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- From: ted@cs.umn.edu (Ted Stockwell)
- Subject: Re: Credibility and Trueness
- In-Reply-To: atovorni@engr.UVic.CA's message of Sat, 23 Jan 93 00:52:05 GMT
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- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 17:49:39 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan23.005205.18771@sol.UVic.CA> atovorni@engr.UVic.CA (dreas) writes:
- > Somebody mentioned that Ed cannot imagine how anyone can
- > be happier outside of a relationship that within one
- > BECAUSE he himself is so unhappy while not in one.
- >
- > Get this: If you are unhappy while not in a relationship, what
- > can make you so sure that you'd be happy in a relationship?
-
- Just because Ed is happier in a relationship than outside of one does
- not mean that others will be. However, just because you are happy
- whether or not you are in a relationship does not mean that Ed or
- anyone else will be. Different people have different needs and we
- will not all respond in the same way.
-
- > IMNSHO, happiness is not something derived exclusively from
- > the people around oneself, the relationship that one is involved
- > in, or one's surroundings.
-
- true, but it helps to at least have one of the three going for you.
-
- > True happiness with anything has to come from within oneself.
- > When this is understood deeply, one can become happier by
- > taking delight in the little things in life that most of us
- > ignore. Unfortunately, there are many unhappy people BECAUSE
- > they walk around through life with blinders on.
-
- gee this makes sense. "Today I lost my job, totalled my car, my
- friends moved away and my cat just died, but that was a delightful
- little flower that I just stepped on so I guess I'll be happy and
- content!"
-
- > I believe that folks who are inherently content with life
- > are EQUALLY content within a relationship and without one.
-
- Possibly true, but how do you become content in the first place,
- regardless of what is actually happening in your life?
-
- > I have been in both situations and have trained myself to be
- > happy on the whole BECAUSE it just feels better than self pity.
-
- Its great if you can throw a mental switch and make yourself happy.
- Not everyone can simply ignore painful situations. What about
- simple loneliness?
-
- > Ed, I wish you some real tough times so that you can have the
- > opportunity to learn how to laugh at life instead of whine
- > about it.
-
- Sometimes you come out stronger. Sometimes simply damaged. Just wish
- that we all will become happier and more able to cope.
- --
- "It's not the bullet that kills you, it's the hole." -- Laurie Anderson
- Ted Stockwell ted@cs.umn.edu
-