
02-14-2005, 01:26 PM
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Achilles Heel
So....I'm curious. Mostly because I've been thinking about mine.
Do you have an Achilles heel? That one thing that ~~ if you could fix it ~~ would make you more successful? Now....before you hop all over me, I KNOW success is defined in many ways. So you're going to have to tell me what your definition is too.
I'm looking forward to your responses....
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02-14-2005, 01:29 PM
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Just in case someone needs a bit of background on our hero Achilles:
"When Achilles was born, his mother, Thetis, tried to make him immortal by dipping him in the river Styx. As she immersed him, she held him by one heel and forgot to dip him a second time so the heel she held could get wet too. Therefore, the place where she held him remained untouched by the magic water of the Styx and that part stayed mortal or vulnerable. "
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Life is too short not to love and be loved....preferably multiple times in one night.
I think men talk to women so they can sleep with them and women sleep with men so they can talk to them. ~ Jay McInerney
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02-14-2005, 01:53 PM
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Mine, I wear my heart on my sleeve
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02-14-2005, 05:01 PM
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Well I think we all have a kink that we would rather do without.
Mine would have to be that I also wear my heart on my sleave/shoulder. Now some girls like a guy who is in touch with his emotions coz it's something that they don't see every day. It makes us vulnerable but at the same time also makes us stronger.
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02-14-2005, 06:46 PM
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Man...I used to love that band Styx!
Oh...wait...um...nevermind!
LOL!
Anyway...to me, osuche...success is measured by how happy I am of my personal accomplishments. I have many accomplishments that will leave my mark on this earth when I am gone.
My Achilles heel is that I have yet to find the ultimate "personal" accomplishment of...WHAT I WANT TO BE WHEN I GROW UP! I don't have that insight, spark, dream...whatever you'd call it when someone knows their goals and goes for them with all the gusto they can muster! I don't know how to aquire it (whatever "it" is that I don't have) and I envy others for having it...especially right out of high school...but even later in life when the feeling hits them.
That song (forgot the name and the artist) that has the verse..."You want it all, but you can't have it. It's in your reach, but you can't grab it. What is "it"...Kind of a rap/head bangin tune...but damn if I can remember who did it?? Anyway...I get so depressed when I hear that fuckin song! I feel like they wrote it for me!
*sigh*
Good thread osuche!
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02-15-2005, 05:39 AM
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Lixy, I still haven't worked out what I want to succeed at when I grow up, but I'm
pretty happy with what I've done so far.
My Achilles Heel is my vanity, particularly about my intellect.
Every so often it leads me to a fall on my arse, with the short term lesson learned.
Long term, I am an incurable smarty/smartarse.
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