I enjoy reading older Linking rings magazines. I picked up a box containing issues from the 70's to 90's. Here was a neat article / read I wanted to share with you guys.
You Know the Passion by Tom Vorjohan August 1995 Linking Ring Magazine
We met by chance. I can't recall anything like this, yet it was as though we had known each other for years. It was just what I was looking for...intriguing, new, magnetic...sometimes mysterious...at other times hysterical...always welcome.
I couldn't get enough: morning, noon, and night. I gave everything I had to give. I invested my money. But, more importantly, I gave my time to this relationship. It was infatuation...the more I gave, the more I wanted!
At first, friends said I was obsessed. They laughed. I really didn't know what I was doing, and it must have shown. How could I explain?
"What IS the attraction?" I ask myself frequently. Is it attraction...acceptance...power? Is it fantasy...fame...fortune? Maybe it's just the challenge to conquer something unknown to so many. I really can't put my finger on it. But I will admit that it is all consuming. But, it seems so innocent...
Maybe my friends were right. But I had the last laugh - I have found new friends! There are only a few select people who can understand. They have been there themselves.
You Know the Passion by Tom Vorjohan August 1995 Linking Ring Magazine
We met by chance. I can't recall anything like this, yet it was as though we had known each other for years. It was just what I was looking for...intriguing, new, magnetic...sometimes mysterious...at other times hysterical...always welcome.
I couldn't get enough: morning, noon, and night. I gave everything I had to give. I invested my money. But, more importantly, I gave my time to this relationship. It was infatuation...the more I gave, the more I wanted!
At first, friends said I was obsessed. They laughed. I really didn't know what I was doing, and it must have shown. How could I explain?
"What IS the attraction?" I ask myself frequently. Is it attraction...acceptance...power? Is it fantasy...fame...fortune? Maybe it's just the challenge to conquer something unknown to so many. I really can't put my finger on it. But I will admit that it is all consuming. But, it seems so innocent...
Maybe my friends were right. But I had the last laugh - I have found new friends! There are only a few select people who can understand. They have been there themselves.
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