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- From: mel@niblick.ecn.purdue.edu (Meloney D Cregor)
- Subject: Re: Credibility and Trueness
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.001314.27695@noose.ecn.purdue.edu>
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- References: <TED.93Jan23114939@myria.cs.umn.edu> <1993Jan24.001651.1625@sol.UVic.CA> <ewright.727932461@convex.convex.com>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 00:13:14 GMT
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- In article <ewright.727932461@convex.convex.com> ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright) writes:
- >In <1993Jan24.001651.1625@sol.UVic.CA> atovorni@engr.UVic.CA (dreas) writes:
- >
- >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
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- Well, lesse, being that we are each responsible for our own happiness,
- anything that makes you unhappy is your fault, by either allowing it,
- accepting it, not accepting it or refusing to change it. Situations and
- happenings may be beyond your control, but it's affect on your happiness
- is within your jurisdiction.
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- >is probably why Charlie, when not reinventing logic and mathematics,
- >is busy having his head shrunk.
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- Being a shrinkie myself, (what do you think those meetings are on Tues.?:-)
- I highly recommend it. You should try it, Ed, it's great for getting rid
- of all that excess hot air. Those headaches are a bitch, tho.
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- >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. ;-)
-
- Well, this isn't total bullshit, but it isn't compost either.
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- Being content does not ensure you will never achieve anything more. It
- means you are content where you are. Content is good. It beats the hell
- out of misery any day. Content may be a stepping stone to happy or it
- could be one space on a continuim of content. I will agree that change
- requires effort and does, indeed, require a level of discontentment, and
- when the present space is no longer adequate for contentment, you make
- the change that allows you to move on to greater contentment.
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- >>peace, AND drugs are not the answer.
- >
- >If all you want to achieve is mindless contentedness, drugs
- >probably are the answer.
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- Drugs may not be the answer, but they make a helluva fun question.
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