On Sat, 15 Nov 2008, Nick Arnett wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 5:43 PM, Jon Louis Mann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
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>> any theories why this person has such a mean streak.
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> I don't think that's my business. He is what he is.
>
> I find greater peace when I manage to accept people as they are, rather than
> as I think they should be. I would invite others to do the same, but I''m
> not saying they should.
Good, because if you *were* saying they should, that would violate the
acceptance of people as they *are*.
I've found it to be a helpful sort of attitude for myself, personally,
except I have very little toleration for some characteristics and someone
displaying those characteristics more prominently than the ones I consider
to be more positive will likely get a "Oh, man, why can't he be less ---"
in my head. That's something I need to work on more.
(I think I figured out this week just why I, and a certain group I belong
to, have little tolerance for one of those characteristics I perceive as
negative. That may be a step in the right direction for me, at least to
be able to step back and understand why I react badly to it.)
Julia
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