Drifting Away from the Hip

We're just that cool.

 

I'll call you God if you'll call me One Man Orgy.

 

Can i come and worship in here for a little?

Anyhow, I've never been a hippy. I suppose I did wear flares and fisherman hats in the late eighties but that was a musically influenced decision rather than any kind of political statement.

I have gotten mellower over the years though. Everything used to make me so fucking angry, wars, famines, poverty, inequality. I was a walking one man protest constantly looking for another reason to hate the human race.

One day, I realised that some of these issues are just too big and will just always depress/anger me, so I now choose to generally ignore all of it. I do try to make a difference on a small scale though, in my little world. I smile at people, I volunteer whenever I can, and I am doing what I consider to be the most influential thing you can do to change the world; being involved in the education of children, our hope, future and the real key to shaping the future.

Peace,
A.

 

I am still a hippie because I am not wearing underwear.

 

Unfortunately, you could also be a commando, how do we know for sure?

 

I’ve been hanging out here since around October of ‘06 and since then, I do believe that my outlook and way of thinking have changed. I remember before I signed up I was fascinated with learning about the hippy way of life, and the 60’s and while scoping the interwebz I came across Skips ‘How to be a hippy.’ definition.

I was fairly uneducated back then, after all I was 15, so I joined up and I am so glad that I did. I don’t exactly see myself as a hippy, Im not much into labels and never have been. I feel blessed that I have such a vast circle of friends from all languages and religions. I know pagans, witches, hippies, beatnicks...all sorts of people and I learn from them everyday. I feel that I am very open about all sorts of different things, opinions, views.

As much as people piss me off at times, I feel that I learn a lot fromthem. I feel that I have matured greatly since I have learnt more about different people, and my own life experiences. I have traveled a lot in my life, and I have lived my life by my own convictions, and made my own decisions.

I don’t think that I am a hippy, but I certainly do have a lot in common with them. I look forward to the future and what it holds in store for me.

 

alex my love, you are such a beautiful person

i really don't think i was ever a hippie, i was a naive little girl looking for acceptance and a group of friends, i found that in the hippies at school, with them i found a group that let me tag along, and i started talking like them, wearing similar clothes, etc...it had been happening for a while, i didn't just one day decide to copy this group of individuals...my family sort of influenced me too, my fathers a total fucking hippie at times

i no longer wear the clothes really, but i still hang out with hippie like people, simply because they are the most beautiful amazing people i've ever known, i could never hang around a bunch of plastic people

i am right now, me
i dress the way i dress partly because i'm comfortable in it, and also because its kind of the standard for bartenders and waitresses

i think, minimally as of lately, but thats mainly because i've been caught up in my own world...
i have lost alot of passion now, for positive things...i suppose i am still passionate, just in a really weird way...

i am not a hippie any more, but i am also always going to be a hippie...even if i never were one to begin with (i hope i have you thoroughly confused)

everything i hear, everything i see or read, or intake within my mind will accumulate into the person i am..it is constantly changing, constantly expanding and rearranging, and growing
i am finding myself, and i really have no clue whether or not i'm a fucking hippie but i don't care
i like the vegetarian way, i love trees and the environment, and will always be a hardcore environmentalist, in my own way...i choose to do yoga because it balances me, and helps me with my rage...i will always love to eat granola, and walking around barefoot just feels better, i love poi and juggling and festivals and interesting people

am i a hippie?
if so i may have to kick myself in the face with my docs

i never want to limit myself to one way of life, one standard, one sterotype

 

can I call the nuthouse for the both of you :rolleyes5

 

i love you for having started this thread!
that's exactly what i feel at the moment
i even wanted to start a similar thread, but didnt know how to put my thoughts in words, esp english....
i've never considered myself "a hippie", but alw thought i'm sorta...hippish
i do feel it even now, but things have certainly changed for me
it's like i've widened my hirizons and let new ideas and trends and philosophy inside, into my soul...
smtimes i feel apprehensive about missing some old views and spirit, but really...you are right
i just wouldnt call it "growing up" but rather "development of a personality"

i'm almost sorry for partly leaving my hippish existence, but now i'm at least can be more objective...

ny ti, Pasha, toje mne.... tak govorish, bydto tebe 130 vekov, junost proshla itd...
predstav sebe, 20 let - eto eshe ne starost

 

I was never much of a hippie or any other kind of label, but I find that the older I get the more ideals I am having.
My youthhood dreams consisted of the regular idealisms. My, more realistic, current dreams consist of being part of everything. With my own ego to stand out, so part of everything + 1 really. I smile at things lots of people can not smile about. I take not much things seriously. Life is a joke to me, and it was not that much of a joke when I was younger.

Love is all!

I have grown into a true hippie, but without the hip-dogmas.

 

That is so true, I just laugh at life anymore. and live my life day to day. You cant take things too seriously, just have fun with it and be as happy as you can!

 

IMO
the reality is is that its ones maturity level growing that causes them to drift away from the fantasy's of there youth..

all the peace and love crap is great when your young and actually think you can change the world. then reality sets in an ya realize ya just gotta do the best you can...