I remember that joke the way my dad used to tell it. "When the little optimist
woke up on his birthday and found a cartload of manure, what did he say?
Answer: 'There's GOT to be a pony here somewhere!'" I think that joke was the
1950's version of "When life gives you lemons, make lemonade."
Bronte
tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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When another person's belief is so out of line with our own opinions
and assumptions, it's almost impossible to bend the mind to form an
opening large enough to consider the radical possibility. I try to
bend mine as much as possible. It's let me find a lot of interesting
stuff. But I wonder how much of what may be real my assumptions still
manage to block out. New Morning's questions make me wonder.
Tom T:
That is the exact point that Byron Katie is continually pointing out.
When one finds oneself getting all wound up by opinions/truths of
others there has to be an underlying belief hidden away in us that is
causing the flames to rise and the smoke to come out our ears. Like
the old joke goes if the barn is full of manure there must be a
horse/cow/mule in here somewhere. Examine all beliefs and see what is
left. Tom
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