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Subject: Stirrings

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dave

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Date Posted: 13:16:24 03/11/05 Fri
In reply to: Lauren 's message, "Maybe this'll stir something up." on 08:41:25 03/11/05 Fri

I wonder if after the loss of a lover, we are any worse off than never having had one at all. If someone gives me a flower, should I say, "No, I won't even smell it because it's bound to wilt?"

On the other hand, I think I can relate to what you're saying. It's the drug model of love and I've felt it before too. What goes up, comes down real hard. But something has shifted in me and I feel that when I party with love, I no longer wake up with such a hang-over. Maybe I've learned the warning signs of my addiction. I don't let myself get too caught up in the intoxication and I try not to confuse the source with The Source. There's always gonna be another dealer to take over if mine gets busted and anyway I found a whole field of poppies within my own heart.

Anyway, as that metaphor stretches thin, I'll skip to another. It just keeps coming back to life. How do we live it? Do we step out onto the thin branches and try to grab the fruit, taking our lumps when we fall? Or do we just settle for what we can reach from the safety of the ground?

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Subject	Author	Date
Oh dave...	Nicole	15:17:21 03/11/05 Fri