~*Dare To Tell The Truth*~

[spritzerJ]

Originally Posted by Quintease

My grandmother. She finally has hearing aids so I'd like to see her and have a proper conversation (she was too stubborn before).

If you could go anywhere in the world, but you had to go on your own, no one else could come, how long would you take for this holiday of yours?

I'd take 3 weeks. I'd need at least that long to get in, settle, enjoy and get past the I miss my life part to really relax.

If for a day you couldn't tell a lie, things popped out all honest and unfiltered, who would you choose to spend the day with?

[Beloved]

Originally Posted by spritzerJ

If for a day you couldn't tell a lie, things popped out all honest and unfiltered, who would you choose to spend the day with?

My friend Kim that passed away in 1997.

If you could change one thing about your appearance, what would it be?

[Scuba]

Originally Posted by Beloved

My friend Kim that passed away in 1997.

If you could change one thing about your appearance, what would it be?

My hair...

If you knew voting for a specific candidate this year in the elections would change many lives in a very positive way would you vote for them even if you personally disagreed with all other aspects of their campaign?

[JAGG]

Originally Posted by Scuba

My hair...

If you knew voting for a specific candidate this year in the elections would change many lives in a very positive way would you vote for them even if you personally disagreed with all other aspects of their campaign?

Absolutely!

How are you enjoying your life right now? Share what that involves.

[Nomad]

Originally Posted by JAGG

Absolutely!

How are you enjoying your life right now? Share what that involves.

despite several external invitations (and one or two internal ones as well) to feel contrariwise about things, i'm enjoying a moment of awareness that is lush in a personal way. i'm getting to know myself again and it's like meeting someone you've read about and know through that reading but have never met. confusing circumstances followed by tragedy convinced me to live without certain parts of myself for a while (no one to blame but myself) and i turned into someone i didnt know and later discovered that i really didnt like. G*d offered me the chance to perform a mitzvah and accepting that opportunity somehow begat this trip which has been better for me than any therapy or confidante has ever been (all respect to the confidants in my life). i'm alone more often than i am with people and when i'm with people they are never people who know me with one exception of an old friend that i'm touching base with right now. no one has any expectation of who i am and in some ways i dont have any expectations either. i can meet each moment with slow awareness and honesty and i am not afraid to be either whereas i was always sort of holding back in my previous lives for fear of rocking boats or losing my footing. now i think that lost footing and boats that rock are myths we scare ourselves with because it's easier to be afraid than to take risks. now every time i find myself beginning to step back from a healthy risk i find myself saying "really? that's who you are? that's who you want to be in the world?" i'm enjoying the risk of knowing myself fully and being thrilled or disappointed or confused or whatever i am in that moment and not worrying about anything but how i feel about those things and what they mean to me rather than what they mean to anyone else.




what real circumstances in your life scare you the most?

[JustJo]

Originally Posted by Nomad

what real circumstances in your life scare you the most?

There are a couple....primary is that I'm diabetic and have been (evidently) since my early 20s even though it wasn't discovered and treated until my mid-30s. I'm stable and fine now on oral meds, but I am genuinely worried about the future. Reality is that, even with good management, this is a progressive disease and my father's side of the family (which I genetically take after) is rife with diabetics having major complications. I worry about going blind, or losing my feet....and also have real issues with taking care of them the way I should when it involves asking for help. I'm working on that....but it's a real fear.

Secondary is that I have no living parents and no "close" family. So...if the shit hits the fan I have friends to lean on, and that's it. I have many cousins, which I am working to get to know better....but it's not like I could move in with any of them if I was out of work and having a health crisis. So....I am the provider for my son and I need to work....given the economy and the diabetes....this is a little scary as well.

Now....for you (whoever you may be)....if you could go back and make one key decision differently, what would you decide?

[ferret]

Question: If you could go back and make one key decision differently, what would you decide?

Answer: I think I never would have moved to KY from MN almost six years ago. It's not like I had a whole lot going on there before I moved, but my family is still up there, and it's not like I can get in the car on a weekend and drive up. I'm asked every now and again why I don't move back, but having to start completely over - trying to find a job and an apartment - is a daunting task and not one that I would look forward to.

Question for the next person: What's the most painful breakup you ever had?

Sue