DVS
A ghost from your dreams
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I'm left handed. I write left-handed, throw a ball left-handed, kick left footed. Well, you get the point.
And, I spank left-handed. There are several thoughts behind left handedness and creativity and luck and things like that. It then makes me wonder if this follows through in the BDSM lifestyle. I know I benefit from my creativity in this, and I like to think the way my mind works is also a benefit for not only me, but for my sub of choice. I guess you'd have to ask those on the other end of my mental thought processes if this is true.
To give you a little background of left-handedness, I'd have to include the beginning, literally. Left-handed people were thought to be evil or sinister, for a long time. They were also forced to write with their right hand, in schools. Sometimes, their left hand was smacked if they tried to use it, or they had their left hand tied behind their backs so they wouldn't use them.
Ah, but by the time I came around, thoughts had changed. Left-handed people are thought to think differently from right-handed people. I consider that a good thing. But, even Dr. Spock, a well-known baby doctor discouraged left handedness.
Left handedness has been part of our slang phrases, over the years. We put salt over our left shoulder for good luck. That salt is supposed to keep the evil villains from bothering us. They were always thought to lurk on the left.
Some think the term southpaw started in Chicago, back in 1890. The baseball diamond was positioned so the late afternoon sun wasn't in the batter's eyes. Because of that, the pitcher would face west, when on the mound. This then, started the left-handed pitchers to be called southpaws.
Is left handedness inherited? It isn't known, for sure. I came from a family of six, two parents and four children. All but me were right handed. And, this is not unusual. Twins are said to have high numbers of left-handedness, but both twins don't become left-handed.
Let's get into the mind, a little. There are two lobes of the brain. The right hemisphere and the left hemisphere. The left hemisphere is the logical thought side. The right hemisphere is the creative side, or the visual side.
It's been found that right-handed people use the left side of their brain to figure out problems, and left handers use their right side. Right handed people can see numbers in their heads (2+2=4), while left handed people see pictures (2 balls and 2 balls gives me 4 balls).
Studies say that left-handed people are stubborn, overly sensitive and impulsive. They have difficulty following directions. They have trouble completing projects.
It has been said that left handers also wet the bed beyond the age of three. But, the so-called social afflictions above could cause anyone to second guess themselves, if only subconsciously. These things could very well have contributed to the thought process that left handers are evil or sinister, in the minds of those who don't know any better.
But, some people to this day still think left handers are so just because they want to be different, anti-social, cause problems and raise a little hell. These people also think left handers could change and be right handers, if they wanted to. People who enjoy the BDSM lifestyle or another alternate life should understand this kind of label.
Joan of Arc was left-handed. She seemed to do OK with it, at least to the end. Billy the Kid was left-handed. He made a legend of himself, too. I'm not saying he did a lot of good, but he did find his spot in history.
Many inventors are left handed, because they can see the invention visually, making it understandable to themselves before it is to others. Benjamin Franklin was left-handed.
Several presidents were left-handed. Harry Truman, Gerald Ford, James Garfield. Even vice presidents, although they don't have much of a job. Nelson Rockefeller was left-handed. Vice president wasn't his first job, you understand.
Many athletes are left-handed: The great golfer, Ben Hogan. Tennis greats Rod Laver, Jimmy Connors, Manuel Orantes, Guillermo Villas, and Martina Navratilova, among others, were left handed.
Musicians, theater actors, artists, painters, and other creative professions are seen to be dominated by left-handed people. The list of left handed people might startle you: Jimi Hendrix, H.G. Wells, Pablo Picasso, Michaelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Clarence Darrow, Edward R. Murrow, Robert De Niro, Jim Henson, Marilyn Monroe, Telly Savalas, Charlie Chaplin, Greta Garbo, Glen Campbell, Richard Pryor, George Burns, Lenny Bruce, Shirley Maclaine, Michael Landon and one of my favorites, Rex Harrison, just to name a few.
When NASA decided to look for the kind of imaginative, super-reliable, multitalented people they would need to explore the moon, during this process they found out that one out of every four Apollo astronauts was left handed. The odds of that happening in statistical probability are not likely. In fact, it's a 250% higher actuality than statistics say should happen.
Anyway, I hope I've made my point, here. I just thought it might be interesting to find out if others have noticed this, and if you have had good or bad experiences from it.
And, I would just like to add my own little rant, here. We left-handers are living in a right-handed world. That should be obvious, but you right handed people don't notice it, because everything is made for the right-handed individual.
I'm not saying that shouldn't be done, but it is a reality. Take a look at your every day world and see if it would work as well, if you were left-handed. Then, think of yourself and how you would deal with that same day, as a left-handed individual.
One small thing I always like to bring up is scissors. Any left-handed person will tell you how they hurt their hands, because the holes are formed for right-handed use. Why is this? Why not just round the edges so either hand can be used, instead of catering to only one class?
Sure, you right handers are saying, "they have left handed scissors made just for you." This is true, but it's obvious to me a right-handed person had to design them, because they hurt worse than the right handed ones do. Two wrongs don't make a right.
We left-handed people have had to learn to live in a right-handed world. We know this is necessary, and understand it. But, being how we are, we accept this as a challenge. It's a challenge we can handle, because in our hearts we know there is a left way and a wrong way to do things.
