Hammer, anvil, forge and fire, chase away The Hoofed Liar. Roof and doorway, block and beam, chase The Trickster from our dreams.Vigilance is our shield, that protects us from our squalid past. Knowledge is our weapon, with which we carve a path to an enlightened future.
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There, but for the grace of God, goes John Bradford
My aim, then, was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us. Fear is the beginning of wisdom.
I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation.
ummmm...I never said that they had something to fear from large white and Hispanic men, simply that they seemed to be nervous around them. And I never said that I make people uncomfortable (though I do sometimes :P) and I assure you it has nothing to do with my inability to keep my eyes to myself.
Hammer, anvil, forge and fire, chase away The Hoofed Liar. Roof and doorway, block and beam, chase The Trickster from our dreams.Vigilance is our shield, that protects us from our squalid past. Knowledge is our weapon, with which we carve a path to an enlightened future.
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I used to have exactly this problem, fortunately my palsey has deteriated, so now my limp is more pronounced.
That seems to have fixed it.
Hmmm.... Now I think of it, though, it also stopped around the time I became a serious Christian, which is also when people started routinely asking me for money in the street.
So, perhaps you just exude angst, rather than anything malevolent.
"If it wears trousers generally I don't pay attention."
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idk... A while back, I used to be very nervous in any social situation and didn't even like going outside, got pretty bad with it for a short time. I don't remember this happening back then though.
Now I am more relaxed, both with that and in general... but now this happens.
I think I maybe carry myself a bit differently now. Like with how you pointed out about the money, tramps etc used to ask me for money (the number of Rab C Nesbit characters around where I live these days is comical), and I would just react nervously, maybe they can tell if you're nervous and look like an easy target. But then I just started telling them to **** off, and now nobody bothers me at all.
Haha, even on the phone, one of my old friends didn't believe it was me at first, said I sounded gruff and nearly barked down the phone at him. Plus I always get mistaken for my father now rather than my brother.
I guess, now I think about it, I do feel these days like picking a fight and smacking someone in the face. Maybe this must be reflecting itself?
I don't know why I do this, I have a reputation for never getting angry or showing any emotion. It's not even a sense of rage or as if I might lose my temper, I just feel like taking up boxing or something...
At the end of the day politics is just trash compared to the Gospel.
Here's what I do when I feel angry...I go upstairs and have a smoke and when somebody speaks I go into a dream.
Silence is beautiful
It's the 4-foot rule. Folks want to apprehend strangers/other bodies just beyond arms length, especially from behind. Gives 'em time to decide whether you are friend or foe, and whether to run, ignore or embrace. The rule, by necessity, has to be relaxed somewhat in an urban environment where we jostle elbows amongst each other - but the instinct is still there, so people get startled when seeing a body so near, rushing past them.
It's why, in military marching formations "30 inches all around" is the rule; you're far enough away to avoid accidental contact, yet close enough (within the 4-foot rule) to be defined as "together", part of a unified moving unit, controlled by a leader.
Be well. Do good. Keep in touch.
Damn my last post made it sound like my balls just dropped.
That is not the issue, sorry if I mislead... I think I just get frustrated recently from doing no exercise whatsoever over the past few years, and that makes me more agitated/agressive. I had been doing exercise stuff not long ago but then I dropped it after having the flu and now exams... maybe I should just pick that up again...
At the end of the day politics is just trash compared to the Gospel.
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