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Tayba ji…

You said we forget to take our minds with us, and that's why our hearts get us into so many problems.

But what would you say if I said it is because we take our minds with us, that our hearts are no longer free to ride on the wings of the winds?

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SenorJalapeno:

Certainly! 'There is no place like home,' or something to that effect, because when one has been away from 'home' for the better part of his life, it sometimes feels as if the aforementioned statement should be amended thus: 'There is no home like a place…'

My house barely felt like home, and now that my dog has moved on, it feels even less like home. But, life goes on. One more day of work and I can sink my sorrows in pots of strong coffee and a good book over the weekend. I plan on reading Gabriel García Márquez's 'The Autumn of the Patriarch' yet again.

You're reminding me of my friend again!

“Where I lay my head is my home…” ?

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“people sometimes just want to be told that the other person agrees with what they are feeling, without being questioned why they feel something, or be told that they shouldn't feel something or be told that what they feel at that moment is complete bull. I think sometimes people want to find someone who understands so that they can hear them say “I understand what you're feeling, its completely natural, go ahead and feel it and come to me when you want some advice about it, but till then I'm here to feel it with you”.”

You are making perfect sense, Tayba… but I guess what I found difficult to understand was why people needed reassurance from someone else, if they felt their heart was leading them in the right direction?

Of course, I do understand what you're saying ji.. and I'm not really disputing it, I guess… I'm just wondering – why don't people want to take another route?

We must all have faced situations in life, where we had not a clue if what we were doing was the 'right' thing or not… I know I have. And I took the steps myself, but at the same time… I understand perfectly well what you're saying.. I remember one night.. late at night.. asking my sister if she thought I was crazy.. and just hearing her sleepy words, “You're not crazy” gave me the reassuring warmth I needed.

So yeah. I don't really have an argument here… I'm just musing out loud..

Hope I made sense..

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SenorJalapeno:

Kavita ji! Kavita ji! Faire mayden lokynge for a Khan! I am home. It was a one day -leave sleepy-eyed late at night arrive droopy-eyed late next afternoon- trip that involved 1 Orange Juice, 1 Philly Cheese Steak Meal, 1 In-flight bag of Peanuts, 2 Baggage Check-ins, 2 Baggage Claims, 2 Company Car Rides, 3 Cab Rides, 1 Blueberry Pancake Breakfast with Grapefruit Juice, 1 Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad, 1 Pad-Thai Noodle Dinner, 1 Brief Argument with Airport Security, 1 Brief Business Meeting, 1 Short Nap In-Flight, 1 Meaningless Conversation with a Boring Bloke, Many Cappuccinos, Espressos, Bottles of Water and Bathroom Trips. Oh, and 1 Desperate Wish that I could spontaneously cause my eye-ball to pop out of its socket and accompany the gorgeous flight attendant into the Galley…for a lingering look!

Kavita ji, Kavita ji, I doth hope that mine reminiscence doth make thee satisfyed.

Worth all the effort then? Being back home?

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Oh Yemeni… so, so true! This was the case with my no-longer-in-my-country friend… it was her birthday yesterday, in fact. And I miss her. Anyway… back to the topic…

Just the feeling of knowing there is someone who can feel your vibes, makes them so special to you. That is so true.

Sometimes I start to question this need people have with trying to find someone who understands them. Perhaps this is because I can honestly say there are very few – if any? – people that fully understand me, and yet, I am perfectly content being the way I am? *touchwood* Maybe this is what is causing me to question this… this… need? That people have to find somebody who 'understands'.. but all I needed to do was think about the people I truly love and care for in my life… and see how there is some bond that is holding my self tightly onto theirs, however thick or thin or long or short this thread may be. There is still something there… something we have in common, something we can relate to… that is acting as a force between me and them, making me want to love them.

It's funny, isn't it? Sometimes I lose myself so much in the abstract universe of life, that my feet start to rise away from the simple direct soil of this planet I'm on. It's something simple, so common, so natural, so… little and possibly even something that can be physically held, that is the cause of a bond between two people. Like having a common interest. Of late, I have been so lost in trying to navigate myself through lanes of 'deeper' thinking, thinking there is something more…. spiritual? Magical? to a connection between two people.. that I have failed to see the simplest of cobbles that have created this lane I am sharing with those I love. A lane that consists of a common obsession with chocolate, or a shared madness for Bollywood, or a similar interest in living for each random moment of life… it is these simple things that sometimes ties a firm knot between two minds.

