Comments on: Now presenting… THe Balancing NEEDS http://authenticthreads.org/blog/2005/11/10/now-presenting-the-balancing-needs/ Every heart, every heart to love will come, but like a refugee. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:51:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: jo_jo http://authenticthreads.org/blog/2005/11/10/now-presenting-the-balancing-needs/#comment-316 jo_jo Fri, 11 Nov 2005 19:36:00 +0000 http://authenticthreads.org/blog/?p=302#comment-316 LOL about the meeting stuff. I usually go in with good relationship-building intentions, but can always rationalize speaking my mind in the service of a higher goal. After all, what's personal comfort compared to spending other people's money wisely?....so I end up destroying the opportunity for create change in that forum. I can think myself into all kinds of trouble!<br/><br/>Self expression and belonging - both are so necessary to my happiness. What I do is belong to groups where individuality is valued, and I can express myself through art - improv, music, debate, visual art, etc. Belonging to bigger, more traditional groups (like a workplace!) doesn't appeal to me much any more, and I'm lucky enough to live in a place where many others feel the same way. LOL about the meeting stuff. I usually go in with good relationship-building intentions, but can always rationalize speaking my mind in the service of a higher goal. After all, what’s personal comfort compared to spending other people’s money wisely?….so I end up destroying the opportunity for create change in that forum. I can think myself into all kinds of trouble!

Self expression and belonging - both are so necessary to my happiness. What I do is belong to groups where individuality is valued, and I can express myself through art - improv, music, debate, visual art, etc. Belonging to bigger, more traditional groups (like a workplace!) doesn’t appeal to me much any more, and I’m lucky enough to live in a place where many others feel the same way.

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