Requiem for a Black Swan (aka Stigmata)

[Stigmata]

"...I sneezed. This particular sneeze was like some sort of low-grade nuke-yoo-lar blast. (Who am I kidding...all of my sneezes are like that). It was loud, and, as soon as the echoes of it died away, we were left with silence. My friend was the first one to speak up. With his hands outstretched, as if he were grabbing an invisible basketball, and his face twisted in a mixture of wonder and hope and sincere honesty he said:

"If only there was a way to harness that power!"..."

--LOL! I needed that HD. Remind me never to be near you during allergy season. Now let's harness that sucker and put OPEC out of business and keep these danged natural gas prices down. :-)


"And that's the point I'm trying to make, Stig. That was a great read, made even more compelling by the circuitous, stream - of - consciousness method you used. You are a creative, intelligent, emotionally vibrant writer, and if you're at all like that in person, well, meeting you would be an intense event."

--Aw...ya trying to make me blush? Bad-dog-bad! [waving finger at you).

And you'd be surprised. People feel at ease around me. Fs first sight impression is I'm cold like a northern German. Nah. I listen they soon find out. Weird. Have found others, esp. F, tell me things about themselves etc. they probably shouldn't to someone who's practically a total stranger.

For example, when I was in the hotel bar first night a F was upset. Yes, intoxicated, but lasered in on me. I only said a few things to her. Started grabbing me. Crying uncontrollably. Diagnosed with terminal stage 4 breast cancer 2 months earlier she sobs. Whoa. Held her up. Thanked me, kissed my neck. Whoa. Asked me to get her to her room or at least take her to concierge. Yes, ladies, I DID the latter. Sheesh. Shame on you for even entertaining that thought in your evil little minds. LOL. And don't you deny it. ;-)

"You are going through some painful times right now, and have suffered in the past. But don't let it consume you. Instead, think about this trite phrase: what doesn't kill you, makes you stronger. It's trite, but there's a lot of wisdom there, too. I know that my pain has forced me to grow in ways I never would have, but for the need to stretch, to understand, to comprehend the madness."

--Yes. This is painful but it's second to other stuff I have survived that would bring many, if not most people to their knees. I will process it. And I know there's more pain in life to come.

"Harness the power. Use your pain to grow.

Hairdog

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--Only after we harness that magnificent sneeze. LOL.

-Stigmata-