And, I spank left-handed. There are several thoughts behind left handedness and creativity and luck and things like that. It then makes me wonder if this follows through in the BDSM lifestyle. I know I benefit from my creativity in this, and I like to think the way my mind works is also a benefit for not only me, but for my sub of choice. I guess you'd have to ask those on the other end of my mental thought processes if this is true.
To give you a little background of left-handedness, I'd have to include the beginning, literally. Left-handed people were thought to be evil or sinister, for a long time. They were also forced to write with their right hand, in schools. Sometimes, their left hand was smacked if they tried to use it, or they had their left hand tied behind their backs so they wouldn't use them.
Ah, but by the time I came around, thoughts had changed. Left-handed people are thought to think differently from right-handed people. I consider that a good thing. But, even Dr. Spock, a well-known baby doctor discouraged left handedness.
Left handedness has been part of our slang phrases, over the years. We put salt over our left shoulder for good luck. That salt is supposed to keep the evil villains from bothering us. They were always thought to lurk on the left.
Some think the term southpaw started in Chicago, back in 1890. The baseball diamond was positioned so the late afternoon sun wasn't in the batter's eyes. Because of that, the pitcher would face west, when on the mound. This then, started the left-handed pitchers to be called southpaws.
Is left handedness inherited? It isn't known, for sure. I came from a family of six, two parents and four children. All but me were right handed. And, this is not unusual. Twins are said to have high numbers of left-handedness, but both twins don't become left-handed.
Let's get into the mind, a little. There are two lobes of the brain. The right hemisphere and the left hemisphere. The left hemisphere is the logical thought side. The right hemisphere is the creative side, or the visual side.
It's been found that right-handed people use the left side of their brain to figure out problems, and left handers use their right side. Right handed people can see numbers in their heads (2+2=4), while left handed people see pictures (2 balls and 2 balls gives me 4 balls).
Studies say that left-handed people are stubborn, overly sensitive and impulsive. They have difficulty following directions. They have trouble completing projects.
It has been said that left handers also wet the bed beyond the age of three. But, the so-called social afflictions above could cause anyone to second guess themselves, if only subconsciously. These things could very well have contributed to the thought process that left handers are evil or sinister, in the minds of those who don't know any better.
But, some people to this day still think left handers are so just because they want to be different, anti-social, cause problems and raise a little hell. These people also think left handers could change and be right handers, if they wanted to. People who enjoy the BDSM lifestyle or another alternate life should understand this kind of label.
Joan of Arc was left-handed. She seemed to do OK with it, at least to the end. Billy the Kid was left-handed. He made a legend of himself, too. I'm not saying he did a lot of good, but he did find his spot in history.
Many inventors are left handed, because they can see the invention visually, making it understandable to themselves before it is to others. Benjamin Franklin was left-handed.
Several presidents were left-handed. Harry Truman, Gerald Ford, James Garfield. Even vice presidents, although they don't have much of a job. Nelson Rockefeller was left-handed. Vice president wasn't his first job, you understand.
Many athletes are left-handed: The great golfer, Ben Hogan. Tennis greats Rod Laver, Jimmy Connors, Manuel Orantes, Guillermo Villas, and Martina Navratilova, among others, were left handed.
Musicians, theater actors, artists, painters, and other creative professions are seen to be dominated by left-handed people. The list of left handed people might startle you: Jimi Hendrix, H.G. Wells, Pablo Picasso, Michaelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Clarence Darrow, Edward R. Murrow, Robert De Niro, Jim Henson, Marilyn Monroe, Telly Savalas, Charlie Chaplin, Greta Garbo, Glen Campbell, Richard Pryor, George Burns, Lenny Bruce, Shirley Maclaine, Michael Landon and one of my favorites, Rex Harrison, just to name a few.
When NASA decided to look for the kind of imaginative, super-reliable, multitalented people they would need to explore the moon, during this process they found out that one out of every four Apollo astronauts was left handed. The odds of that happening in statistical probability are not likely. In fact, it's a 250% higher actuality than statistics say should happen.
Anyway, I hope I've made my point, here. I just thought it might be interesting to find out if others have noticed this, and if you have had good or bad experiences from it.
And, I would just like to add my own little rant, here. We left-handers are living in a right-handed world. That should be obvious, but you right handed people don't notice it, because everything is made for the right-handed individual.
I'm not saying that shouldn't be done, but it is a reality. Take a look at your every day world and see if it would work as well, if you were left-handed. Then, think of yourself and how you would deal with that same day, as a left-handed individual.
One small thing I always like to bring up is scissors. Any left-handed person will tell you how they hurt their hands, because the holes are formed for right-handed use. Why is this? Why not just round the edges so either hand can be used, instead of catering to only one class?
Sure, you right handers are saying, "they have left handed scissors made just for you." This is true, but it's obvious to me a right-handed person had to design them, because they hurt worse than the right handed ones do. Two wrongs don't make a right.
We left-handed people have had to learn to live in a right-handed world. We know this is necessary, and understand it. But, being how we are, we accept this as a challenge. It's a challenge we can handle, because in our hearts we know there is a left way and a wrong way to do things.
Nothing wrong with that, though. 
then i get called a witch! lol (which is another thing associated with left hands)
