It is true what you say. All life is is choices. I chose my grandfather on my Dads
side. My other grandfather was probably the biggest horse thief in Eastern
Montana.... I kind of ignore that one :)
I CAN relate to you in that I also have few relatives at all who are close. My
parents are both dead. They were great ones and I miss them terribly.
We all are more than the sum of our genetics. And in that we can thank our memes I
guess.
Marie
nobody wrote:
> Marie Foster wrote:
> >
> > History? Call it connectedness. It is the thing that keeps us from thinking
> > we are the end product of evolution. Forget the stuff you learned in school.
> > Who are you? You can only know this if you know who your people are and were.
>
> Really? I was adopted.. and I have no clue who my people are or were.
> Except that my bio-father was book-smart and my bio-mother was artistic,
> I don't know a thing
>
> I grew up with no one to relate to. My family and I never got along on
> *any* level.
> Be it taste, subjects of interest, style, mannerisms, looks,
> intelligence, artistic ability.
>
> But, I think I have a greater self of my person than the majority have
> of their own persons.
> This came from a lot of time, and effort through introspection, though..
> not history.
>
> Perhaps there's even an advantage to not knowing my history.
> It doesn't cloud my judgement while I assess myself.
> I have a much harder time making assumptions.
> I tend to wait for much more data than others before I come to a
> conclusion about myself.
>
> Of course, I did have one aspect of history to help me. The history of
> my behavior, and
> their contingencies.
>
> Besides that though, is more necessary?
-- MarieWho in real life exists as
The Noble Lady Casey, Serpent's Hold, Sonoma Shard, Britannia