Posted by twinleaf on April 23, 2008, at 22:57:24
In reply to Now I feel very bad for bringing it up, posted by Dinah on April 23, 2008, at 21:43:26
I hope I will be able to express this thought without being considered uncivil. I THINK, though I'm not sure, that Dinah may be talking about the situation of having a very competent intellect, which can solve whatever *adult* problems present themselves, and possessing also a lot of emotional depth and range, which she has had, sort of unchanged, since she was a child. Probably, at the core, these feelings are very important to her, and they may also be largely non-verbal. She probably feels her statement has more meaning, to her, if she keeps it that way.
MissK seems to be approaching Dinah's comment, which I think she purposely wanted to leave ambiguous, with an intense need to get every bit of meaning into words, going so far as to quote the dictionary.
It's a shame for anyone to feel bad by what just occurred. One way of looking at the exchange is to note that it gives MissK an opportunity to explore the world of unexpressed feelings and ambiguities, where of necessity things are not all nailed down. And Dinah might want to explore ways to share a bit more of her rich inner world in ways which others can understand and enjoy.
There! Did I make it?
poster:twinleaf
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