Posted by Archangel on June 6, 2000, at 13:24:38
In reply to Re: Taking care of yourself, posted by Dr. Bob on June 5, 2000, at 19:44:35
> > He is just a voice, and he has power only if you choose to empower him, only if you choose to listen to him and make him a real threat. If leave the site you, you are running away.
>
> There's a difference between taking care of yourself and being a coward. That old "sticks and stones" business doesn' take feelings seriously enough, I don't think.
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> Bob__________________________________________________
Dr. Bob,
Your closing comment reminds me of an exercise a primary school teacher once gave her class. She handed the children a sheet upon which was written the first portion of several well known phrases. The children were to fill in the missing parts. This was a particularly poignant one:
"Sticks and stones will break my bones,"
(and the child wrote)
"But words will break my heart."
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