BitaTruble -> RE: One Dominants controversial thought on d/s (3/7/2006 11:08:09 AM)
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ok then you feel better that he is pleased with you, same thing It was getting rather late last night and I had to get my hiney in bed, but I did want to come back and address your comment. When I do something which I'm supposed to be doing, whether that's writing in my journal, making him coffee or washing the dishes, it's not a matter of me feeling 'pleased' that I'm doing what I'm supposed to be doing. I don't do what I do so that Himself will be pleased with me and make me feel better. For one thing, as I stated earlier, I already feel pretty good about myself, so to 'feel better' would imply that I wasn't feeling what I should have been in the first place. It's not the end result which matters here for me, it's the service itself.. actually, it's the service to Master in particular as it wouldn't be the same for just anyone. As I said before, if he is pleased, that's a good thing.. and I do believe that's one of the reasons he keeps a slave around because it pleases him to do so, but it doesn't effect my own self-esteem, well-being or happiness. In other words, I don't need any validation or any reciprocity in order to be happy to serve. It's not a matter of.. "if he's happy, then I'm happy" as I take responsibility for my own happiness and obeying him and serving him is it's own reward for me. For some, the ends justify the means, and that's what your comment says to me.. but that's not the way my brain is wired. I obey and serve because "I" like doing so, for him. I'm not completely selfless here and I know there are people who are, but I 'expect' to get something out of what I do. I'll leave the martyrdom to others, but believe me when I say, that if I needed to please someone else to be pleased myself, to feel better about myself, then I'd probably get a therapist to try to figure out why I put the burden of 'my' happiness onto someone else. How would I ever be able to be happy and pleased if something happened to Himself and I have no means to find some happiness on my own? quote:
Her motivations are more important than her likes or dislikes of the moment, what does she really want out of the relationship? What you wrote here.. I believe in that with all my heart and I made sure that Himself knew exactly what my motivations were 10 years ago when we met. ;) I would obey, submit.. and he had to allow me to do so. Simple, huh? quote:
Some realize a sense of accomplishment from that, “ see, I did that for you”. It's good you qualified it.. because some don't.. and I don't. I would never say something like that to Himself nor feel that way.. but if there are those who do, I don't begrudge them either. Let me put the shoe on the other foot here for a moment .. If Master had to depend on my service for 'his' happiness, then should one assume he'd be miserable without me? I don't think I'd jump to that conclusion and we are not, really, all that different, him and I. Celeste quote:
He is not my Earth and air. He is just a man, but because of him the air is sweeter and the Earth more tolerable a place to be.
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