There are some people in this world (quite literally) whose love towards me leaves me so happily and pleasantly surprised.. a little voice is always asking me, always calling out to me, “Why? Why do they love me so much?” and my heart in return questioning my own intensity of love… and that is where I lose sight of simple realities and enter the ever-risky road of feelings.. feelings I dare not let go of, feelings I dare not allow to flow straight through me, without me living in each fragment of them first.. feelings that leave me too weak to question, but always, always, strong enough to experience and cherish. This is when the little, simple things leave me.. and all I am left with as an answer to my questions is a tiny whisper, so as to not disturb the heaven of love I am lost in… “Because they do.”

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Marine:

Boo seriously in what planet does your siggy work.

But i have to say its the cutest thing ever.

Huh? What do you mean, in what planet does my siggy work? Jeez I'm apparently known as mystery woman not alien woman! (That's Yemeni in Mars, what say? )

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SenorJalapeno:

Nessa ji, if I may?

Boo ji, those lines are from a Mary J Blige song called As. I took the liberty of looking for it in YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iA5412cXLE (I am sorry if that was presumptuous of me).

I love the way you know to use a capital Y and a capital T for YouTube…. awesome!

And… I won't 'ji' you if you won't 'ji' me?

I had a feeling there was an original behind it… I did find out it was an MJB song when I googled the lyrics.. but I thought I should ask anyway, since there may have been a different version. Thank you anyway. And – it's not presumptuous. Such levels of formality are not necessary… really. This is the place I come to, to wind down…

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serioComic:

what is it about someone that catches yr attention more than the rest? it all boils down to one thing and one thing only – the x-factor!

some have it, some dont. some knows how to use it, some dont. some use it intentionally, some have no clue they are using it.

the way u speak, the words u recite, the image u portray, the charm u posses, the wittiness u spill out, the confidence u oozes, the intelligence u acquire, the knowledge u absorb, the unpredictability u show, the impulsiveness u trigger, the humour u let out, the frustrations u share, the anger u control, the wackyness u demonstrate, the naiveness u reveal, the innocence u display, the ability to run faster than a speeding train (oh wait..thats another thing altogether), the calmness u exhibit, the life u u live….

all packed into one and combined with the 4 elements of earth creates this one huge, mega nuclear of energy that radiates thru every veins of yr body and anyone who comes close to it will indirectly absorbed this force and if u are lucky (or unlucky) enough then from time to time there would be a spike in this energy that will hit yr heart directly, and thats when the soul in you recognizes this foreign energy and has no idea on what to do with it and hence let this energy rule inside of you until u decide to fight it and flush it out of yr body. but until then, u've been hit by the smooth criminal (had to say this. thanks MJ). for as long as this foreign energy is in u, yr body, heart, mind and soul will continously seek the source of this energy and that is when u just cant get enough of someone or cant quite figure out why u are attracted to that person.

and that is..the X-Factor.

So much of energy in that post alone Oreo ji! I'm feeling tired after just reading it…

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serioComic:

what is it about someone that catches yr attention more than the rest? it all boils down to one thing and one thing only – the x-factor!

some have it, some dont. some knows how to use it, some dont. some use it intentionally, some have no clue they are using it.

the way u speak, the words u recite, the image u portray, the charm u posses, the wittiness u spill out, the confidence u oozes, the intelligence u acquire, the knowledge u absorb, the unpredictability u show, the impulsiveness u trigger, the humour u let out, the frustrations u share, the anger u control, the wackyness u demonstrate, the naiveness u reveal, the innocence u display, the ability to run faster than a speeding train (oh wait..thats another thing altogether), the calmness u exhibit, the life u u live….

all packed into one and combined with the 4 elements of earth creates this one huge, mega nuclear of energy that radiates thru every veins of yr body and anyone who comes close to it will indirectly absorbed this force and if u are lucky (or unlucky) enough then from time to time there would be a spike in this energy that will hit yr heart directly, and thats when the soul in you recognizes this foreign energy and has no idea on what to do with it and hence let this energy rule inside of you until u decide to fight it and flush it out of yr body. but until then, u've been hit by the smooth criminal (had to say this. thanks MJ). for as long as this foreign energy is in u, yr body, heart, mind and soul will continously seek the source of this energy and that is when u just cant get enough of someone or cant quite figure out why u are attracted to that person.

and that is..the X-Factor.

