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- From: ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright)
- Subject: Re: Credibility and Trueness
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- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 03:27:41 GMT
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- In <1993Jan24.001651.1625@sol.UVic.CA> atovorni@engr.UVic.CA (dreas) writes:
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- >We MUST get into some Ed history here. He has on occasion admitted to
- >never having had a relationship. How does he know what a relationship
- >would be like?
-
- Oh? Really? Strange, I don't remember "admitting" that. Nor can I
- imagine why I would "admit" something that's not true.
-
- I may have said something along the lines of "The longest relationship
- I've ever had a relationship lasted all of four dates." I don't see how
- you could equate that with "never having had a relationship" unless you
- graduated from the Charlie Martin School of Mathematics.
-
-
- >The trouble is that people blame themselves for things that go
- >wrong in their lives,
-
- Which is sometimes justified and sometimes not. Unfortunately,
- some people, such as Charlie Martin, have accepted the idea that
- anything which makes them unhappy is somehow their fault. Which
- is probably why Charlie, when not reinventing logic and mathematics,
- is busy having his head shrunk.
-
-
- >It takes a considerable amount of working on yourself emotionally.
- >I don't claim to be an expert at being content all the time, but I
- >must admit that I am content and at peace with myself more of the
- >time than I was, say, five years ago.
-
- The problem with being content is that it ensures you will never
- achieve anything more than what you've already got. Change requires
- some effort, and summoning that effort requires some level of discontent.
- You just have to be content with that. ;-)
-
- Discontent can, however, rise to the level where it paralyzes you.
- To prevent this, it is important to recognize the fact that you may
- fail, at least temporarily. As Dirty Harry said, "A man's got to
- know his limitations."
-
-
- >It's more like pulling a bulldozer up a 15% grade than throwing a switch.
- >If it were as easy as throwing a switch, then we'd all be very much at
- >peace, AND drugs are not the answer.
-
- If all you want to achieve is mindless contentedness, drugs
- probably are the answer.
-
-
- >If you help somebody by doing a good deed, you feel good about having
- >done the deed. The person you do the deed for appreciates it when you
- >give of yourself to help them. The loneliness in your mind is not
- >gone, but it's diminished to an extent.
-
- Maybe for you. For me, it takes someone whose apprecation goes
- beyond what he or she can "get out" of me. It's one thing for
- someone to be pleased that I do something; it's another to be
- pleased that *I* do it.
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