[overflow] Re: GHHS

["Rob 'Autographed Cat' Wynne" <doc@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 08:37 AM 5/9/01, you wrote:
>I do wish people wouldn't talk as if our emotions were electronic
>relays we could fine tune (On, Off, More Green, More Treble)
>when we all know that's not how it works.

And I equally wish that people would stop telling me that I can't possibly 
feel this way, because folks aren't wired like that.

I can only relate my own experiences and emotions.  They aren't going to 
work for everyone.  But to shrug and say "It just doesn't work that way" is 
tantamount to giving up.  And *I* am not wired /THAT/ way.

I'm as stubborn as a mule.  And I learned a long time ago that the opinion 
of someone who I consider an inferior (mentally or morally, or what have 
you) is just random noise.  It may sting, but it cannot penetrate my 
skin.  Of course, there's a danger here -- the disapproval of someone whose 
opinion I do respect can be a nearly mortal blow.

But to me, and perhaps me only, one of the surest recipes for misery is to 
depend on others for your happiness.  "Though we search the world for 
beauty, we must find it within ourselves, or we shall find it not." (Emerson)

Your mileage, may very well, of course, vary tremendously.

Rob






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