Hello Piotrek,Ed and all the rest, Such pleasant surprises to see Piotrek being so active and ambitious!!!:D I have to say I'm really proud of you as always...
You represented a powerful point regarding advice #8.I can't agree with you more on that. It does depend on what "religion" means to each individual. I may not go to church or temple but I believe in most of all the virtues and values I was taught and the higher intelligence among us which guides us through difficult times... I aslo share Oshiro,Mikhail and your point when it comes to dealing with friends' or close ties' depression. If you yourself haven't such problems or such experience helping anyone else,try not to be too confident to offer your help(like Obama's famous line:YES,WE CAN! because it doesn't apply in this situation at all!LOL) I was so naive and sympathetic towards those who needed therapies that I got into too deep and ended up being so helplessly depressed myself.LOL Sometimes happiness is over-rated,and sometimes it's right in your backyard.We all just need to learn where's the boundry to adjust your mind to be happy about what you get or what you have...;) Nice day to us all, And Ed,don't over burn-out yourself trying to be all at the same time! LOL Pln On Mar 26, 1:34 pm, Piotrek_Luniewski <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello pln and everybody else ;D > > > 1 Is this serious advice or just light-hearted? > > A bit of both, but as I consider myself as a happy person I can > honestly admit that this is quite serious piece of advice. There are > some points that I do not agree completely such as number 8. Sure we > need to 'feed our souls' but it doesn't have to be about religion or > being religious. I'm atheist and I'm happy but I must confess that my > mind and what I believe in is kind of my religion, I set some > bounderies for myself so that I can try not to cross the line in some > situations and it completely feeds my soul. So YES for feeding the > soul but it doesn't have to be by being religious. > > > 2 Do you agree that to be happy you just need to 'change your mind'? > > Weel, I agree. Most people put this idea of the great life in their > heads and suddenly they're not happy because they don't have what they > have expected. We need to stop dreming about marvellous personal life > and perfect, flawless job. Although it's not really cheerfuling ;D I > believe that you can have perfect, flawless job but without great > personal life or the other way. I stopped looking for 'perfect' and > focused on what I have to do to make almost everything right. > > > 3 Could the tips mentioned previously help someone who is seriously > > depressed? Are any helpful? > > That's not an easy question and I don't feel that I have the right to > say yes as I'm not a professional doctor. I suppose it's worth trying > but depression is very serious sickness so what is the most important > is seeing specialist who can help people with depression. I think it > not easy to fight it on your own. > > > 4 Have you ever had to help a friend who was depressed? > > He wasn't depressed, but felt a bit depressed. He wasn't sick but he > had doubts about life, love, family etc. Me and my friends tried to > help him and I'm sure we succeeded. He's all right now and, of course, > we're still great friends. > > Really nice topic PLN, > Piotrek --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ESL Podcast". To post to this group, send email to: [email protected] or just reply this message For invite your friends, visit: http://groups.google.com/group/eslpodcast/members_invite Know how help us, visit this FAQ at: http://groups.google.com/group/eslpodcast/web/frequently-asked-questions -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
