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Comment on Advertiser Vs Consumer - So True (via @palesa08) by iwyfybyzunym

iwyfybyzunym — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:52:55 +0000

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Comment on Will you leave a legacy? by MAV3RIK

MAV3RIK — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 19:19:37 +0000

I’ve been battling for some time now to come up with an inspirational Editor’s letter. It used to come so easily, but the inspirational well seems to have dried up a bit in the effort of simply “putting out the daily fires” … Your blog reminds me so much of Dec 2007 (the accident) - I’ll email you my Editor’s letter that followed. I put my heart and soul into a few thereafter, whilst the message was strong, but like all things, they faded. Believe it or not you’ve reawakened the will to want to motivate and inspire again. Thank you for that.. You rock Mel. More time will be made to create the message I need to create… the message that was expected and is expected from me.

Comment on Will you leave a legacy? by Melody

Melody — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 07:30:47 +0000

Hey Mike,

Glad it resonated with you. Was more cathartic writing it for me, so I’m glad it could touch someone else, even if just in a small way

Comment on Will you leave a legacy? by Melody

Melody — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 07:29:19 +0000

All I can say is appearances can be deceiving, for someone with your exterior you really are a sensitive, kind soul

Comment on Will you leave a legacy? by Mike Smith

Mike Smith — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:02:47 +0000

I really dig the last part of the post:

“be kind - life is short, make sure you are living and not just existing”

So true. This is something I needed to read today. Thank you for writing it

Comment on Will you leave a legacy? by MAV3RIK

MAV3RIK — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:59:48 +0000

I have learnt that as much as we would love to hold onto those very thoughts every moment of our living life, we do tend to let them slip a little. What is important though is to remind oneself occasionally (hopefully daily), without forgetting. It is great to see others that share in this mindset because it is a sad reality that the majority of people who read your blog, will have forgotten the lesson in a few hours time. Some people only know its true meaning when they are forced to, and lucky enough to survive a situation which teaches them just that…

Comment on One tequila, two tequila, three tequila… No more? by palesa

palesa — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 06:36:01 +0000

I didn’t know about “Straight Edge” until I met you but I’ve kinda lived my life in that fashion and it wasn’t really a conscious decision. It just made sense for me and how I wanted to live my life. This may make me unpopular but I just don’t get the whole getting drunk/high thing. If I can’t get social while sober then I’ve clearly got some inner issues to work out. I don’t have the perfect life but I know I want to be conscious of it at every turn.

Wait, unhealthy food is my current drug but I’m working on it

Comment on Sandcastles by me

me — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:15:37 +0000

It takes an immense amount of courage, self-belief and faith to actually take that step of moving away from a 7 year rel into the unknown. I can completely relate to this as I find myself in a 7 year rel where I look at the other person and have NO idea who they are, NO idea how the rel that it eventually became was just so not worth it.

Question is do you have the guts to let go of what you have come to know so well and let life take the lead into the horizon?

Comment on One tequila, two tequila, three tequila… No more? by Rory Vels

Rory Vels — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 08:16:36 +0000

Hey
Not sure if I fall into “Straight Edge” category. Although I did have my lifestyle described as austere by someone. I have never been drunk, never smoked or done any kind of recreational drug. Guess thats as straight edge as it come? Oh well. Yes it is socially suspect to live this way, but its still my choice at 37 years old to continue in this vein. If I am surrounded by the people I call true friends I do not require a “social lubricant” as I am comfortable enough to be sober around them and still contribute to the occasion and the conversation.
Will I have a drink? Yes sure. But never more than one. Are we really that selfish that we think its ok to drive home while totally inebriated? I have seen and heard of too many fatal accidents to be comfortable putting my own life and anyone else’s at risk just for the sake of being slightly more relaxed in a social environment! Nothing positive has ever come out of being drunk. And once you factor in the long term side-effects of chemical lifestyle enhancements how can we still CHOOSE to partake in them? Are we really so scared of not doing what the group is doing? Peer pressure is something best left in Primary School. And if your choice is not supported be your friends then maybe new friends are the order of the day…

Comment on One tequila, two tequila, three tequila… No more? by phr0ggi

phr0ggi — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:17:36 +0000

I can vouch for the “Straight Edge” lifestyle (alkthough I don’t identify myself as Straight Edge). I used to be a bit of a toxic case (understatement) - and decided to turn it around. I lost weight, experienced a real and definite improvement in my health, lost a lot of “friends” and rediscovered Sunday mornings.

Happier than I used to be and it’s done wonders for my creativity and productivity. So (IMO), there is something to be said for whole clean living thing. Yeah, it’s difficult from time to time but you can work past it.

And if Straight Edge seems a bit extreme, then you could always walk the path of moderation.

My 2c.