http://www.metamorphosism.com/?p=5806 We of course all understand it, being intellectuals. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 17:47:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0 http://www.metamorphosism.com/?p=5806&cpage=1#comment-11463 Fri, 07 Jan 2022 09:20:38 +0000 http://www.metamorphosism.com/?p=5806#comment-11463 It wasn’t necessarily a secure childhood. The feeling in that memory is kind of a baseline for me – no great joy but no angst either, no connection but no loneliness. By calibration I mean, I could (but rarely do) compare other memories to it – is this better or worse?
I think you are right that it is a place to grow from rather than return to.

]]> http://www.metamorphosism.com/?p=5806&cpage=1#comment-11462 Wed, 05 Jan 2022 20:00:25 +0000 http://www.metamorphosism.com/?p=5806#comment-11462 It’s a lovely memory, but measuring all other memories by that one sounds dangerous. There is no peace like the peace of a secure childhood, but there is growth.

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