Except someone that tightly wound doesn't see things clearly, he sees through the prism of his anger or stress. Name-calling, accusatory language, gross disrespect for the feelings of others--all signs of very unhealthy mentality, whatever the intellect may be. Of course that would be uncomfortable, how could it not. Actions like that basically just perpetuate themselves, and until Bob (or whoever else engages in them) is willing to take a long look in the mirror--as we all should do--and at least attempt to develop some basic skills for getting along with others, it's unlikely to stop.
Sal
On May 22, 2006, at 8:51 AM, jim_flanegin wrote:
Seeing things as they are, and not being able to open one's heart
will create a very lonely person. It is as if the intellect is
nearly transparent, and yet because the heart's love has not yet
become universal, the ego usurps the intellect for itself, making
unfavorable comparisons of nearly everything and everyone to itself.
PS Whether or not I was as tough a case, it was a very uncomfortable
existence.
