kyraofMists -> RE: why do Y/you need pain? (8/6/2006 12:57:11 PM)
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There are different types of needs. There are the needs that we have for our biological survival, needs for our emotional and mental well-being and then needs for the well-being of our relationships. Pain is not one of the basic needs for survival; my body will not die without it. However, I am a masochist. It is part of who I am and so I need to engage in activities that fulfill that aspect of me. That part of my soul would wither and die if I did not do things to enhance it. I know this because for years I did not value this part of myself and life was without passion. Pain is my passion. Whenever I think of passion, I hear David Boreanaz’s voice in my head: Passion... it lies in all of us. Sleeping, waiting, and though unbidden, it will stir, open its jaws, and howl. It speaks to us, guides us... passion rules us all. And we obey. What other choice do we have?... Passion is the source of our finest moments. The joy of love, the clarity of hatred, and the ecstasy of grief... it hurts sometimes more than we can bear. If we could live without passion, maybe we could know some kind of peace. But we would be hollow. Empty rooms, shuttered and dank... without passion, we'd be truly dead. Without pain I would be passionless. I would be an empty shell going through the motions of life. Knight's kyra
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