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Wow you have me doing some soul searching the last couple days....with your threads....and I thank you
you;ve opened my eyes to a few things 
...cat
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This really hit home with me today. Great post! 
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Damn it is so much easier to tell someone else how to live their life rather than me fixing mine. Okay I am off to the self improvement section of the book store.
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It's the self improvement work that's ALWAYS the hardest. Why do I always want the easy way out......
Thanks for this post Pat!
Thanks for this post Pat!
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SELF-IMPROVEMENT?
GROWTH!!!!!!!
GROWTH!!!!!!!
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Big_John: Damn it is so much easier to tell someone else how to live their life rather than me fixing mine. Okay I am off to the self improvement section of the book store.
Cmon john,you have a mobile home and all the time to travel...
forget about your 1000 mile radius and expand your vision.
America is just loaded at the moment with wantin wimmin
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rodolpho: Cmon john,you have a mobile home and all the time to travel...
forget about your 1000 mile radius and expand your vision.
America is just loaded at the moment with wantin wimmin
forget about your 1000 mile radius and expand your vision.
America is just loaded at the moment with wantin wimmin
I am leaving in June for a 9,000 mile RV trip across the USA and Canada. Maybe I will run into the right one on the way.... Hopefully I can meet up with some friends from CS as I travel.
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Big_John: I am leaving in June for a 9,000 mile RV trip across the USA and Canada. Maybe I will run into the right one on the way.... Hopefully I can meet up with some friends from CS as I travel.
You coming to PA?
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HJFinAZ:
Fixing or changing our partner might appeal on the surface, but why not put our efforts where we can succeed? What can we change? Ourselves - by becoming less critical we build our honesty and self-worth. Do I block my own growth when I focus on someone else's action?
Fixing or changing our partner might appeal on the surface, but why not put our efforts where we can succeed? What can we change? Ourselves - by becoming less critical we build our honesty and self-worth. Do I block my own growth when I focus on someone else's action?
The other day I said:
People do not listen with intent to hear, but the intent to reply. So many of us, through just the way we are, are too busy putting ourselves into other peoples lives.
Though I think I said it better the other day.
With our world, we are so consumed with other people, we do not change ourselves, thinking we are fine the way we are, so we instead try to change that which is around us.
You are correct.
Changing ourselves is the step we should take to becoming better people.
(if that makes sense)
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sweetowen: You coming to PA?
My current route is taking me south bound from Bar Harbor Maine via I78 and I81 into PA. I will be going by New York City, Jersey City, Allentown, Harriburg and etc.
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My Friend Martin always used to say:"Listen To Learn,And Learn to Listen!"
Hope his Coffee is strong where-ever he is!
Hope his Coffee is strong where-ever he is!
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Big_John: My current route is taking me south bound from Bar Harbor Maine via I78 and I81 into PA. I will be going by New York City, Jersey City, Allentown, Harriburg and etc.
John's coming to visit!! 
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uuuummmm... *ahem* sorry Pat.... 
Now back to the regularly scheduled program...
Now back to the regularly scheduled program...
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Big_John: Damn it is so much easier to tell someone else how to live their life rather than me fixing mine. Okay I am off to the self improvement section of the book store.
I have to agree with Big_John on this one!
I'm not looking forward to a good long look into the deep dark truthful mirror!
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HJFinAZ: Separateness
... put our efforts where we can succeed.
The appeal of a "fix" tempts us. One day we dream, "If only I had a different job my life would be happy, or if only I had a different house." Perhaps we even dream of having a different partner. When we waste so much precious energy on trying to change something or someone outside ourselves, we usually end up alone, unhappy, or exhausted. It takes great effort and a long time to develop what we truly seek: love, self-acceptance, honesty, and peace of mind.
Fixing or changing our partner might appeal on the surface, but why not put our efforts where we can succeed? What can we change? Ourselves - by becoming less critical we build our honesty and self-worth. Do I block my own growth when I focus on someone else's action?
... put our efforts where we can succeed.
The appeal of a "fix" tempts us. One day we dream, "If only I had a different job my life would be happy, or if only I had a different house." Perhaps we even dream of having a different partner. When we waste so much precious energy on trying to change something or someone outside ourselves, we usually end up alone, unhappy, or exhausted. It takes great effort and a long time to develop what we truly seek: love, self-acceptance, honesty, and peace of mind.
Fixing or changing our partner might appeal on the surface, but why not put our efforts where we can succeed? What can we change? Ourselves - by becoming less critical we build our honesty and self-worth. Do I block my own growth when I focus on someone else's action?
By allowing yourself "TO SEE" sometimes that in itself can be growth.
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AcousticBill: I have to agree with Big_John on this one!
I'm not looking forward to a good long look into the deep dark truthful mirror!
Turn on the lights,maybe.I'm not looking forward to a good long look into the deep dark truthful mirror!
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... put our efforts where we can succeed.
The appeal of a "fix" tempts us. One day we dream, "If only I had a different job my life would be happy, or if only I had a different house." Perhaps we even dream of having a different partner. When we waste so much precious energy on trying to change something or someone outside ourselves, we usually end up alone, unhappy, or exhausted. It takes great effort and a long time to develop what we truly seek: love, self-acceptance, honesty, and peace of mind.
Fixing or changing our partner might appeal on the surface, but why not put our efforts where we can succeed? What can we change? Ourselves - by becoming less critical we build our honesty and self-worth. Do I block my own growth when I focus on someone else's action?