Posted by Gabbix2 on December 3, 2004, at 14:17:29
In reply to I won't waste your time justifying myself.. » Gabbix2, posted by 64bowtie on December 1, 2004, at 3:12:12
>> That said... If we have a bad feeling, it doesn't have to drive our lives if we are adults. We get to exercise options not availble to us as kids.
Seldom do I see children letting bad feelings drive their lives, generally I see them feel what they are feeling get it over with and move on.
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> I am a "broken record" about embracing adulthood as not being perilous. Adulthood brings with it vast new talents, skills, abilities, and attributes.Yes, and yes. Listening and empathizing with others are also adult skills, starting to develop generally in children after the age of two.
> Give adulthood a chance. Feelings 90% to 100% of the time is re-enacting childhood if we are adults. Adults are most effective mixing thinking, feeling, and intention, not just having everything teeter on this or that feeling.See above.
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> Kids can't do that, mix thinking with feeling and intention.Where do you find that information?
Adults can. When we do, our lives begin to "work"! Eventually we get good at being adult. If we have a bad feeling, it doesn't have to drive our lives if we are adults. We get to exercise options not availble to us as kids.
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See above
> Please keep the lines of comunication open. I will. I can.
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I will try, however I am frequently irritated by the presentation of your information, and opinion which is presented as fact.
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> PS: Change doesn't have to mean loss of self...did I infer that?
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