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the_loner_23
Member Ascendant

since 2002-06-08

Posts 5479
Jacksonville, Florida, USA

0 posted 2002-07-17 01:43 PM

I was always considered slow
I have a learning disability
But so

There are so many like me out there
But we get along
And some people are fair

But not only learning disabilites
Make people slow
Sometimes it is caused by sickness
And even old age

So this whole world can be considered
A slow man's land
Whether people like it or not
Not just people with learning disabilites like me
Are slow as can be
In this slow man's land

Cold hands means a warm heart

Mistletoe Angel

Member Empyrean

since 2000-12-17

Posts 32816
Portland, Oregon

1 posted 2002-07-17 01:48 PM

(big hugggsssssss) Oh Julie, this is so very truie, sweet friend, I have alearning difference also but there is nothing wrong with it for we are all unique in our own ways and we should respect those differences! (kiss on cheek) This is wonderfully heartfelt, sweet friend, I love it, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Julie, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

"Underneath your clothes there's an endless story..."

Shakira

suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

2 posted 2002-07-17 05:51 PM

I like this very much, loner... I don't think I'd ever appreciated how fast the world moves or how hard it is to move slowly until I had a concussion... It would take two cycles of the traffic light for me to cross the street... and it's scary out there in the middle. *S*

serenity blaze
Member Empyrean

since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

3 posted 2002-07-17 11:54 PM

This little snapshot of the phrase, is by NO MEAN..."slow"...

exceptional, sincere and insightful, loner lady. You touched m'heart!

wranx
Member Elite

since 2002-06-07

Posts 3689
Moved from a shack to a barn

4 posted 2002-07-18 12:03 PM

Loner, you did this challenge proud!

~wranx

I have great faith in Humanity...It's just most of the Humans, I'm not too keen on. E.F.Rose

bsquirrel

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-01-03

Posts 7855

5 posted 2002-07-18 11:54 AM

Great one, Loner. My brother has a learning disability, too, and I know how frustrating it can be to never break over the mental wall erected in th' mind.

Thanks for sharin' this!

She said burn ... together.
-TON

nakdthoughts
Member Laureate

since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

6 posted 2002-07-18 12:11 PM

You know I think everyone has a disability of some sort...everyone is slower at something... but with learning disabilities there are coping skills and obviously you have met that challenge
~Smiles
M

Madame Chipmunk
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-05

Posts 8296
Michigan

7 posted 2002-07-18 12:57 PM

*smiles* I agree with Maureen, Julie....
Sometimes our disabilities give us coping skills that no one else has...
and you probably have developed special strengths to make up for your disability...
like the way blind people can actually "feel" colors, and deaf people can hear things through vibrations.

~ very special hugs for a very special young woman

Lyra

copyright2002 Lyra Nesius

"poetry is life distilled" Gwendolyn Brooks

Neeraja
Senior Member

since 2002-06-22

Posts 812
The Netherlands

8 posted 2002-07-18 04:08 PM

Very good write Julie!!! And there is nothing wrong with being slow... I wish more people would slow down a bit!

Neeraja

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