Erma Bombeck
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When someone does not see things as you do -- most often, they are not wrong.
As simple as:
Taste
Culture
Upbringing
Education (yours, as easily as theirs)
Convictions
Perception
Insight
Experience
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More often than not, neither is wrong - or right; they merely see things differently.
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Why are people so caught up in convincing others of things? -- seldom do they.
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When someone does not see things as you do -- most often, they are not wrong.
As simple as:
Taste
Culture
Upbringing
Education (yours, as easily as theirs)
Convictions
Perception
Insight
Experience
Age . . ..
More often than not, neither is wrong - or right; they merely see things differently.
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Why are people so caught up in convincing others of things? -- seldom do they.
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H relayed that she recently read, and wants to adhere to: "Always assume 'Best Intentions' in others' actions; you'll seldom be wrong. And when you are wrong, you'll have the best of intentions."
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It IS possible to decrease the suffering in the world by adding to the joy. It IS possible to add to the light rather than trying to destroy the darkness.
Dawna Markova, Ph.D.
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We can have a stolen car and be all upset, or we can have a stolen car and be happy. Either way, we have a stolen care. (Reactions are our choice. Choose Wisely.)
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. . . the simple truths that I was learning, such as happiness and peace are found within . . . you had to first believe before you could eventually see the results of your belief.
. . . the simple truths that I was learning, such as happiness and peace are found within . . . you had to first believe before you could eventually see the results of your belief.
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...Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: The last of his freedoms -- to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.
Victor E. Frankl "Man's Search for Meaning"
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Being listened to and heard is one of the greatest desires of the human heart.
Richard Carlson, Ph.D.
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"We have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now."
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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...being right is almost never more important than allowing yourself to be happy.
Richard Carlson, Ph.D.
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What if you could get used to saying, "Life Is Great" even when you felt it was anything but that? Would life look different...better...no matter what? Would you actually feel it was better simply because you were in the habit of saying it was great? Would the act of saying it eventually make you feel that it was?
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. . . While there's always a better way to do something, this doesn't mean that you can't enjoy and appreciate the way things are. ... Catch yourself when you fall into you habit of insisting that things should be other than they are. Gently remind yourself
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that life is okay the way it is right now. In the absence of your judgment, everything would be fine. As you begin to eliminate your need for perfection in all areas of your life, you will begin to discover the perfection in life itself.After reading more, click the upper left back arrow.
Richard Carlson, Ph.D
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How often does your own "agenda" (though maybe unconscious) interfere with what may be available without one?
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WORDS OF WISDUMB FROM JERRY SEINFELD:
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a gift is to be given
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a lot of people have this little corner of their brain that wants to play all the time . . .. Keep that corner alive.
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every person has their own sexual timetable of what should happen when.
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Nakedness is a big thing with men. Whatever it is that you won't show us, that's what we're obsessed with seeing.
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The problem with talkin is that nobody stops you from saying the wrong thing.... "Boy, you look pregnant, are you?" "Cut, cut, cut...!
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when you want to enjoy something, you must never let logic get too much in the way.
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Life is truly a ride. We're all strapped in and no one can stop it. When the doctor slaps your behind, he's ripping your ticket and away you go.
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No matter how much time you save, at the end of your life, there's no extra time saved up.
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...Rather than thinking of a problem as something that is negative and ought to be removed as quickly as possible, Norman felt problems were a sign of life.
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... Yesterday I went to a place where thousands of people reside. As far as I could determine, not one of them has any problems. Would you like to go there? - Woodlawn Cemetery...the only people I know who don't have any problems are dead.
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If you have no problems at all - I warn you - you're in grave jeopardy - you're in grave jeopardy - you're on the way out and don't know it! If you don't believe you have any problems, I suggest that you immediately race from wherever you are, jump into your car and drive home as fast but as safely as possible, run into your house, run into your house, and go straight to your bedroom and slam the door. Then get on your knees and pray, "What's the matter Lord? Don't you trust me anymore? Give me some problems."
Ken Blanchard
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