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Wed 16 Aug, 2006 05:42 pm
having the ability to maneuver the line between being content and wanting more. More specifically, I see the perspective you can take on life as a broad spectrum in which you want to fall in the middle.
On one pole you have complete and utter contentment with life. You enjoy what you have and are complacent (some say lazy). You are not motivated to strive for more.
On the other pole you have a complete lack of appreciation for your circumstances. You are never satisifed with your position in life and always want more.
The challenge lies in balancing these two mindsets. You want to be able to appreciate the items you have but also be hungry for more and have the drive to continue to succeed. This is obviously extremely difficult as the line between satisfaction/"hunger for more" is different for every person. I don't think this type of balance is talked about much in every day life(everyone instead talks about work/life balance). Anyone agree that this is one of the unspoken aspects of life that one should try to master or am I completely off base?
I saw a beggar, he was standing on his wooden crutch.
He cries out to me, "Hey, you must learn not to ask for so much."
Another pretty woman, waiting there in her darkened door,
she cries out to me, "Hey, why not ask for just a little bit more?"
Quote:I saw a beggar, he was standing on his wooden crutch.
He cries out to me, "Hey, you must learn not to ask for so much."
Another pretty woman, waiting there in her darkened door,
she cries out to me, "Hey, why not ask for just a little bit more?"
your cryptic posts make my head sping
While this may not apply to some, I feel that people who reply in cryptic codes or with large words generally like to think it makes them seem wise.
I'd say happiness (the secret of life) is thinking about the different aspects of your life and tuning them, just like a music equalizer, to the preconceived need we have. Finding the ultimate scale to weigh dualities to suit each person.
So it's not just a balance of what I have and what I want, but a balance of most things in my life.
aperson wrote:While this may not apply to some, I feel that people who reply in cryptic codes or with large words generally like to think it makes them seem wise.
Yes of course anything remotely complex is immedately circumspect.
Yeah, that's it. Too complex.
BubbaGumbo wrote:Quote:I saw a beggar, he was standing on his wooden crutch.
He cries out to me, "Hey, you must learn not to ask for so much."
Another pretty woman, waiting there in her darkened door,
she cries out to me, "Hey, why not ask for just a little bit more?"
your cryptic posts make my head sping
He was quoting Leonard Cohen, in the song Bird on a Wire.
bm
(I haven't quite worked the secret out yet, but I'm very interested to hear from those of you who have!)
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