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Ennis or Jack? Which one did you identify with more?

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Rayn:
I ID with both, cause I'm like Ennis on the outside sometimes, but like Jack in the center of me all the time.  I understand the feelings of both men and love them equally.   

Hey the Pilgrimage was fantastics... I loved every minutes of it.

Rayn

loneleeb3:

--- Quote from: moremojo on August 01, 2007, 04:32:04 pm ---And yet, isn't it strange at how much we love Ennis (well, I do anyway), even though we don't want to end up like him, or even be like him (even though so many of us claim the resemblance)? That has been part of the paradox for me, for even though I strive to have a happier life than Ennis, he will always be stuck in his fictional universe with the same broken heart...and I'll be loving him and hurting for him, no matter what.

And welcome back, Juan (and I love your avatar, notre petit prince)!

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I agree Scott.
Sometimes, as I am starting on this journey, I feel like i am bound to follow in his footsteps. His divorce happened not because of his sexuality but because of a slow diswntergration of his marriage much like mine. So, he wound up divorced and seperated from his daughters and now I am soon to be divorced and seperted from mine. There is no guarantee that i will find hapiness with another. I guess the difference is that i am opened to the possibility and cling to the hope of a better more fulfilled life.
Only time will tell if that comes to fruition!

moremojo:
With your openness to the truth of your heart, Lee, you are well beyond Ennis at the comparable junctures in his life. Ennis didn't realize what he had until he had lost it; you know what you want, and are arranging to make that possibility come to life. I think you are well on your way to a happier, more fulfilled existence, and unlike Ennis, it won't be too late for you.

Best wishes as always,
Scott

Rayn:

--- Quote from: JCinNYC2006 on August 01, 2007, 04:17:02 pm ---... the parts that we identify with and the balance of optimism and stoicism that they represent, to me anyway.  Definitely been thinking about how I don't want to be like Ennis and how I've moved away from that, little by little.

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Hey, a Stoic is a good way to see Ennis.  I had balanced them as Idealism and Realism, but Stoicism adds the factor of  pain ( "...just gotta stand it") to the pic. 

Thanks, Juan.

Where are you now?  You back home or still on the road?   I'm visiting my folks in Washington State... which takes a fair amount of Stoicism too, and a large amount of patience and understanding.   (smile)

Rayn

JCinNYC2006:
Yeah I'm home, mustering up all my patience just to be back at work.  I need another vacation.   And yeah, stoicisim, patience, and a lil bit of humor always works well at home!  Hope you're having a good time Rayn...

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