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Hello everyone. I have joined this forum looking for some sort of insight. I have many questions. I am aware that nobody can answer them except for myself for it is I that have asked them and it is only I who understand their full meaning. As of late I find myself caught within a quagmire of infinite pondering. There are countless questions each with countless answers. I find that every question I ask has not one single answer but many. Everywhere I go I find more questions and many more answers. My mind goes in circles. I cannot find a direction. As Robert Frost put it "take the path less traveled" however, I fail to see a path worth taking at all. Instead, I'd rather chop down the forest so nothing but a barren plain is left. Then I would be free to roam in any direction I wish. The obstacle is the forest and it is laborious to chop down so many trees. However, I feel that this is the only way to fullfill my needs. That assumes that I am aware of my needs. It is increasingly apparent that I am wholly unaware of my needs. Many words have lost their meaning in these past months. I can do nothing but move on. I cannot go back. The past is populated with closed doors. So many thoughts and doubts enter my mind that I am still attempting to sort them out. Most of all I wonder why these doubts have entered my mind. If they are false and do not truly exist then they would not have entered my mind but they have and I cannot deny them. When this will cease I cannot foresee for I believe that it may never cease. I fear sharing my death bed with uncertainty as I am sure all of us are. I cannot even see anymore. The fog grows thicker with every passing day.
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Welcome to the forum! Ordinarily I'd say, "Questions are good," but it sounds like your questions are driving you mad. Quote:Instead, I'd rather chop down the forest so nothing but a barren plain is left.What forest is this? Do you have a plan for chopping it?
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fpla83That was one of the most intriguing introductions I've ever read on BookTalk. You write well, and you seem to think deeply. One of the negative aspects to being a deep thinker is that your mind can race in circles as you question everything...and every question you answer is replaced by new and more mysteriously complex questions. I really hope you become a regular in the community, whether on the boards or in the chat room. I've a feeling your posts will be captivating. So what does "fpla83" mean?Chris "The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them"
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Thank you for your welcome Chris. I have been looking over the forums and I find them very interesting. Everyone here seems to have something constructive to say. I will attempt to pick up the recent book and join that discussion as well. As for my name, its just a mix of my first and last name.
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