All the things NOT in your profile

You are not your age, nor the size of clothes you wear,
You are not a weight, or the color of your hair.
You are not your name, or the dimples in your cheeks.
You are all the books you read, and all the words you speak.
You are your croaky morning voice, and the smiles you try to hide.
You’re the sweetness in your laughter, and every tear you’ve cried.
You’re the songs you sing so loudly when you know you’re all alone.
You’re the places that you’ve been to, and the one that you call home.
You’re the things that you believe in, and the people whom you love.
You’re the photos in your bedroom, and the future you dream of.
You’re made of so much beauty, but it seems that you forgot
When you decided that you were defined by all the things you’re not.

(Not, by Erin Hanson)
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laugh laugh yep just lost half my front tooth this morning blues and don't know how to take pictures on this tablet then add it too profile.

Plus a Mexican lady trainer gave me a work out yesterday and she said my age was 50peace
Very nice words and deep thoughts Biff...smitten
Did you make them up ?

I agree that what makes us who we are is what sometimes we hide inside.
All the rest is superficial and only a facade.thumbs up
They are nice, aren't they? No if I was mine I would have posted in the poetry section, the poem is called Not (I did put it at the end of the blog, and the author's name)

May not be something I wrote but the words went ting ting laugh we have to define ourselves in fairly limited terms here - good reminder that we are other intangibles as well



cool
Yes she did workout sussed my strength, then took weight etc and is making a new programme for my fitness, I have been walking on a high since.

I have to eat smaller but more meals and omit my medley of fruit every night doh wow I thought that was good but apparently she classed it as candy laugh

I hot footed out bought veggies and have made big bowl of coleslaw, plus peanut butter to have on riveter instead of biccies blues this to get rid of duvet she said around my middle laugh she is lovelypeace
Keep SOME fruit, have to have some sweetness in your life and fruit is way better than candy laugh

Duvet, eh? Hate to hear what she'd think of my pillow rolling on the floor laughing
Nice poem, Biff bouquet
Elle....teddybear just an awesome read....made me laughcheering

No I won't forget who I am or who I am not, though.

I try to know me more than anybody else. lips
Hi Biff wave . nice poem and does sound like something you would write. thumbs up

Good health and life be with you. hug
Hi Biff wave . nice poem and does sound like something you would write. thumbs up

Good health and life be with you. hug
Biff, lol That was worth putting on here two times. laugh
I am not..........understanding this blog confused laugh
I saw this just now, and thought of this blog:

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Excellent share, Molly cheers

And don't forget the prison terms served within the joint scold
They can make a better you - that's their only point! smile

uh oh

So I've been told, anyway.

cowboy
Wow Biff,
What a cool blog you wrote.

And Molly, a nice cartoon you did.

Congrats to both of you. thumbs up thumbs up

Er, so what’s it all mean? confused
grin
but, listen, on the internet

you can't revealed yourself, dangerous
as I understand, just by googling a person's name

you can find it
Molly, I absolutely love that cartoon. That is EXACTLY right for this blog! love
Thanks LJ - the trick is not in knowing ourselves, sometimes, but in explaining ourselves to people who don't know us laugh

Sometimes - in knowing what to explain, even, because we take those bits for granted wine
Wen! hey, great to see you!

and THAT's worth saying twice -

Wen! hey, great to see you!

How the devil are you? hug
Z - I'm not a big poetry buff and sometimes poems speak to me (and usually they don't). What I got from this, though, was that we live, especially on CS, in a cyber world where we are defined by our statistics. Someone can look great on profile and be awful in real life, and vice versa. No way statistics and checkboxes can sum us up as individuals.

But that was just my take. dunno Liked it, thought I'd share, nothing profound.
Mic wave

Robrt - well, I didn't write it, I copy / pasted (double-checked I put the author's name at the bottom!) and it means what you want it to mean, or maybe what I said in reply to Z rolling on the floor laughing take from it what, if anything, that makes actual sense to you cheers

Meth, in some ways the safest place to reveal yourself is the internet, because no-one is really listening and there are so many millions and millions out there not really listening laugh of course it is very important if you ever get famous, and if people can Google your social media name(s) and find you, that you quickly delete anything you wouldn't want people to hear now that they actually are listening uh oh

rolling on the floor laughing
Biff,

You mean I have to read it. Oh okay. I was just looking at your picture and Molly’s cartoon thing. Let me get out my reading glasses and hand held magnifying glass to try and read it. wow
Atta boy!

rolling on the floor laughing
Biff, everything is going ok. thumbs up hug
Also Not a Doctor.
Wen, that is terrific news hug
Biff, I'm half a foot taller than those lies about my height. Is this wrong?
Every day,month and year,I go forward in my life....I am less sure about all knowledge,all understanding and all affection that is coming from outside and and also inside from my self.......so how can I be sure of anything.......all the changes in my body or in my cloth, I can keep track on,by taking a new pick again and again......but my insideconfused dunno .....that guy after 5 years are a strangers to me nowroll eyes ......still I know who I am now,but on the dating sites, it looks like very few even know who they are now and the don't know how to calculate or use measures.......yes, and they looks to have lost their camera 15-20 years ago and have no money to by a new one......I'm so sorry for them,but what can I do....any advises ???? doh
Vier, do you sing in the car? That's maybe more important ... wink
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! gift teddybear
Bekard, this is true, here even the bare facts have often been embroidered (or darned) sigh

We are, when all is said and done, advertising. I always assume, when I read a profile, that the profiler has carefully picked the words, has as carefully picked out the photo(s). If the spelling and grammar is atrocious, or the wording suspect, then I'm not remotely interested - good grief, if the product doesn't look good even in the shop window, why look further. People who put up photographs where they are looking belligerent and knock you down as soon as look at you, wow. WHY?

Not that it was the point of this blog but still I do wonder laugh
Daniela, are you on the right blog? rolling on the floor laughing
Prome,

only interested....have you also lost your camera dunno
I remember a song from when I was young

Nobody loves me
Everybody hates me
I'm going down the garden eating worms
I lubs you Molly.

Here, you can have one of my worms.
not sure what's going on here, just want to join and have a little fun herelaugh
Crazy, right now we seem to be handing out worms. Wine as well?

wine
Hiya Crazy grin
Legs,

I'm still here at work, trying to slow down...some live sturdy worm would be nicelaugh ,,,and some wine toodoh
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