-----Original Message----- From: John Meyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2007 10:58 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [users] Our communication with one another ... WAS: OOo is free to get, free to use--why is that not generally known?
TechAdmin @ VibrantLivingMinistries wrote: > Greetings everyone, > > I can only speak for myself about this topic. > > I consider "fools", "schmucks", and "stupidity" quite abusive and violent > language. Not "profanity" in the narrow sense, but harmful and likely > hurtful nonetheless. And I cannot see how use of such language advances our > communication. While I can see that those could be abusive, when compared to the abuse we could heap on each other by taking up tire irons rather than words, I'd much prefer the words. Venting is a healthy activity, so long as you don't dwell in it. ___ I understand that this is a popular notion, "venting". But there is a profound difference between venting with ... communicating, sharing oneself constructively ... and venting at. We possess the capacity to come face to face with ourselves and to resolve our own feelings; this is genuinely healthful ... the process itself. Our feelings originate within us, we create them, we own them, they are ours. No one else creates them. What we do with them is ours alone. Whenever we act without compassion toward another, we act equally without compassion toward ourselves. Really!!! What I'm really asking here is that we all seek out the best in ourselves. Why choose any other course? Best, Elchanan --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
