really don't want the things they find themselves looking for. (or where they're looking!)

There's a lot in my brain right now, on this topic for you... I just don't know how to put it into words. :/

[vonvoncake.livejournal.com]

This sounds like a great topic for a long discussion over lots of tea. I have my own feelings about self-reliance, mine vs. ours, myth-creating and history making.

And I love the quote. I am going to have to live with it for a while to see if this needs to become a permanent part of me.

[mlerules.livejournal.com]

Yes. Do let's drink tea out of small dragonfly teacups and talk deeply. (And I thought of you when I put that quote down :-)

[vonvoncake.livejournal.com]

Drinking tea and talking with you will always be one of my favorite things to do. I'm thinking writing retreat in February depending on SMF.

[mlerules.livejournal.com]

:-)

[sheistheweather]

Myth-making can happen by oneself. You are mythic, my dear, and also very real.

[mlerules.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

[princekermit.livejournal.com]

Can myth-making happen for/with/by just one person?

Of course. Depending on who you talk to, our very selves are the result of personal myth-making. But on a less "woo" level, I've heard of plenty of clourses in personal myth-making. Also, check out a new movie out called "Finding Joe."