I can’t get away from Docudharma today. Every diary has been intriguing. Commenters are on fire. And I keep generating more questions which beg for conversation.
Plf515 wrote an essay about the use of labels and how we perceive and use them.
Buhdy has been writing about who we are and what we are about.
NLOB has been contributing to our collective understanding.
Robyn writes so eloquently and heart-wrenchingly and always insightfully about self-identity, inclusiveness and ostracism as an integral part of who she is.
And many others are writing and thoughtfully commenting about us, who we are, what our purpose is and what our contributions are and can be.
To that end, I am interested in learning about:
how you describe yourself
how your describe Docudharma
and
what your perceived discrepancies are between how you are and how you wish to be
how docudharma is and how you wish it to be
Anyone game?
How I perceive myself:
A thinker
A listener
A writer
Sensitive to the needs of others
Empathetic
Stubborn
Trying to be open-minded
Learning disabled
Often confused
Often surprised
Appreciator of music
Appreciator of good works
Appreciator of nature
Rejector of discrimination
Rejector of social injustice
Distrustful
Aloof
Shy
Tolerate, but dislike, ambiguity
Notably, I didn’t mention gender, familial role, occupation, age race or other census-type identifier.
Docudharma:
Community
Like-minded individuals
Progressive values
Inclusive to a point
Creative
Talented
Inconsistent
Future oriented
Peace-loving
Hard-working
Intelligent
Passionate
Sensitive
Again, community is described very differently than that of the categories plf515 used in his examples.
Gaps Between Extant and Preferred States
I want to become a person who likes people, can learn to trust people and who enjoys the company of others, as I would like them to enjoy my company.
I would like to see the Docudharma community emerge as a progressive agenda leader. To that end, I would like to see more inclusivity of those who hold disparate ideas and opinions, with a rigorous application of critical analysis to test ideas, to develop ideas and to promote ideas with a total absence of ad hominem attacks.
I hope you’ll comment about your own perceptions. Maybe this will help us build mutual understanding and will help us to develop the community of Docudharma.
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Have at it. And feel free to disagree with my perceptions.
Me on Me
fair
nurturer
empath
lead with my heart
volunteer
doer
tolerant
patient
sarcastic
humorous
withdrawn
stubborn
depressed
angry
frustrated
sad
What I would change
I wish I could be happy again, and I wish I could change the negative emotions to positive, but that requires a whole bunch of stuff getting fixed.
Docudharma
toddler learning to walk
great group of caring people
mainly doers
respectful,safe, fun place
place to learn, and plan
DD for the future
learn to run together with ideas
a force for fairness, and action, without losing our humor
able to put together ideas and disperse through the world
…and occasionally too few.
that in some way describe a sort of essence of experiences.
But some songs I hear kind of describe myself to me.
It’s a place to open up and say all the stuff that people would look at me cross-eyed for and back away from for saying in the “real world”. But here people understand it and it seems to connect.
It’s kind of a place for thoughts we all have to float freely in without concern for whether they are “correct” or not… which is I think what buhdy intended.
I’m clueless most of the time. If I accept that as fact more often than not my day goes better and usually my life. I do my best to remember the child that I am along with everything else and take her with me where I go. She didn’t have such a judgemental problem and she asked a lot of questions. She also saw the Easy Bake Oven commercial, wanted the Easy Bake Oven, got the Easy Bake oven and then she made chemical tasting food that nobody under the age of six could bring themselves to eat using a light bulb…..she bought the goods once and it was crap 😉
Docudharma is sustaining soup for the trying soulful journey.
Me:
tall
playful
happily married
mostly happy (in general)
somewhat damaged
distrustful of authority
hard working (even tho I’m a stay-at-home-mom)
nurturing
impatient sometimes
thoughtful
respectful
well-mannered
insightful
intelligent, but always eager to learn more
optimistic
balanced
visual
Docudharma:
awesome
great community
fun-loving
respectful
energetic
inspiring
educational
Perceived discrepancies in myself:
I wish I had more patience, but it’s a work in progress.
I would like to be happier, but I feel these times we live in are highly questionable therefore I cannot pretend to always be happy.
I wish to be more inspirational-to my family, our DD community, other on-line communities I consider myself a member of and of course my RL friends.
Perceived discrepancies in DD:
as in any on-line community-lack of conversational context.
really that might be it…
I really enjoy this place, as you can see, my computer is always on and logged onto DD.
I do my housework, stop by, comment, read, play with the kids, live life, write.
Thanks for the forum Aek. Great idea!
Human Being
I try to live up to it
it is not always easy