[FairfieldLife] Re: Roger Ebert on contributing joy
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote: > > Share to Robin: Even though you don't want any apology, I do apologize for > my ex cult leader swipe at you. Why? > Share to Robin again: Clear conscience, loving heart. If only we could > agree on what any of those 4 words mean, grin Grinning again. You better have that looked at. > Share to Robin thricely: Surely you oh Cosmic Scolder know it was kind of > funny when you accused Curtis of scolding?! Your definition, not his. > > Curtis to Robin: I wish we could condense this, but then I guess that > wouldn't be rapping with Robin. > Share to Curtis: This touched my heart very sweetly. Thank you. I don't understand. Could you explain? What is the "this" that you speak of? > Share to Curtis again: Maybe it's that birthday of ours, grinning playfully Do you share the same birth day? You sure do grin a lot. Earlier you were grinning "wickedly". > > Share to Judy: When you say we're all willy nilly accountable to each other, > does that also include your being accountable to > turq? For what? > > I received this from DailyGood.org today. It seemed appropriate for more > than one reason: > > > To make others less happy is a crime. To make ourselves unhappy is where > all crime starts. We must try to contribute joy to the world. That is > true no matter what our problems, our health, our circumstances. We must try. > I didn't always know this and am happy I lived long enough to find it out. Funny, at one time you stated that one of the most profound things you heard was that you are not responsible for other's happiness (or unhappiness.) Which is it, Ebert or the other guy? > > - Roger Ebert - >
[FairfieldLife] Re: Roger Ebert on contributing joy
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote: > > Share to Robin: Even though you don't want any apology, I do > apologize for my ex cult leader swipe at you. You have a *lot* more to apologize to him for than that. > Share to Robin again: Clear conscience, loving heart. If only > we could agree on what any of those 4 words mean, grin One thing those words do not mean is a phony grin. > Share to Robin thricely: Surely you oh Cosmic Scolder know it > was kind of funny when you accused Curtis of scolding?! Here's what Robin wrote to Curtis: "You load up what you assert, Curtis, with a kind of assumed authoritativeness (which I experience to be metaphysical), and this is always--as I apprehend it, dear Curtis--inversely proportional to the extent to which there is an absence of real confidence in the truth of what you are saying. You are always scolding people in some way which would make it seem as if the judgment you are rendering is outside of time and space. People submit to this authority--I have seen it. But it is feigned, Curtis." His point, of course, was not *that* Curtis scolds people-- we all do it from time to time--but *how* Curtis scolds people. When Robin does it, including in that very paragraph, he doesn't do it the way Curtis does. "As I apprehend it" makes it clear that Robin's judgment is personal, as opposed to making it seem "outside of time and space." This is just basic English comprehension. Curtis knew what Robin meant when he read it, so his claim that it involved "inadvertent irony" was knowingly false. And you've deliberately taken it out of context to help Curtis with his deception. Quite a team, the two of you. > Curtis to Robin: I wish we could condense this, but then I guess > that wouldn't be rapping with Robin. > Share to Curtis: This touched my heart very sweetly. Thank you. > Share to Curtis again: Maybe it's that birthday of ours, grinning > playfully Dear heaven, I'm glad I'm not diabetic. > Share to Judy: When you say we're all willy nilly accountable > to each other, does that also include your being accountable to > turq? (You mean Barry?) Which words in "We are all willy nilly accountable to each other" do you not understand? > I received this from DailyGood.org today. It seemed appropriate > for more than one reason: > > To make others less happy is a crime. To make ourselves unhappy > is where all crime starts. We must try to contribute joy to the > world. That is true no matter what our problems, our health, our > circumstances. We must try. I didn't always know this and am > happy I lived long enough to find it out. > > - Roger Ebert - Ebert contributed joy to the world for the sake of others, not for the sake of making himself look good. I hope you live long enough to find that out. Hypocrisy is one of the very worst crimes against other people, IMHO.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Roger Ebert on contributing joy
Nice post Share. All of it. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote: > > Share to Robin: Even though you don't want any apology, I do apologize for my ex cult leader swipe at you. > Share to Robin again: Clear conscience, loving heart. If only we could agree on what any of those 4 words mean, grin > Share to Robin thricely: Surely you oh Cosmic Scolder know it was kind of funny when you accused Curtis of scolding?! > > Curtis to Robin: I wish we could condense this, but then I guess that wouldn't be rapping with Robin. > Share to Curtis: This touched my heart very sweetly. Thank you. > Share to Curtis again: Maybe it's that birthday of ours, grinning playfully > > Share to Judy: When you say we're all willy nilly accountable to each other, does that also include your being accountable to > turq? > > I received this from DailyGood.org today. It seemed appropriate for more than one reason: > > > To make others less happy is a crime. To make ourselves unhappy is where > all crime starts. We must try to contribute joy to the world. That is > true no matter what our problems, our health, our circumstances. We must try. I didn't always know this and am happy I lived long enough to find it out. > > - Roger Ebert - >
