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AFTER WRITING THIS IMAGINE MY SURPRISE WHEN I GOOGLED POLKA DOT POLKA AND FOUND ONE ON YOUTUBE...HA HA...I ALSO LOOKED UP ORIGINS OF POLKA DOTS AND THEY GO FAR BACK TO  MEDIEVAL TIMES IN EUROPE AND THE  CONNOTATION BACK THEN WAS CONNECTED TO SICKNESS LIKE SMALL POX OR PLAGUE...INTERESTING FINDINGS THERE CERTAINLY UNEXPECTED BY ME....GOOGLE IT

POLKA DOT POLKA https://youtu.be/ZGNpOBzpcvE

The origins of polka dots date back to medieval times in Europe, when they held a much more ominous connotation. Back then, polka dots and any similar patterns were associated with disease and poor health, likely due to the visual similarities shared with the sores caused by the plague and smallpox.Jun 16, 2022

HERE IS A NICER ONE I LIKE BETTER... What does the polka dot symbolize?

Meaning of Polka Dot Patterns

On the Western side, the circle is a circular movement which does not change, does not end, lasts forever and is perfect. It represents protection among them and for Christians, it symbolizes eternity. It is the symbolization of the universe, of perpetuity.

What do polka dots have to do with polka?

The term likely originated because of the popularity of the polka dance around the same time the pattern became fashionable, just as many other products and fashions of the era also adopted the "polka" name.

MANY OTHERS ON GOOGLE TOO I WILL STICK TO THESE...IT MENTIONED MINNIE MOUSE WEARING A POLKA DOT DRESS TOO...HA HA   

I JUST REMEMBER POLKA BANDS PLAYING AT THE FUN FAIR IN GRAMMAR SCHOOL AND MY GRANDMA USED TO GRAB OUR ARMS ONE OF US AT A TIME AND DRAG US ALONG THE DANCE FLOOR TO POLKA WITH HER...OFCOURSE WE HAD NO IDEA WHAT TO DO SO MOSTLY JUST SKIPPED ALONG AND HOPPED HA HA...FOR SOME ODD REASON THE ONLY POLKA SONG I REMEMBER IS SHE'S TOO FAT FOR ME. I THINK THEY HAD IT ON A FORTY FIVE RECORD OR SOMETHING...I DON'T WANT HER YOU CAN HAVE HER SHE'S TOO FAT FOR ME...GEEZ...I THINK THAT IS THE ONLY POLKA SONG I ACTUALLY KNOW... BEEN THINKIN AWHILE NOW AND CAME UP WITH TWO MORE POLKAS I REMEMBER FROM WAY BACK WHEN...IN HEAVEN THERE IS NO BEER AND THE BEER BARREL POLKA...NICE SONGS FOR KIDS TO SING IN GRAMMAR SCHOOL HUH...HA HA...I REMEMBER MY GRANDMA USED TO BLAST A POLKA RADIO STATION ON SUNDAYS  ALL THE TIME TOO...BUT SO FAR ONLY REMEMBER THREE OF THE ACTUAL POLKAS AND THEN SHE LOVED HER BOBBY VINTON...I REMEMBER MY MELODY OF LOVE HE SANG SOME POLISH IN AND FOUND A VERSION OF SHES TOO FAT FOR ME HE DID TOO...

I WAS ONE OF THOSE KIDS THAT ALWAYS STUDIED AN PAID ATTENTION IN CLASS AND USUALLY KNEW THE RIGHT ANSWERS. I WOULD ENTHUSIASTICALLY RAISE MY HAND WHEN THE TEACHER ASKED A QUESTION SO MUCH TO THE POINT SHE WOULD IGNORE ME AND CALL ON PEOPLE WITHOUT THEIR HAND RAISED SO I LEARNED REVERSE PSYCHOLOGY...IF I REALLY WANTED TO ANSWER A QUESTION I WOULD  SLUMP DOWN IN MY SEAT AND LOOK DOWN SO THE TEACHER WOULD CALL ON ME AND THEN I WOULD SMILE AND BLURT OUT THE ANSWER AND SHE WOULD LOOK SHOCKED...I HAVE ONE PARTICULAR TEACHER IN MIND  FOR THAT REVERSE PSYCHOLOGY EXPERIMENT THAT WORKED SO BACKFIRED ON HER...I WONDER IF SHE LEARNED A LESSON OR NOT...HA HA...MISCHIEVOUS MAYBE BUT MAKING A POINT...I THOUGHT SHE WAS MEAN TO CALL ON KIDS SHE THOUGHT DIDN'T KNOW THE ANSWER INSTEAD OF THOSE RAISING THEIR HANDS THAT DID. SHE LIKED TO CHASTISE THEM FOR NOT KNOWING...INSTEAD OF TRYING TO HELP THEM LEARN SHE EMBARASSED THEM FOR NOT KNOWING...THAT IS JUST SO WRONG...

