Formula for failure; trying to please everyone. --Anonymous
It has done us no good to set standards we could not reach. On many occasions, we adopted goals that couldn't be reached from the beginning. We allowed our identities to become tied in with pleasing people. If we suffered rejection, we collapsed into a quivering heap. Each time we wrapped ourselves up in a package for someone to pass judgment on, we set ourselves up for failure.
alabamabebeBanks of the Warrior River, Alabama USA4,404 posts
HJFinAZ: Formula for failure; trying to please everyone. --Anonymous
It has done us no good to set standards we could not reach. On many occasions, we adopted goals that couldn't be reached from the beginning. We allowed our identities to become tied in with pleasing people. If we suffered rejection, we collapsed into a quivering heap. Each time we wrapped ourselves up in a package for someone to pass judgment on, we set ourselves up for failure.
So true. Like me or don't, I am who I am, I'm not about pleasing everyone in the world anymore. Tried for way too long, and nobody was happy including me.
livinglargein a good place, Kildare Ireland5,879 posts
HJFinAZ: Formula for failure; trying to please everyone. --Anonymous
It has done us no good to set standards we could not reach. On many occasions, we adopted goals that couldn't be reached from the beginning. We allowed our identities to become tied in with pleasing people. If we suffered rejection, we collapsed into a quivering heap. Each time we wrapped ourselves up in a package for someone to pass judgment on, we set ourselves up for failure.
HJFinAZ: Formula for failure; trying to please everyone. --Anonymous
It has done us no good to set standards we could not reach. On many occasions, we adopted goals that couldn't be reached from the beginning. We allowed our identities to become tied in with pleasing people. If we suffered rejection, we collapsed into a quivering heap. Each time we wrapped ourselves up in a package for someone to pass judgment on, we set ourselves up for failure.
alabamabebe: So true. Like me or don't, I am who I am, I'm not about pleasing everyone in the world anymore. Tried for way too long, and nobody was happy including me.
HJFinAZ: Formula for failure; trying to please everyone. --Anonymous
It has done us no good to set standards we could not reach. On many occasions, we adopted goals that couldn't be reached from the beginning. We allowed our identities to become tied in with pleasing people. If we suffered rejection, we collapsed into a quivering heap. Each time we wrapped ourselves up in a package for someone to pass judgment on, we set ourselves up for failure.
Pat you think too much!
When are we going to hear what Pat actually thinks and does rather than what he reads. If we all followed platitudes like this, life would be an eternal paradise and nobody would be here!
In the past I tried to please everybody until I realised it's not healthy and was draining me. It is nice though to put a smile on someone's face.
alabamabebe: So true. Like me or don't, I am who I am, I'm not about pleasing everyone in the world anymore. Tried for way too long, and nobody was happy including me.
Agree with ya on this one! Except for the part about trying to do that. Never have, never will. Accept me for who I am.
HJFinAZ: Formula for failure; trying to please everyone. --Anonymous
It has done us no good to set standards we could not reach. On many occasions, we adopted goals that couldn't be reached from the beginning. We allowed our identities to become tied in with pleasing people. If we suffered rejection, we collapsed into a quivering heap. Each time we wrapped ourselves up in a package for someone to pass judgment on, we set ourselves up for failure.
When are we going to hear what Pat actually thinks and does rather than what he reads. If we all followed platitudes like this, life would be an eternal paradise and nobody would be here!
In the past I tried to please everybody until I realised it's not healthy and was draining me. It is nice though to put a smile on someone's face.
Patrick thinks many different ways about many different things. I attempt to keep my mind active, I also attempt to pass along what I have learned. I never know who may benefit from what I have learned, I do know I have benefited from what others have learned. I have also learned education does not always come from a book.
Patrick does many things. Things that "please" Patrick. I do ham radio, race cars, custom motorcycles, a little travel, there is a seminar I do, and I care for an elderly mother Which things would you care to hear about?
HJFinAZ: Formula for failure; trying to please everyone. --Anonymous
It has done us no good to set standards we could not reach. On many occasions, we adopted goals that couldn't be reached from the beginning. We allowed our identities to become tied in with pleasing people. If we suffered rejection, we collapsed into a quivering heap. Each time we wrapped ourselves up in a package for someone to pass judgment on, we set ourselves up for failure.
Very true...the day I found freedom in my self...was the day I stopped caring about what other people think!!!!!!!!!
Hugz_n_Kissez: Very true...the day I found freedom in my self...was the day I stopped caring about what other people think!!!!!!!!!
That is the worst kind of jail to live in, a jail in your mind suffocating you if you live other people's lives and adhere to their standards and demands. You lose yourself in that process. I learned that in sports...
I really don't care what other people think and I don't change my ways to fit in with anybody...and I am happier ever since I have been doing that.
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It has done us no good to set standards we could not reach. On many occasions, we adopted goals that couldn't be reached from the beginning. We allowed our identities to become tied in with pleasing people. If we suffered rejection, we collapsed into a quivering heap. Each time we wrapped ourselves up in a package for someone to pass judgment on, we set ourselves up for failure.