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- From: atovorni@engr.UVic.CA (dreas)
- Subject: Re: Credibility and Trueness
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.004250.17453@sol.UVic.CA>
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- Organization: University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
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- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 93 00:42:50 GMT
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- In article 727932461@convex.convex.com, ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright) writes:
- >In <1993Jan24.001651.1625@sol.UVic.CA> atovorni@engr.UVic.CA (dreas) writes:
- >
- >>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."
-
- You are either an excellent comedian or don't know the difference
- between an acquaintance and a relationship.
-
- >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.
-
- Well, I think it's about time you cut him a bit of slack. If the man
- has a point, he has a point. He has often pointed things out that are
- irrevocable and blatant to a four year old. Did you ever hear of a
- thing called humility?
-
- >>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.
-
- I find it a wise move to seek help for problems in one's life that
- are just too big to handle...
-
- >>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. ;-)
-
- So you are an excellent comedian. That's a good one, I'll admit.
-
- Change does require effort. It depends on what kind of effort. You
- probably know all about working hard or working smart instead. I appear
- quite easy-going on the exterior, but I'm putting a constant effort in
- to improve my situation, and I'm done with obstacles. I prefer to get what
- I want out of life by going around obstacles instead of through them.
-
- >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."
-
- I have been there and done that several times, Ed. Limitations are
- meant to be challenged. I never really fail, but encounter frequent
- setbacks. These are always meant to be cheerfully challenged while
- dodging life's little and large obstacles.
-
- >>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.
-
- Agreed, but that is not my personal goal, nor do I believe that it is
- yours. I could be stoned out on heroin or opium at this very minute, but
- I have learned that illegal drugs are not for me a long time ago. I used
- to be on tranquilizers, tricyclic antidepressants, lithium carbonate,
- and all kinds of other prescription goo over the years. I am proud to say
- that I have not been on any prescription medication for almost a year, now.
-
- If I get a tad melancholy, all I have to do is shine a full spectrum light at
- my eyes indirectly for half an hour. This reduces the melatonin concentration
- in my brain, and I'm perfectly well again.
-
- >>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.
-
- Can't you just take pleasure in doing and giving of yourself? Folks
- appreciate it and can tell when you appreciate doing things for them.
- Once again, it's an attitude thing. If you are angry at people, they
- will reply to you in kind. If you are cheerful, others will generally
- be that way with you.
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- dreas
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