So much of energy in that post alone Oreo ji! I'm feeling tired after just reading it…

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Unique_princess:

I don't know how to describe how I feel right now. It's not sadness, yet its not jump for joy happiness. It's somewhere in between. So I think this will have to suffice:

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Phew! that felt better. I think I may be a headcase sometimes lmao.

LMAO… pardon me for saying this… but I read that as: SANta FKAC (f****ers) BAD.

NOW who's the headcase Tayba?

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SenorJalapeno:

Its like a pandemic! Every thread? Why? For the love of God, Why? Lol.

(dies laughing at imagined face in front of me… of Jalapeno screaming like Calvin… )

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It's all about the a$$ these days kyun Tayba? First with those butt quotes, now with this BUM ah… uhm…. poetry?

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Ali…. is the nose better? It has been ages since I had a nose bleed!

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kavita_0026:

Senor J – How art thou?

LOVE it the way you say “thou” with him… it cracks me up!

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SenorJalapeno:

If I had a dime for each time my feet were in one place and my heart was someplace else, I'd be thinking of a hostile-takeover bid for Arcelor-Mittal.

Rural India is not the place to be right now, what with Monsoon, not unless you are mad about storm-clouds that rain Felines, Canines and the whole freakin' animal kingdom. But, less than a stone's throw away (Erm a really small stone thrown by a very very strong person), is a place I believe God crafted with love. On top of this small hill are these huge boulders that overlook a valley where busy farmers bustle about raising pineapples among other things. I go there when I feel like my life is disintegrated. Clear blue skies, delicate wisps of journeying clouds, the faint aroma of ocean breeze bearing with it bits and pieces of muffled voices of the farmers below fussing over plant and soil…magically and mystically, all becomes well with the world.

Creation bears God's signature. Here…there…everywhere!

How do I explain to you how much this sentence has calmed me, Senor? Your words are not just lying there on the computer screen, for the sake of being there, like a mess of clothes lying in the corner of a bathroom floor.. they are full of life, evoking thought and feeling in my mind, pulling my eyes into a beautiful walk with those funny-looking combination of straight lines and curves that we call letters, words and sentences.

(You are not secretly an author, are you?)

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Ness:

Did you know that true love asks for nothing?
Her acceptance is the way we pay!
Did you know that life has given love a guarantee,
To last through forever and another day.
Just as time knew to move on since the beginning
And the seasons know exactly when to change.
Just as kindness knows no shame,
Know through all your joy and pain
That I'll be loving you always.

Wow! Song name and singer, please?

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OREO JI??!! AND HUGS??!!

(fainting..)

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Regarding Mavelli82's quote:

When you said forever, you meant a few months. When I said forever, I meant every day until I died. When you said always, you meant until you couldn't handle it anymore. When I said always, I meant until time ended. When you said you loved me, you meant I was no different from any other guy. When I said I loved you, I meant I had never felt what I felt for you.

There's something about this quote that… that seems wrong, to me. This is a personal opinion of course, and should not be interpreted as anything else.

First of all, it is commonplace for the meanings of words to be misinterpreted through all walks of life, not just to do with love. To use a simple misunderstanding as a basis for feeling hurt seems… wrong to me. Secondly, if the person writing that really did love the person as he claims to do so, then he should have been able to feel her way of using words.. he should have understood her well enough to know exactly what she meant, instead of turning it round to use as a sort of… “look what you did to me” thing. And thirdly, there seems to be an underlying assumption that the girl is obliged to stay with the guy.. this is just my interpretation, of course.. but it seems unfair that the girl ought to be feeling feelings for the guy that she is not feeling, just because he happens to be feeling so.

And that’s why I said that is an awful thing to say to someone.

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SenorJalapeno:

A friend of mine who recently went through a painful separation had this to say about her Ex: He said all the right words, took me to all the right places, did all the right things. But as soon as we got married, the man showed me how wrong I was with thinking how right he was for me. For once, I shut my mouth and watched as she sobbed. And died inside.

Oh dear.

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How do you mean? Like Nessa has? Her user ID is something else (not sure if she'd want me to say it on here..) but she has the name 'Ness' displayed on the forums.. is that what you mean? Or do you mean having several accounts per e-mail address?

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