Hmm.. What is my perspective tonight?
I'm feeling some what critical - already unliked one page, toyed with defriending one friend..
I also find myself agreeing with a political post, but not willing to share it forward. Just don't want to deal with "defending it afterwords"..? Or is it that I'm sitting on the fence, and don't feel that it's well-documented enough to share forward..?
I suspect I may be sharing inspirational quotes for their warm fuzzies, scientific info graphics to try to educate, and some twisted sarcasm just because it makes me laugh out loud.
I also can't guarantee I'll be nice in comments, but I'll try to behave...

Words elude me,
So I stand on quotes -
Not because of who said them,
But - rather - because they hint at what I believe.
...and a picture can be a thousand words, and a word can ignite a thousand pictures...
Stumble..?
Leave it as first written, go back and revise, or reduce its power through hedging with more words..?
I abandon this post, only to try again with a fresher slate: "etch-a-sketch" -> "draft-a-status"

I do not like to repeat myself.
Yet, by repetition, and,
More so, by revision,
I gain both
A clearer understanding of where I've been
And a more succinct story for you to comprehend.
But... I do not like to repeat myself...
For I hope to have learned -
From my missteps, and from yours -
That we may dance with grace
Through our remaining days.
Something lingers in the campfire's shade,
An unknown
Caught up in rhyming again - frustration - switch to streaming, this..
I don't want to repeat myself, and yet I'll run my "addictions" into the ground, locked in the obsessive cycles. Is it competition fueling the game play or boredom!? Is it a desire to be connected fueling the feed-trolling, or a weird desire just to be heard? Am I focusing on the last 24 hours because I haven't found a "pat response" to that passage yet...? Do I leave my past on the shelf in my mind's library because I don't think it's relevant to the talk at hand?
I do not want to repeat myself..?
So, what is the difference between liking and wanting? What subtlety can be teased out of that change? How does the story get embellished in the second telling, or the tenth, or the hundredth..?
I think to like the repetition may be to be comfortable with the routine. As I was writing just a couple of lines above, I was thinking, "Ah! Yet you like set schedules of eating, sleeping, and such.. And you like to visit the same haunts.."
..or..
"If some thing or idea works, I am prone to do it again, hoping for the same results"
But, why would I want to repeat myself? Why get bogged down in an endless karmic cycle? Why stay with the comfortable, and leave the unknown unexplored? Why settle for a local happiness maximum, when trudging through a value of discomfort may find me at a much higher peak?
I do not know if I have compelling answers for or against. Sooo... Without clear understanding of history,
I might well have to repeat myself.
Rita Rockhold: "Pop the bubble!!"
Kelley J Doyle: "Get out of the cave!!"
...and, a pattern I've been playing with of late, let me tag 5-15 others for comments:

I'm wondering about a New Year's Resolution for 2013...
I'd like to try "speaking only when spoken to"...
...in order to work on my active listening skills..?
So, on Facebook, this would mean no sharing of others' posts, no status updates "out of nowhere", not even unsolicited comments on posts...
In my AA involvement, this would mean not sharing unless called upon... And I'm thinking I'd sit outside of 1313's circle of sharing unless asked to join by a friend.
Also... I would not be calling others, or texting, or emailing; except in reply to their initial contacts.
However, I would still engage others while at work, as that is part of my job duties, e.g. Greeting customers with "Welcome to Walgreens!"
I'm still not sure if this is the final form for this "Vow of Silence"... I also have some reservations on how long I'll try to maintain it - 1 month, 3 months, a year, indefinite...?
Any thoughts from "all y'all"?

Thinking it's time to get in the shower, and "carpe diem".
(Autocorrect wanted to make that "carpe firm" - probably not the best association with being in a shower...)

"May we be happy,
May we be peaceful,
May we be free from suffering,
May we be full of loving kindness..."

"What's going on, Jody?"
hmm. thinking about "the stage character we present to our fellows"... here are some of the thoughts bouncing around:
- there are usually some parts of our lives that we try to keep as secrets, mostly because of shame or embarrasment - or possibly fear of negative consequences
- our words may not always match up with our actions, which can lead others to label us as hypocrites; because we'll say one thing, but then proceed to do the opposite (some times on auto pilot)
- worse yet, our minds are paradoxical, in that they can easily believe two or more contradictory beliefs simultaneously
- we can also be conditioned by society to act in certain roles, such as "men don't cry"
- we might also change our behavior from our typical behavior when we're trying to impress somebody, such as at a job interview, or when courting a person we're attracted to (or, I'm reminded of a quote I once saw on the dating sites, that "people often 'present fronts' in their profiles, like the person they'd like to be, not the person they are)

...and then there was the second part, "We must be entirely honest with somebody..."
Bean's notes:
- So, when asked "how are you?", try to give an honest assessment. However, you might get some weird reactions if you're not well, and you admit this..
- The amount and type of disclosure depends partly on our "role" in the situation - i.e., employers are usually not paying us to bring our family or relationship issues into the job, or even ALL of our education and/or past experiences
- ...and partly on how much trust has been established with the people we're disclosing to - if some one has gossiped about what we've shared with them, is it prudent or wise to share our secrets with them?
- and, of course, even though Facebook connects you with many of your close friends, it's not a wise idea to use it for therapy sessions; because you really do not know who may see what you say, now or later in the future...

"I'm lying, every time I speak."
Part of the idea: words, by their nature, have limits... And so they cannot capture the complete truth.