Leaving Everything Fake for Nothing
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Comment from w.j.debi
A wonderful ramble through the fake. Some excellent imagery. To name my favorites:
It was a conclave of raindrops meeting in secret.
But snow has little to do with the desert the truth be known. Snow is little more than water finding the going too tough. How many scenic roaring journeys down a gully can a raindrop take before a reluctance to careen through the sky manifests itself with a craving for cookies and sweet nectar.
Then you sit there in the sand like a child and pray a pail and shovel all at once appears in your hand.
Gorgeous ending:
The horizon holds my gaze. Will it remain there always lovely and unobtainable, a thing to ponder? Or perhaps one day, a piece of it will break free and slowly walk to me ... something real.
This was a joy to read, Mikey. Keep them coming.
reply by the author on 23-Mar-2016
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A wonderful ramble through the fake. Some excellent imagery. To name my favorites:
It was a conclave of raindrops meeting in secret.
But snow has little to do with the desert the truth be known. Snow is little more than water finding the going too tough. How many scenic roaring journeys down a gully can a raindrop take before a reluctance to careen through the sky manifests itself with a craving for cookies and sweet nectar.
Then you sit there in the sand like a child and pray a pail and shovel all at once appears in your hand.
Gorgeous ending:
The horizon holds my gaze. Will it remain there always lovely and unobtainable, a thing to ponder? Or perhaps one day, a piece of it will break free and slowly walk to me ... something real.
This was a joy to read, Mikey. Keep them coming.
Comment Written 22-Mar-2016
reply by the author on 23-Mar-2016
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Wow. I'm so energized this late at night hearing these wonderful words. I'm so pleased to hear you understood this so well. I'm just relieved that someone is right on the money with my meaning and appreciates it. WHOOO HOOOOO! Thanks so very much. I won't stop smiling for a long time. mikey
Comment from Phyllis Stewart
Your mind must be like a mobius strip or Klein bottle, where things only appear to be normal until you take a closer look. And yu have given us a closer look. A lot going on in there, but so disconnected it makes me dizzy. Doesn't it make YOU dizzy? Anyway, you did come to see that everything we have is fake, but it's not nothing. It's the everpresent something that we cannot experience directly. We must form models in our heads, breaking this bizarre reality into neat little categories and assign qualities to each. Or we end up in an asylum with others determined to see the unseeable, hear the silent answers, and touch the nothingness.
Can't do it. Don't try. Settle for the fake paradigm we are all forced to put between us and reality. Just don't THINK about it and you'll be fine. :)
reply by the author on 23-Mar-2016
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Your mind must be like a mobius strip or Klein bottle, where things only appear to be normal until you take a closer look. And yu have given us a closer look. A lot going on in there, but so disconnected it makes me dizzy. Doesn't it make YOU dizzy? Anyway, you did come to see that everything we have is fake, but it's not nothing. It's the everpresent something that we cannot experience directly. We must form models in our heads, breaking this bizarre reality into neat little categories and assign qualities to each. Or we end up in an asylum with others determined to see the unseeable, hear the silent answers, and touch the nothingness.
Can't do it. Don't try. Settle for the fake paradigm we are all forced to put between us and reality. Just don't THINK about it and you'll be fine. :)
Comment Written 22-Mar-2016
reply by the author on 23-Mar-2016
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HAHAHA!!!!!!! This is me to a tee I think. I have the feeling I should just take your excellent advice. But what would I write about? Normal stuff? :)) mikey
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Your idea of normal is what most "normal" folks consider bizarre, so don't worry. Nothing you ever write will be normal, but it would be fun to see you try. LOL! :)
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HA!!!! I think I'll do just that for fun. I love it. A great idea. LOL mikey
Comment from country ranch writer
just because things aren't what they seem does that make them fake. Your hopes and dreams are they fake too? Looking in the mirror is this the person in the mirror really you?
Old saying fake it till you make it how does that play out real or fake?
reply by the author on 23-Mar-2016
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just because things aren't what they seem does that make them fake. Your hopes and dreams are they fake too? Looking in the mirror is this the person in the mirror really you?
Old saying fake it till you make it how does that play out real or fake?
Comment Written 22-Mar-2016
reply by the author on 23-Mar-2016
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I'll choose making it. Great advice as always. Good to hear from you. I have to get to my inbox, hope to find you in there. mikey
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hello things just keep getting worse around here I feel things are getting worse instead of better. hubby has to go for a transfusion and then in April around the 7th they are going to do another revision on his stump. his lump on his lung is cancer
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I'm so sorry to hear that, my friend. Mercy, it just won't let up. He must be as tough as a bag of nails and you too. I'll keep praying for you both. I think about you two all the time. Hang in there. Hugs, mikey
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he used to be tough but now he is plumb worn out. I have to be tough for him
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Well, I know you are that, my friend. Good vibes your way. mikey
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hugs, and best wishes for you and yours
Comment from Barb Hensongispsaca
A little? Ya think?
Damn get control of your medication and stop doubling up unless you share so I can keep up.
Great rant and as Forest Gump says..."that's..."
reply by the author on 23-Mar-2016
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A little? Ya think?
