posted April 29, 2004 09:29 AM         

Hard to be objective when things hit so close to home...

...but...I think storms like these are good, they clear the air, blow away some debris, then everyone feels better when the sun comes out again.

posted April 29, 2004 01:37 PM         

Lately I've been thinking about the site as a single entity.

Just feels like being in a bad relationship with one too many cyclically vicious turns.

I'm going to take it easy and not visit for a while.

Cheers,

posted April 29, 2004 01:53 PM         

But...I totally understand. I get too attached to this place too.

I love you A.

posted April 29, 2004 02:43 PM         

I`ll be looking for your return!

juniperb

posted April 29, 2004 03:13 PM         

We will miss you, but I do understand what you are going through. I am sorry that there were times I didn't seem to respond to you, but please know your words are ALWAYS meaningful to me. I look up to you and always have - even if that doesn't come across.

I admired how you brought people away from some of the terrible things being posted and brought up better subjects like Candy and Magick.

Please know that you will be missed.

Lots of love and blessings,

posted May 03, 2004 02:14 PM           

That WASN'T the original topic of this post.

The topic was Egotism here at Lindaland. I for one am up to my eyebrows in it...maybe even further. My ego is playing psychological warfare with me around every turn.

It's one of the reasons that I've been so cautious in posting lately.

I tend to wonder if a group of so-called enlightened/truth seeking individuals like us are even WILLING to entertain the notion that something is going awry. Perhaps Aphrodite has noticed the beginning of something that could be rectified if it could be identified? Perhaps the customer complaint that is serious enough to turn someone away is an early warning.

posted May 04, 2004 01:39 PM         

I love Amy and hope she comes back soon...

...but things take on a life of their own, and you just have to allow them to be what they are. Life isn't static, nor is LL.

In the Yin and Yang of Life, things find a way to reach balance.

posted May 07, 2004 02:33 PM         

We all have egos and yes at times this board can become a mouthpiece for all of us that at times express our egos more than at other times.

In the same respect, we have all taken breaks. I took a break as well - because I couldn't deal with some of what I perceived as being nothing more than people posting again and again just for the sake of attention. Topics went out of control, women were putting themselves in a position to be raped and some people just kept posting nuttier and nuttier stuff....In My OPINION. What is crazy in my mind may be perfectly reasonable in anothers.

So who had the problem? Me or the people getting on my nerves? Well, it is obvious - it was me, because I didn't have to respond, I didn't have to let it get to me, but I did. The break did me well and Amy really helped me through it. She had prepared me for the time when that harsh Saturn aspect would complete my T-square with my moon, mercury and Uranus.

So now it is her turn. I miss her so much, but I know she'll be back. She just needs her time.

posted May 07, 2004 04:39 PM         

I'm not sure if that's what she's even talking about. Maybe she means there's too much boasting and posturing going on. We do try to communicate the things that we're proud about, without actually bragging. Especially after taking blows to the ego publically. It's a form of image damage control. It's like, "no, no...I'm not all bad. I was the star on my high school football team, you know. And I have an IQ of 144, you know. I'm not perfect, but I'm still a pretty good s***." We all want people to know our good points, because we all know how easy it is for people to decide to dislike one another, and for such stupid little reasons too, especially females.