I HEAR A LOT ABOUT ALL IS ONE AND WE ARE ALL CONNECTED AND OUR SOUL IS AN INFINITE PART OF THE UNIVERSE THAT LIVES THROUGH MANY LIFETIMES TO LEARN  VALUABLE LESSONS POSSIBLY ON SOME MISSION FOR EACH LIFETIME HERE...OUR CURRENT HUMAN SELF IS A ONE SHOT DEAL BUT OUR SOUL LIVES ON INFINITELY. DOES OUR SOUL REMEMBER ALL THE LIFETIMES IT HAS LIVED THROUGH YET OUR HUMAN SELF IS UNAWARE BECAUSE WE ARE ONLY HERE ONCE AS A HUMAN AS OUR CURRENT SELF...ARE WE JUST A VEHICLE FOR THE SOUL INSIDE THAT IS HERE ON A MISSION TO LEARN  LIFE LESSONS OR COMPLETE SOME MISSION IT CAME HERE IN THIS LIFETIME TO DO...BOGGLES THE HUMAN MIND...ANYWAY THAT IS WHERE THIS POEM CAME FROM WITH THESE THOUGHTS IN MIND...I GUESS MAYBE WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO KNOW OR SHARE OUR SOUL'S MEMORIES AS THE PARTICULAR HUMAN LIFE WE ARE EXPERIENCING NOW...ONE LIFETIME AT A TIME...HUH...WE WASTE ENOUGH TIME HERE LIVING IN THE PAST OF OUR CURRENT LIFETIME RIGHT...CAN YOU IMAGINE DOING THAT WITH LOTS OF LIFETIMES...WE WOULD NEVER MAKE ANY PROGRESS THAT WAY WOULD WE...THERE MUST BE A REASON FOR THAT CLOAK OF NOT KNOWING ABOUT THAT STUFF...ESPECIALLY US PROCRASTINATORS...APOLOGIES TO MY SOUL...

THIS WAS ORIGINALLY THE FIRST FOUR LINES WHEN TRANSFERED OVER HERE  THE LAST FOUR CAME SO WERE ADDED...I THINK THE FIRST FOUR COULD STAND ALONE BUT THE LAST FOUR ADD MORE OF AN IDEA HOW TO ACCOMPLISH THAT I GUESS...

I COULD SAY SO MUCH MORE BUT THESE SIMPLE THINGS JUST CAME TO MIND AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME. I AM ALWAYS REMINDING THEM HOW PRECIOUS AND SPECIAL THEY ARE AND THANKING THEM FOR ALL THEY DO...THAT WOULD BE A GOOD HABIT TO GET INTO WITH ANYONE IN YOUR LIFE...PET OR PERSON OR  ANY LIVING BEING YOU COME ACROSS...IT FEELS GOOD TO SAY IT AND REALLY MEAN IT AND I AM SURE IT FEELS GOOD TO HEAR IT TOO...START OFF EVERY DAY WITH A THANK YOU FOR BEING YOU...DON'T FORGET YOURSELF...

I'VE BEEN  HEARING A LOT ABOUT HOW UNEXPRESSED EMOTIONS CAN CAUSE SO MANY HEALTH ISSUES. WE HAVE BEEN PROGRAMMED WRONG AT AN EARLY AGE...WATCH A YOUNG CHILD THAT HAS NOT BEEN SHAMED OR LEARNED TO BE ASHAMED OF EXPRESSING EMOTIONS...THEY CAN GO FROM ONE EXTREME TO ANOTHER BUT THEY LET IT OUT AND THEN IT'S DONE AND THEY MOVE ON...IF YOU INTERRUPT THE PROCESS THERE IS A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE AND YOU ARE INHIBITING THEIR NATURAL REFLEX TO RELEASE THOSE EMOTIONS WHICH IS THE CORRECT WAY TO DO IT...JUST LET IT OUT NO SHAME...RELEASE IT AND LET IT GO...THE MORE PENT UP EMOTIONS THE MORE PROBLEMS YOU WILL HAVE...THEY HAVE TO COME OUT SOME TIME SO IT IS BEST TO LET THEM COME OUT AS SOON AS THEY NEED TO AND BE DONE WITH IT....I REMEMBER I ASKED AN ACTRESS I WORKED WITH BCKSTAGE ON A PLAY WHO WENT TO JULLIARD WHAT SHE FELT WAS THE BEST ADVICE SHE GOT ABOUT ACTING THERE AND HER REPLY WAS...SUSPEND YOUR SHAME....MAKES A WHOLE LOT OF SENSE. IF YOU SUSPEND YOUR SHAME YOU CAN EXPRESS YOUR EMOTIONS AND NOT ONLY YOU WILL FEEL THEM BUT PEOPLE WILL BE MOVED BY THEM TOO AND THEY CAN EMPATHISE AND FEEL THOSE EMOTIONS TOO AND HELP THEM RELEASE WHEN THEY CRY AT A SAD MOVIE OR LAUGH AT FUNNY STUFF...RELEASE EMOTIONS...

INTERESTING TO WONDER HOW PEOPLE COME ACROSS SOMETHING YOU WROTE AND HOW IT MAY AFFECT THEM IN SOME WAY....YOU CAN PUT IT OUT THERE BUT  NEVER KNOW WHO MAY SEE IT  AND IF THAT  IS JUST RANDOM OR MEANT TO BE FOR SOME REASON...JUST KEEP WRITING AND PUTTING IT OUT THERE AND LET THE UNIVERSE TAKE CARE OF THE REST I GUESS...