Friday, August 19, 2005
no matter what sign you are
my grandmother is a taurus & my grandfather was a scorpio (rest his soul). he died in 1977, a few days after i celebrated my fourth birthday. i can remember kissing his bearded cheek as a child. my sister & i used to slide down the stairs (i can show you better than i can tell you) & he would yell for us to stop it. we didn't care that those stairs used to kill our backsides, but it was fun all the same as we rushed to see who would get to the bottom first only to run back up & start the whole process over again.
i bring that up to talk about my taurus moment i had today. not many taurus' will admit they are stubborn, & neither am i admitting it to confirm that bit of information, but i will say that we have more problems not being able to give of ourselves in most situations than we receive. we can't help trying to be the nurturing soul all the time. however, there are a few of us who are crazier than cat-piss...
take those close to gemini...need i say more?
or those with that aries riding out on their horns...they scare the hell out of me!
in reality, it doesn't matter what sign you are (the supremes talked about this in the hit "no matter what sign you are"), as long as you know how to treat people like you want to be treated, then you should do alright. a brother told me, however, that no one really wants a nice guy to which i was like, "what?"
could this be true? does everyone aspire to call an abusive, nonfeeling, negative thinking man theirs? i have heard brothers wish aloud for the man who broke the mold (probably over their heads), but what mold are we talking about & why is it so important that he broke it in the first place?
i don't like mean folks in particular, but i have learned that a taurus can make an exception in a minute--something i'm religiously NOT doing anymore! i used to fall in love with "potential" until i really looked at the definition which, in essence, meant "ain't doing nothing yet!"
potential was:
lawd, i used to like me some potential...& he was every sign in the zodiac...
my sister & i talk for hours about how there are no new people under the sun. our theory is that even newborn babies are someone else, which is why little so-&-so is such much like whatshisname. after hearing the comparisons all their lives, some grow up & meet their unofficial twin & say the same thing like, "damn, we do look alike" or "i sure do act like them!"
but no two people are alike & although what one's disposition might suggest, he/she is still only who they are, & the similarities to others should cease at some point, unless there's no mistaking who you're talking to. the trick is to know that if it's too much like something you don't want to be in, then you run, right? maybe not run, but walk away without looking back, lest you, too, become a pillar of salt whether you're male or female. i'd like to believe that no matter what space/place someone falls under in the "astrological wheel of identities" good people are good people.
i often hear, "you're a pretty cool taurus" from people on occasion, but what does that mean to a leo? i've also heard on occasion that, "i get along with all taurus' pretty well...that's why i knew i'd like you" but what does that mean to the countless other taurus folks that they or i have yet to meet? & did they know i was a taurus before they met me? & more importantly, what does that have to do with the cost of butter?
so, the moment came today when i had to realize that we all turn on the wheel...meaning? no matter what sign you are, u can only be who you are & the most you can ever do is the best you can...
nuff said...
H.
8-19-2005
i bring that up to talk about my taurus moment i had today. not many taurus' will admit they are stubborn, & neither am i admitting it to confirm that bit of information, but i will say that we have more problems not being able to give of ourselves in most situations than we receive. we can't help trying to be the nurturing soul all the time. however, there are a few of us who are crazier than cat-piss...
take those close to gemini...need i say more?
or those with that aries riding out on their horns...they scare the hell out of me!
in reality, it doesn't matter what sign you are (the supremes talked about this in the hit "no matter what sign you are"), as long as you know how to treat people like you want to be treated, then you should do alright. a brother told me, however, that no one really wants a nice guy to which i was like, "what?"
could this be true? does everyone aspire to call an abusive, nonfeeling, negative thinking man theirs? i have heard brothers wish aloud for the man who broke the mold (probably over their heads), but what mold are we talking about & why is it so important that he broke it in the first place?
i don't like mean folks in particular, but i have learned that a taurus can make an exception in a minute--something i'm religiously NOT doing anymore! i used to fall in love with "potential" until i really looked at the definition which, in essence, meant "ain't doing nothing yet!"
potential was:
- hot but broke
- articulate but condescending
- loving but abusive
- right-handed & could draw but a thief
- left-handed & could sing but illiterate
- choosey & particular but homeless & barely liked by his own friends & family
lawd, i used to like me some potential...& he was every sign in the zodiac...
my sister & i talk for hours about how there are no new people under the sun. our theory is that even newborn babies are someone else, which is why little so-&-so is such much like whatshisname. after hearing the comparisons all their lives, some grow up & meet their unofficial twin & say the same thing like, "damn, we do look alike" or "i sure do act like them!"
but no two people are alike & although what one's disposition might suggest, he/she is still only who they are, & the similarities to others should cease at some point, unless there's no mistaking who you're talking to. the trick is to know that if it's too much like something you don't want to be in, then you run, right? maybe not run, but walk away without looking back, lest you, too, become a pillar of salt whether you're male or female. i'd like to believe that no matter what space/place someone falls under in the "astrological wheel of identities" good people are good people.
i often hear, "you're a pretty cool taurus" from people on occasion, but what does that mean to a leo? i've also heard on occasion that, "i get along with all taurus' pretty well...that's why i knew i'd like you" but what does that mean to the countless other taurus folks that they or i have yet to meet? & did they know i was a taurus before they met me? & more importantly, what does that have to do with the cost of butter?
so, the moment came today when i had to realize that we all turn on the wheel...meaning? no matter what sign you are, u can only be who you are & the most you can ever do is the best you can...
nuff said...
H.
8-19-2005
# posted by Fool That I Am : 12:01 AM
