No,it will not be a waste of time...All relationships,either painful or successful mean something or teach us something eventually.;)
Yes,we all wish well for everybody else whom we care a lot for or about...The thing is we can not live their lives for them,can we?LOL Relationships are daunting because I myself can't seem to find the balance in giving and taking while remaining true to myself... Your last statement is so philosophical that I can't give you a short and simple answer at all... It is a lifelong question for all,I suppose.:( On Apr 16, 11:11 pm, Dipodidae <[email protected]> wrote: > Uhh.. I take a breath.. How you are right Pauline! > I take affort to end not interesting part of my live which was waste > of time. > Every moning I get up with good mood, but in any case someone with bad > mood find me.. > I try help people but it's seemd that they don't want live happy. > I'm afraid that if I concentrate on plan of my live and my rules, > it'll make me alone. > > On 31 мар, 13:39, pln471 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > 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- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
