Quote
"The worst walls are never the ones you find in your way.
The worst walls are the ones you put there - you build yourself.
Those are the high ones, the thick ones, the ones with no doors in.
- Ursula k. LeGuin
I came across this quote and it made me think of all those people who are guarded to a fault, who want in, but won't let you in, and for those of us who wonder why some people are the way they are.
posted by Blu Jewel at 12:59 PM
8 Comments:
Hey sweetie!!
LOVE the quote! You know I'm going to steal it and use it as the opening for one of my posts, right? (LOL)
Peace! Today, Be... true to yourself!
Hi Blu,
I am possibly more guarded and private than many others.
And I would have more walls when before hardly any at all. The reason?
That's because I've come out of some difficult tribulations where it never rained but poured & where I've had to manage with my own survivial power. Such times too did bring about a crash course in the painful study of human nature, that someone like me would probably remember for life.
Today, I have a healthy aspect to life (there's no doubt about that) but I stay more cautious now than before to avoid the same mistakes. More alert too.
I would trust someone but after a while and not on the immediacy. These things happen. In a way, it's made me feel happier and more peaceful with my future destiny than if I didn't have those walls.
I will raise my hand ion shame, but its just lately i feel like Corrine's "Trouble Sleeping"
I am definitely guilty of this, but unfortunately that's just how I am. I have tried to come out of it, only to find reason to build bigger stronger walls. Good thought though.
jus - Had a feeling you'd like this one, though "stealing" it was not the reason for my thought.
Su, iron, nique, & rayne - For reasons best known to yourselves, the wall was probably put up for a reason, but once in a while you still need to let it down or at least install a door or two as iron suggested. I too have walls, but I've made some doors and there are a special FEW that even have keys.
I felt like this recently when Big Mama died. I didn't want anyone near me or to see how hard I took it. Now that I'm starting to come back to the world, I may let me guard down again, but no one will ever be able to get in there like she did.
Perhaps one day, Blu...
Good quote. Describes me to a tee... I always wonder why I'm like that... A closed book...
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