Damn get control of your medication and stop doubling up unless you share so I can keep up.
Great rant and as Forest Gump says..."that's..."
Comment Written 22-Mar-2016
reply by the author on 23-Mar-2016
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That's how I ended up doubling, I messed up and took your share. :)) Gracias, mikey
Comment from DonandVicki
Actualy Mike this makes perfect sense to me, one does not have to leave everything behind, just leave the attachment to those things behind. So sayeth the Dali Lama
reply by the author on 23-Mar-2016
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Actualy Mike this makes perfect sense to me, one does not have to leave everything behind, just leave the attachment to those things behind. So sayeth the Dali Lama
Comment Written 22-Mar-2016
reply by the author on 23-Mar-2016
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I will consider that seriously. It makes sense. Thank you, mikey
Comment from nordicgirl
This is the Michael I like reading. Right from the gut, real and all telling honest. It`s funny, you only are like this here you know. You would not say a word of this to anyone in the real world. Hmmm. NG
reply by the author on 23-Mar-2016
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This is the Michael I like reading. Right from the gut, real and all telling honest. It`s funny, you only are like this here you know. You would not say a word of this to anyone in the real world. Hmmm. NG
Comment Written 22-Mar-2016
reply by the author on 23-Mar-2016
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Geez. You are so correct. HA. Don't you dare tell anyone. No one would believe you anyway. You are sworn. :)) mikey
Comment from Ric Myworld
You, hard to follow? I don't think so. But, then, that wouldn't be considered a complement by most who know me, since I'm nothing like the ordinary. Yet, not being ordinary doesn't make me extraordinary, it makes just me. Plain and simple, and by my own choice. So, what makes me think I can follow what you say? Well, if I've understood somethings about you, then we share many thoughts and ideas. No one can understand why I walked off and left everything that most spend lifetimes dreaming to have. That I spent forty years accumulating, to find it didn't make me happy, and it only hide or added to the lies. Thanks for another of your fine reads. :-)
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reply by the author on 23-Mar-2016
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You, hard to follow? I don't think so. But, then, that wouldn't be considered a complement by most who know me, since I'm nothing like the ordinary. Yet, not being ordinary doesn't make me extraordinary, it makes just me. Plain and simple, and by my own choice. So, what makes me think I can follow what you say? Well, if I've understood somethings about you, then we share many thoughts and ideas. No one can understand why I walked off and left everything that most spend lifetimes dreaming to have. That I spent forty years accumulating, to find it didn't make me happy, and it only hide or added to the lies. Thanks for another of your fine reads. :-)
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Comment Written 22-Mar-2016
reply by the author on 23-Mar-2016
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Hell yes I understand. It's what you had to do in order to live because you weren't living. Yep, same page, same book. Thanks a million, Ric. It does feel good to have someone get it on the money. mikey
Comment from robyn corum
I read somewhere that this might be hard to follow. But how could you think such a thing??!!! *smile*
Here's my take:
I'm pouring my heart out - saying the things I'm WILLING to say in public, on a public forum, but no one REALLY gets me -- not even myself at times. Is anyone listening?
But, that's just me -- trying.
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reply by the author on 23-Mar-2016
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I read somewhere that this might be hard to follow. But how could you think such a thing??!!! *smile*
Here's my take:
I'm pouring my heart out - saying the things I'm WILLING to say in public, on a public forum, but no one REALLY gets me -- not even myself at times. Is anyone listening?
But, that's just me -- trying.
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Comment Written 22-Mar-2016
reply by the author on 23-Mar-2016
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Jeez. Yes, that is exactly spot on. I am stunned and don't even know what to say. I was hoping people might get the meaning or gist of the thinking, but hell, what you're saying is the absolute truth of why I wrote it. Wow. I'm touched you noticed. Thank you, mikey
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Hey, how 'bout that?
I think you write this stuff just to make me think. *smile*
Comment from Sasha
You are a true genius. I woke with a headache this morning but you got my head spinning so fast with this one the annoying headache flew out my ear like a happy chipmunk who suddenly remembered where he buried his stash of chestnuts. I had to read this twice to fully appreciate the cleverness, which is definitely not the right word to describe this. I think I'll stick with pure genius. I enjoyed this immensely. Thanks so much for sharing this with us.
reply by the author on 23-Mar-2016
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You are a true genius. I woke with a headache this morning but you got my head spinning so fast with this one the annoying headache flew out my ear like a happy chipmunk who suddenly remembered where he buried his stash of chestnuts. I had to read this twice to fully appreciate the cleverness, which is definitely not the right word to describe this. I think I'll stick with pure genius. I enjoyed this immensely. Thanks so much for sharing this with us.
Comment Written 22-Mar-2016
reply by the author on 23-Mar-2016
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Gee, I'm almost blushing. You're way too kind. I'm so pleased you liked this. It's very much the way I write when I just write what I want, I bet it's like you and a Smurphy Ramble. Just writing what comes naturally. You probably don't realize how great it is. Thanks a million. This makes my week, maybe my month. WHOO HOOO. mikey