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I'll Lock Up
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Fletch said:If people are really such self-satisfied ninnies anymore, just telling them to DWI is about as useful as telling a pig to dance. They're going to need a clue. Maybe not even a big clue. It could be something as small as reminding them that they're human beings, with common dignity, equipped with heads usable as more than just hat hangers. Some hint that you're better than that...don't let yourself down...have the sense god gave dirt, if you really want to be prickly about it.
Hmmm. A lot of my stress went away when I started doing this stuff for myself. Wait for someone else to do it, or give you approval, and you could be waiting a lifetime. Maybe it's always been so.
That, and I just won't hang around negative people. If I have to deal with one, I talk about positive things like focusing on the future, helping someone else, hobbies, etc. I almost never hear from them again. I find that most negative people don't want improvement, they want to wallow in their misery.
Re: accepting the reality of a situation, that's a good idea, but you don't have to embrace the reality. Change would never happen if we all embraced unpleasant realities.