Maxwell67 -> RE: How the "No catchy title question" turned out (1/13/2009 12:25:53 PM)
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ORIGINAL: RedMagic1 Dang, Maxwell67. That's the first thing I've ever read by you that I thought was totally off. Heaven knows, there's plenty of things about the US military that I don't support, but there's a lot to be said for instilling an understanding that the important thing is accomplishing objectives, not how one feels every single second of the day. "Enjoyment" is overrated, frankly. "Fulfillment" and "accomplishing goals" are where it's at. Do something boring, painful, scary, that you don't like at all -- and then achieve something rare and amazing as an end product -- is totally worth it. Don't you know people who keep running after short-term pleasure at the expense of long-term contentment? It's a microwave HotPocket Pop-Tart approach to life. Sometimes it's better to slave over a hot stove, and then sit down to a sumptuous meal at the end of the day. There are times when a great deal of effort doing something you do not enjoy pays off in the end. Before I started directing, I was an actor, and I had to take direction that I often found painful but the resulting work turned out to be more than worth the sacrifice (sometimes). Please note, I did say "almost never". I am not really goal oriented, though. I am a process oriented person, so I tend to look for ways of doing things that consistently work for me. I am absolutely not the "at any cost" type. I am afraid I simply cannot agree on the importance of "accomplishing goals" unless the goal is to develop a system that works. Back to the topic at hand, though. I do not mix pain into all of my scenes either, for a variety of reasons, but the scenes where I really find my 'top space', as LadyP aptly puts it, are the ones where I am dealing out extreme sensations. I have done scenes where I have pampered mine, and loved them. A good shibari scene for me involves a lot of pampering, massaging her, bathing her and drying her and so on, with lots of work expended preparing the atmosphere.. but while I do enjoy that it is the second half of the scene (tying her into an awkward and uncomfortable position and watching her endure it) I am really anticipating. Ultimately I must I admire MrP's resilience and dedication to his wife. I could never have done that. I suppose that is why I am only attracted to subissives and why I married one, hehe. I have to agree, though, that it is both wise and rewarding to fulfill the fantasies of the woman I love and I would encourage any man to do the same. I feel exceptionally fortunate that her fantasies are things I would enjoy doing to her anyway.
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