Possibly my lack of tranquillity has been underestimated and the
seriousness of my suggestion overestimated. In any event, the current
discussion is a big improvment over the earlier one, which seems to
have retired to another realm.
----- Forwarded message from Muriel Strand -----
yes that is basically the same. i find it useful to positively state
the goal of inner peace - gives me a clearer target.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I've always summed it up thusly:
>
> You can't control how others act,
> but you can control how you react.
>
> Thomas Gatliffe wrote:
> > I agree with Muriel. Many years ago I read a book about something
> called rational > emotive therapy (RET) which was based on the
> premise that you can consciously > choose your emotional response to
> other's words and actions. If you choose to let > their comments
> disturb your peace of mind, you are merely turning control over to >
> them and making your own life less pleasant. > > When I find a
> thread (or a frequent contributor) becoming tedious, I use my >
> browser to mark the whole thread read and move on to something more
> interesting. > > Tom Gatliffe > Boulder, CO (Where I can look out
> the window for a quick cure when I start finding > myself feeling
> self-important.) > > Muriel Strand wrote: > > > perhaps, but i vote
> no. allow me to offer you all a bit of wisdom i recently > > found,
> pursuant to personal growth issues (and that may take me some time
> to > > fully emulate) > > > > NOBODY can prevent you from
> experiencing inner peace. > > > > Bob Hayden wrote: > > > > > There
> was talk of making this into a subscriber-only list. Perhaps > > >
> it is time to do that and to limit membership to the civil. > > >
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