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The Mayor's Christmas & New Year Message

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Front-Ranger:

--- Quote ---If this were just a forum to discuss the issue of homosexuality, we might as well just be a forum on Gay.com. If this were just a fan club for Heath and Jake, we would have already moved on to their next films. No, BetterMost is a community that tries to get in touch with our emotions more than our physicality. Because the impact of the film was what made it become such an emotional crucial part of our lives. And after we've done our "spiritual homework" for the day and been there to support each other through difficult times, then we can kick back, relax, and have fun here.
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Wow, that's it in a nutshell, isn't it?! Thank you Mayor, for summarizing BetterMost so succinctly!! Let's see, my challenges and achievements in 2007? I think the thing I am most proud of was feeding (with the help of my amazing, wonderful, and sexy chefs) 200 people at BBQ 2007!! My biggest challenge? Just a measly little 6,000-ft bump called Mount Washington!!

Br. Patrick:

NO FEAR
 

Artiste:
Great Gay Holidays to all here on Bettermost and on earth!![/move]

It is wonderful to read your kind words Phillip and always too from others on Bettermost, no matter which subjects: Brokeback Mountain book or film or script, gay or straight or bi or?, female issues, etc., since Annie Proulx raises us to become better!!

Oui, oui we share on Bettermost and we all educate ourselves, even if we struggle to understand at times!!

Hugs!! I see br. Patrick's no fear since we discover freedom on Bettermost!!

tamarack:
Thanks for starting this off, Phillip.

Some pretty good things have happened in my life since I first saw the movie in February 2006 and decided that I needed to be more Jack and less Ennis if I didn't want to end up where I was headed. Several events in 2006 gave me a start on the changes, but the biggest test was my first trip to Alberta in June. I went up there with some very specific goals, and in order to accomplish them I really had to step outside my comfort zone; I had to be Jack. But I did it and I felt really good about myself because of it. It was a side of me that I hadn't seen for a very long time. For a while I thought that maybe it was just because I was up there that I was able to be someone different, but lately I've been seeing things in myself that tell me that I didn't leave it all behind up in Alberta. I've noticed that some of those changes have come back home with me and are starting to be a part of who I am becoming now, and I'm really happy to see that happening.

Phillip Dampier:

--- Quote from: tamarack on December 27, 2007, 11:04:48 pm ---Some pretty good things have happened in my life since I first saw the movie in February 2006 and decided that I needed to be more Jack and less Ennis if I didn't want to end up where I was headed. Several events in 2006 gave me a start on the changes, but the biggest test was my first trip to Alberta in June. I went up there with some very specific goals, and in order to accomplish them I really had to step outside my comfort zone; I had to be Jack. But I did it and I felt really good about myself because of it. It was a side of me that I hadn't seen for a very long time. For a while I thought that maybe it was just because I was up there that I was able to be someone different, but lately I've been seeing things in myself that tell me that I didn't leave it all behind up in Alberta. I've noticed that some of those changes have come back home with me and are starting to be a part of who I am becoming now, and I'm really happy to see that happening.

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Wow... to be honest I thought this was more of something that would be written by me.  After meeting you and seeing just how organized and ready-to-get-going you were, apparently your first trip made a major impact because I would have never assumed this about you.

I often find putting myself in Ennis' shoes when dwelling on emotional things I cannot change, and being more aggressively Jack on things I always have self-doubts about does work.

For me, just knowing I am not the only one going through something and being able to see how someone else deals with it has been very useful and comforting.

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