From: Alex Ramonsky (alex@ramonsky.com)
Date: Mon Jul 01 2002 - 02:11:58 MDT
Amara Graps wrote:
>
> No man is an island. If one doesn't realize that one needs others, then
> they will become arrogant and their arrogance will defeat them in the
> end.
...Does it matter if one doesn't _need_ others, but _wants_ them anyway?
>
> For those of you/us that carry alot of pride, it's a worthwhile
> experiment to try to be vulnerable sometimes. It's just as difficult to
> receive help as it is to ask for help. Only at that moment are one's
> defensive barriers down. The rewards are multiplied ntimes when one is
> interacting with another person without the barriers. The communication
> becomes sincere. Also, you might discover that many people gain alot of
> inner joy from helping someone else or joining in a cause that they
> believe in too.
That takes confidence, or trust, or blind faith...how do I tell if I'm
being over-confident, or gullible, or trusting? Am I a lab rat? Squeak,
squeak! Or is this real and how can I prove it's real...I'll go away;
I'm getting too obtuse.
>
> But I don't think that 'thinking' is the issue. The 'overview' mode for
> me is taking a step back and paying attention to what my heart is
> telling me. Are my dreams alive or did I let them die? Did I let
> disappointment and failed experiences and experiments rot my enthusiasm
> for following my dreams or am I seeing my life through a child's eyes?
>
> People who have lost their dreams no longer think that life is a grand
> adventure, as children see their lives, but instead they live something
> of a tired day-to-day existence, caught in duties and allegiances and
> baggage and they ask only very little of life. Dead dreams poison our
> psychological selves infecting every aspect of our lives. When our
> dreams are dead, no longer do we see the big picture.
>
> Amara
> (Heidelberg)
The last two paragraphs will be a part of the constitution of the
government of the first space colony. Well they will if I have my say,
anyway.
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