Posted by alexandra_k on October 17, 2005, at 15:51:45
In reply to Re: I'm sorry » alexandra_k, posted by holymama on October 17, 2005, at 15:22:33
> Thank you for your really kind and humble words. That means a great amount to me.
You gave me a lot of kind and humble words during the thread and I ignored them to continue with unemotive discussion.
But those words meant a great deal to me and they were probably what... Prevented me from feeling hurt or anything with you. I am so very sorry I did not respond in kind as the thread was progressing.
> Although I was trying to keep a cool head, I know that during parts of this thread I was battling some really angry and defensive feelings.Me too.
But then I managed to convince myself... They were solely of my own making.
> Plus, I felt stuck into defending a position I wasn't too sure of taking on...Yes. I don't think we were really talked to...
Rather we were talked at in the interests of making a point. We were platforms which were used so that someone else could springboard their ideas off of us. I do think... That one of the charges that was made... About how we ignored Deneb's humanity... I do think that that is what this poster did to us. He / She wasn't so interested in what we had to say...
As in making their points.
> Anyway, thank you so much for your last post. I had been feeling kind of hurt -- not especially by you, but by the whole situation in general. I do feel better.You are welcome.
I feel... Pretty messed up at the moment, truth be told. I need to do some hard thinking... But I also have a lot of work to do at the moment so I'll have to put that on hold.> The whole experience is making me think a lot more about 'helping' someone...that's a good thing. Hopefully more of our future discussions can be made in less heated atmospheres.
Yes. I do hope our future discussions are made in more supportive atmospheres.
I'm not sure what I think anymore...
I think that what I need to do...
Is put all of my present beliefs on hold...
And lock myself away somewhere...
To think them through
And figure out just what I do believe.Like Descartes...
But...
I don't think that will help.Reason and Emotion
The Trouble that Can Occur...
When the later is sacrified
for the formerthanks for not holding this against me.
poster:alexandra_k
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