We all are part of a continuing story
@PointlessQuestions (15397)
United States
January 22, 2012 6:20am CST
I've come to the realization that each of us has a story to tell. Our lives are both separate and connected via the universe and the Internet. I'm reaching out to people on the Net through video to get my story out. I'm not sure what my story is yet, because it is still unfolding. However, I do know that I will stand up for my personal convictions, and I will not let anyone dictate to me whom I can and cannot be friends with.
Another thing that was holding me back was that I was too wrapped up in the lives of my online friends and I had no relationships going on off the net. This has got to change for me to be healthy again. I'm giving myself the right to have a life again.
I'm keeping a personal blog and a video blog to record things that happen in my life. I want to record the events and personal triumphs and tragedies in my life from now on.
I've made a discussion before asking what our purpose is in life. I'm still not sure what my purpose is, but I think I have a story to tell, and it will be a continuing story until I don't have the faculties to tell it anymore.
Your thoughts?
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@Bluedoll (16773)
• Canada
23 Jan 12
I have a question if that is alright because I’m wondering about what you said when you said, “I will stand up for my personal convictions, and I will not let anyone dictate to me whom I can and cannot be friends with.”
We can all certainly stand up for our personal convictions and I say go girl do that. I was wondering what prompted you to say the last part? I am a home body too, always have been. In life I’ve been off and on, quiet and busy but even on the go my home always had a special place for me where I could be. So I understand loss of social contacts and what this means to you. Think you can have a continuing story in life and also on paper, if you keep writing you will. This will be worthy of recognition, you write well and your story is interesting.
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@PointlessQuestions (15397)
• United States
23 Jan 12
I was prompted to say that part because if I didn’t break off contact with a dear friend of mine I would lose another friend. I wrote that friend and told her that I was not going to throw that friend away… and she wrote back.. “no worries, do what you have to do.” Short and sweet… don’t expect to hear from her again… but if I lose her, I’ll miss her, but won’t give up my friend for the sake of another friend. There was another reason too… my family said if I talked to this person on the Net they would cut the internet off… I had gotten into a bad tiff with my friend but we worked it out and still love each other like brother and sister. I’m not going to be dictated to by people who think they know best.
@Bluedoll (16773)
• Canada
23 Jan 12
Thanks for answering because I was thinking something else but now I understand. I’ve been in that position before too. It was do with people not getting along and I was in the middle. Seems unfair when it happens. I’ve tried being mediator and that doesn’t always work either. I feel your pain. Keep writing your story.
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
28 Jan 12
It is so important to have outside of the internet friends, we have always talked about this you and I
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@PointlessQuestions (15397)
• United States
28 Jan 12
Right.. my friends are pretty far away from me.
@stephcjh (38473)
• United States
23 Jan 12
You are right. We all do have a story to tell. Mine goes on and on. It is a neverending story of the trials, tribulations, joys, sadness, stress, struggles, strife and you name it. It wears me out to even think about telling my story because there is no ending LOL. I am being serious though.
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@PointlessQuestions (15397)
• United States
23 Jan 12
That’s actually a good thing that there is no end in site, because if it were the end, you wouldn’t be alive. Our saga continues until the day we die. We will always have a story to share if we have the motivation to tell and get the weight that pins us down off our spirit.
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
22 Jan 12
strange you brought this up. my kids have been pushing me to write my story and publish it. they seem to think my life is a soap opera type thing 
and interesting for others to learn from. yes you are right. we learn from others stories i think. 
nice avatar. good to see your lovely face girl. 
and interesting for others to learn from. yes you are right. we learn from others stories i think. nice avatar. good to see your lovely face girl. @PointlessQuestions (15397)
• United States
23 Jan 12
Thank you for the complement on my avatar. I want to take another pic when I lose more weight and my hair is longer.
I do think that we can all learn from each other sharing our stories. I learned from my parents the good and the bad. I learned to be responsible by my parents' example... and I also learned to be a gentler parent than my dad was. My dad was a great dad, but he had a wounded child inside of him from being terribly abused by his father. He passed his abuse onto my brother and me. He was about 80 when he poured his heart out to me because I asked him to share his life with me so I could understand. I wanted to love him 100 percent and not hate anything about him. He shared his story and I understood... and I learned how to be a parent by being the non-hitting parent I never had.
@tatzkie23 (770)
• Philippines
23 Jan 12
Hi pointlessquestion,
I agree that each of has a story to tell. A story that one way or another will make an impact to other people's lives. I may not have a lot of stories in life to share, but i would love to listen to other people stories. It's good that you're starting to keep a personal blog, that way, you will always be reminded of the things you have done in your life. About my purpose in life, Well, I don't know yet, but i'm i think that i'm half way there. See you around here in mylot my friend. 
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@PointlessQuestions (15397)
• United States
25 Jan 12
Thanks for coming by. I don't blog every night, but I do try to blog at least 3 times a week to sum up what has been going on. It's good to have a record to state the stuff that happens, or I'd forget. I also can tell how I feel from one day to the next or from one post to the next.
@PointlessQuestions (15397)
• United States
23 Jan 12
You just have to get started. Think outside of the box, when it comes to your life. Pay attention to your feelings, and what you are doing. There is a saying that men are like waffles and women are like spaghetti.. meaning men stay in their little square box and don't think outside of it... and women are like spaghetti because every thought and action touches other parts of them and touches others in their lives.
I have a private blog that I write in almost every night. I talk about the events of the day, and my thoughts and feelings. There is information within some of those pages that could be of help to others and to myself.
Everyone has a story. your story may be totally different than another's story, but we all have a story. Like where you came from... how your parents raised you. What your core values are. How you have helped others in your life, and things you have taught others by your example... stuff like that.
Each day is a day to record more of your story.
@Pose123 (21635)
• Canada
22 Jan 12
Hi PointlessQuestions, An interesting discussion and one in which I hope many will take the opportunity to participate. I too think that we all have our story to tell, in fact, every life be it long or short, tells a story. It's important to get our story out there for others to hear and perhaps lean from. The Internet gives us an opportunity with generations before us did not have. I saw a quote a little while ago "don't die with your song still in you". I think that ties in nicely with your discussion. Tell your story, sing your song - you are here for a purpose and that purpose is to serve others. Someone, somewhere, is waiting for your story-and mine. Blessings.
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@PointlessQuestions (15397)
• United States
22 Jan 12
Dearest Pose,
I’m almost in tears right now reading your response to my discussion. I think it took this illness that I have to actually become conscious that I have a story to tell. Yesterday I was almost 100 Percent back to my regular self in being able to talk. Today in church it hit me again, and the message that really struck home to me was to NOT be self-conscious. It is normal to think everyone is looking at you and judging you, but in truth no one really is, and if anyone does, well.. maybe they will learn something from us anyway.
Right now I feel my purpose in life is to tell my story, and reach out to people who shut themselves away due to their insecurities. Maybe I am to have this condition pop up every now and again just to remind me to push myself forward. I have stopped living for all of my insecurities over the years, and it seems that I am learning a great lesson through this part of my life right now where I have this story in me.
