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Supple Cow · 06-18-2005, 08:14 PM

This thread reminds me of something Thoreau said:
How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.

After reading the thread-starter, my expectation was that most of the replies would be in the same vein. I was a little surprised to see that most chose to comment on NotMVH's humiliating moments (or make more tangential remarks) rather than share their own experiences. Now here I am composing my own reply and I feel ten times more humiliated to admit what I had originally planned to write. I don't know if I have it in me to dive in today, but this certainly has me thinking about all the things in my life I choose not to accept. We are all such peculiar creatures in our need for validation. Thanks, NotMVH.

06-18-2005, 08:14 PM	#24 (permalink)
Supple Cow Americow, the Beautiful Location: Washington, D.C.	This thread reminds me of something Thoreau said: How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live. After reading the thread-starter, my expectation was that most of the replies would be in the same vein. I was a little surprised to see that most chose to comment on NotMVH's humiliating moments (or make more tangential remarks) rather than share their own experiences. Now here I am composing my own reply and I feel ten times more humiliated to admit what I had originally planned to write. I don't know if I have it in me to dive in today, but this certainly has me thinking about all the things in my life I choose not to accept. We are all such peculiar creatures in our need for validation. Thanks, NotMVH. __________________ "I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed." (Michael Jordan)