Originally posted by ChessPraxisIt's hardly psychobabble. You can't do anything about the past because the past is done. Can't do anything with the future because it isn't here yet. So even if everything in the present seems to be falling apart, at least you are there to do something about it... fix it, deal with it, run away from it... but you can't do anything with something that isn't actually there.
6 thumbs for meaningless psychobabble?
Noted, I'll post more of that garbage in the future. 🙂
My OP is sort of a glimpse into my mind. Beware and be afraid. 😞
You can learn from the past, anticipate and plan for the future, but the only thing you actually have to work with (hands on) is the present. Living in the past and/or future can distract from what is happening now. So that quote about past present future is not psychobabble, it's just something that happens to be true.
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Originally posted by lemon limeI don't agree with Tzu, but I've already mentioned that, so this is sort of unnecessary. Still, there it is.
It's hardly psychobabble. You can't do anything about the past because the past is done. Can't do anything with the future because it isn't here yet. So even if everything in the present seems to be falling apart, at least you are there to do something about it... fix it, deal with it, run away from it... but you can't do anything with something th ...[text shortened]... uote about past present future is not psychobabble, it's just something that happens to be true.
Originally posted by C HessNej, det gör jag inte. Hur går den?
Jag kan bara hålla med dig. Härnösand är också en väldigt fin stad. Min egen
hemstad skulle jag sätta som en god trea. Du känner väl till vår nya
turistslogan?
Sorry about this folks - it's just so refreshing meeting a guy from home.
Originally posted by C HessYeah, I got that... you didn't agree with the part about being at peace if everything is falling apart around you. But if being at peace is dependent on circumstances, then you can only be happy if everything is going your way. I'd rather have my peace of mind be dependent on what I was doing, rather than wait for circumstances to bestow it on me.
I don't agree with Tzu, but I've already mentioned that, so this is sort of unnecessary. Still, there it is.
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Originally posted by lemon limeI can see the logic in what you're saying, but I'm more at odds with the
Yeah, I got that... you didn't agree with the part about being at peace if everything is falling apart around you. But if being at peace is dependent on circumstances, then you can only be happy if everything is going your way. I'd rather have my peace of mind be dependent on what I was doing, rather than wait for circumstances to bestow it on me.
saying that if a person is at peace, then that must mean they're living in the
present. I'm often most at peace reminiscing about the past. 😕
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Originally posted by KewpieTrue. It is of course meant in jest. Stockholm was (and in many ways still is)
Don't all cities claim that title regularly?
a beautiful city, but there's been so many projects started lately, at the same
time, that it's almost borderline ridiculous. Still, one has to be positive and
believe it will be good in the end, I guess.
Originally posted by C HessAlso, isn't it true that most citizens of major cities (and smaller cities and towns) develop a sense of loyalty and local pride.
True. It is of course meant in jest. Stockholm was (and in many ways still is)
a beautiful city, but there's been so many projects started lately, at the same
time, that it's almost borderline ridiculous. Still, one has to be positive and
believe it will be good in the end, I guess.