Be glad for negative people!
ANACONDA
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Original post -- Why is this forum so negative in tone?
Because it is a microcosm of humanity. Not everyone has come to realize that they have been given just one life and that they can be in control of their destiny, and that being negative is being reactionary, which is giving control of their lives to someone else.
But.....thank goodness for negative people!
"I can't, I can't, I can't, I can't!" makes it easier for those of us who say "I can, I can, I can!"
"I can't graduate from high school." - those people cut our lawns - if we didn't have them, I'd have to spend less time doing what I want because I would have to re-direct my attention every week to my lawn.
"I can't become a coin dealer." - those people keep competition low and margins higher than if there were more competition.
etc., etc., etc.
adrian
anaconda.rare.coins (on eBay)
Because it is a microcosm of humanity. Not everyone has come to realize that they have been given just one life and that they can be in control of their destiny, and that being negative is being reactionary, which is giving control of their lives to someone else.
But.....thank goodness for negative people!
"I can't, I can't, I can't, I can't!" makes it easier for those of us who say "I can, I can, I can!"
"I can't graduate from high school." - those people cut our lawns - if we didn't have them, I'd have to spend less time doing what I want because I would have to re-direct my attention every week to my lawn.
"I can't become a coin dealer." - those people keep competition low and margins higher than if there were more competition.
etc., etc., etc.
adrian
anaconda.rare.coins (on eBay)
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Great way to put it! I'm with you!
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My favorite quote is: "For as a man thinketh in his heart, so is he." Reminds me of the little train; "I think I can, I think I can..."
Mike
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My favorite quote is: "For as a man thinketh in his heart, so is he."
I couldn't agree with you more!
In my opinion, the source for that quote contains more human insight and wisdom than any other book.
adrian
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adrian
anaconda.rare.coins (on eBay)
A pessimist is just an optimist with experience.
When it comes to grading coins at the services this is sooooooooooooooo true!!!
W.C Fields.
Given the choice of spending eternity with either Mr. Fields or say,
Tony Robbins. I take Fields.
Edit: Ha. I knew it was Robbins, not Roberts, and I never forget a thread.
"Sir, I exist!"
"However," replied the universe,
"The fact has not created in me
A sense of obligation."
Stephen Crane
Pro Deo Et Patria
W.C. Fields.
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Ray
I know I can rob that store and get away with it.
Your mind is warped like no other I've seen................................please keep the posts coming.....I love 'em!!!!
GSAGUY
i enjoy paradox. it strikes me as funny that prison guards don't consider themselves to be prisoners just because they get to go home every night. oh well. in summation---another lawyer term!!---if any two of us were alike, one of us would be unneccesary.
al h.
and it sets us apart from practitioners and consultants. Gregor
"Why castigate another for their choice?"
Outstanding!
Again, I rejoice that others make the choices that they make and can cut my lawn and choose not to compete against me! I too choose not to engage in many business affairs and those that I would compete against can be glad for my decisions also (not to say that I am competitive, because I am not - unless you are talking about how I challenge myself to be the best me I can be, and in that case I give myself a run for the money!).
I agree with Keets - we should all be happy for being who we are and for those who are not like us and it is unwise to look down our noses at them for we all are different and come from different circumstances!
adrian
anaconda.rare.coins (on eBay)
Obscurum per obscurius
For this board we need to change that to:
I'm glad I'm a 64. Less responsiblity than those 65's and so much better than those 60's and 58's!!!
It really bugged me when my 2 1/2 year old daughter got frustrated trying to do something and said, "I can't" for the first time. I showed her how to do what she wanted and haven't heard her say it lately. I sure don't want her to learn that as her life's mantra.
Obscurum per obscurius
<< <i>...and so much better than those 60's and 58's!!! >>
Oh Bull! I'm a 58 and I'm just as good as any 64, only I have a little rub. lol
jom
Those who are not as successful know that luck is a major determinant.
But that doesn't mean my eyes will soon be turnin' red
Cryin's not for me
'Cause...
I'm never gonna stop the rain by complainin'
Because I'm free
Nothin's worryin' me
It won't be long till happiness steps up to greet me
Obscurum per obscurius
"....because I can't swim!"-----Robert Redford
just a few lines from one of my favorites.wasn't that a great movie, shiroh? when the bad guys finally see the light and become the good guys they end up getting mowed down in a hail of bullets!!
al h.
A man with disposable income walks into a coin shop and says, "show me what I can spend my money on today!"
Which of these two things is guaranteed to happen again next week?
Now tell me who is smarter!
-Dan
<< <i>if it weren't for the dregs of society, lawyers would be forced to litigate each other to death. >>
Keets,
That may just be the best argument in favor of public assistance that I've ever heard.
Russ, NCNE