Rubble, stone, bricks, concrete, glass...or maybe simply of straw, even?
Are they even necessary for you at all? If so, what are your reasons for building them?
Care to share...?
2007-09-03 15:36:45 · 15 answers · asked by shahrizat 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
p/s - Yahoo suggested that I post this under Home & Garden...
2007-09-03 15:40:15 · update #1
Thanks for coming to answer this question of mine, all of you. I was simply curious as to the extent some of us would go to protect or to expose ourselves emotionally, mentally or even socially, from/to the world and people in general.
I have my own views on this, and I’ve included them in the entry for my blog:-
http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-LR5vqYwic6e_gGPn0s21a6oDoA--?cq=1 You are all welcome to visit if you’re interested.
2007-09-06 18:15:09 · update #2
Tabula Rasa (what a wonderful name!), I love glass and it’s reflective properties. They are also associated with transparency and honesty. Very nice.
Wkevinc: Cute. I can just imagine the technical gadgetry you need to generate the force field. High tech, indeed, but creatively flexible. Thanks.
Blah: The heart is a resilient thing. It will mend if you WILL it to. Thank you, dear.
Guru: Pragmatic, as always. And apt too - hence my question. And if I had posted this in Homes and Gardens, I doubt I would get such insights as I am getting from this section, including from you, sir.
Sailcat, my friend. Why would you hate mirrors? Do you find that you hate confronting your own self? I couldn’t imagine why you would….
Jach, Hi! I know how strong and deep you are inside….
2007-09-06 18:44:32 · update #3
Fuzzykitty, yes I agree. Some build walls to seal off past and unpleasant memory or history. Thanks.
Cynic: I wish you much happiness. You made me smile.
Feather, how nice it is that you are able to embrace yourself this way!
To the others, I’m sorry I couldn’t mention all. Thanks so much for spending some time on this. Have a wonderful weekend ahead, everyone!
2007-09-06 18:45:00 · update #4
Most of us would say we have no walls when in fact we have an immense love and hate. So often do we overlook the fact that the two can be very connected to the point where actions stem from our love/hate emotions yet we can't tell the two apart.
The love we can feel for others allows a window into our souls. We feel love from others. We share our love.
But we change; others change. This window can also be turned into concrete, letting nothing in and this is purely defensive. Nothing can hurt us.
What will take the wall down? Thinking less of ourselves and more of others. Empaths do this. They have no walls of their own but they feel all. Be more empathic sometimes. It's not such a bad thing to be able to see from the emotional viewpoint of others.
2007-09-04 07:30:33 · answer #1 · answered by Sin™ 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Over time a person who cares deeply occasionally find that they are unable to, at a time cope with anything more and need to shut the door so to speak, not answer the phone , be busy . in order to keep the tiny thread of their own sanity intact. It may be a temporary wall,
Another reason for the wall, is because if you are always fixing things for other people they never aspire to learn how to do it them self, or possible it is to a person that crys wolf so many times that you can't take it anymore, and they need to learn that one day something real will happen and no one will be there to pick up the piece. In this case it a stop the insanity wall.
2007-09-03 16:03:56 · answer #2 · answered by fuzzykitty 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I guess I haven't built any emotional walls if what you mean are protective stockades. I'm sure no walls can hold my emotions if I got one. They'll break every glass, tear down any concrete, kick off every brick just to flow free.
But if what you mean are emotions that have grown walls as a result of long nurturing in them,..hardened by not letting go; Again, I guess there have been only coves...deep enough not to be heard by the outside world.
2007-09-03 16:03:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Whatever the wall I build too many people seem to have cracked the code to break it down. I have been a hopeless romantic ever since.
2007-09-03 16:37:54 · answer #4 · answered by cynic 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
They're force fields. Impenetrable one moment and gone the next.
They're not necessary and I have no reasons for them which I can discern other than fear.
2007-09-03 15:42:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
My emotions are made of glass, so it's is very brittle, but it shows a reflection of who I'm trully am. But my mind is made of concrete, in this way i don't let my emotions take over me.
2007-09-03 15:42:24 · answer #6 · answered by 8theist 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
mine is made of
love
courage
kindness
faithfullness
goodness
sympathy
generosity
matarials from world can be withered after so many days
and my main foundation of my emotional wall is God because He Never fails me and loves mo so much
2007-09-03 15:55:03 · answer #7 · answered by hazelle 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
unlike sailcat :p i love mirrors...and my emotional walls are made up of those mirrors...atleast they show all my flaws,faults to me, which i expect from people around me. :)
but my emotional wall has a tiny door. i let some people in, who care to knock and ask "how are you, can i add my tiny piece of mirror to your wall?"
for those who just pass by, my wall is just a wall for them...
:)
2007-09-03 17:54:48 · answer #8 · answered by *Hope* 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Flowery questions are more for the garden than philosophy.
People who erect walls then often claim to be lonely -- even unloved. Remember, it was you who chose to erect the walls and keep others out in the first place.
2007-09-03 15:55:51 · answer #9 · answered by guru 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
pride and sense of preservation. keeps the unwelcomed out
2007-09-03 15:52:46 · answer #10 · answered by Jean Anderson 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