I believe that as long as I have much to offer and that I'm a good person, that's all that is really needed for me have a good life. Other people have changing opinions and and viewpoints all day long and every day. I couldn't possibly keep up with 'them'. As long as I do the next right thing and continue to do that, then I'm on the right track. What really matters is what I think. I want my attitude to be that of gentleness and kindness. I really don't have the power to influence anyone else and to be really happy, they don't have that power over me, either. I truly do not say this in any kind of arrogance. It's just a basic truth, for me.
jmho, I believe the 'truth' is we all lie. Be it little white ones or out and out blatant ones (the black and white ones or the ones that are florescent in color!). We all say 'nice' things to people that aren't really true. How do we rationalize that? We wouldn't be human if we didn't color our emotional responses sometimes.
I don't believe it's right to deceive someone purposely and there are those people that can't be honest about much of anything. Guess that would be described as a character disorder, do ya think? I would probably find myself 'gone'.
Einstein admitted he spent time with six other women while married
Letters reveal Einstein's affairs Family letters show the physicist had several mistresses. MSNBC.com's Dara Brown reports. MSNBC.com
MSNBC News Services Updated: 8:10 p.m. ET July 10, 2006 JERUSALEM - Albert Einstein had half a dozen girlfriends and told his wife they showered him with "unwanted" affection, according to letters released on Monday that shed light on his extramarital affairs.
The wild-haired Jewish-German scientist, renowned for his theory of relativity, spent little time at home. He lectured in Europe and in the United States, where he died in 1955 at age 76. But Einstein wrote hundreds of letters to his family.
Previously released letters suggested his marriage in 1903 to his first wife Mileva Maric, mother of his two sons, was miserable. They divorced in 1919, and he soon married his cousin, Elsa. He cheated on her with his secretary, Betty Neumann.
Reading a good, uplifting book will usually change those feelings. Or, watching a funny movie. Sometimes talking to a friend about my worries. Probably best not to dwell on them for very long at all, though. Worries don't seem to serve any useful purpose.
Why waste any time being unhappy with life. I find that I now want to fill up all my moments with interesting, good, fulfilling things that will bring happiness for myself. If the time is right for someone to share life with me they will appear. They will be getting a happy balanced person. I'll have developed ways to find satisfaction in my life at home, at work, with (just) friends and helping others, learning new exciting ways about life. Then if that person comes along - they most likely will be someone like myself - I will have something good to share with them. My expectations are such that I build a life for myself and if something is supposed to happen, it will. And it will be good. I will look for the good things in that person opposed to being critical or judgmental.
I asked a man with four arms which way is north. He just shrugged and held up his arms and pointed. So I started walking in that direction. He must have been telling me the long way to get there.
I guess I'm relegated to the task but am looking forward to planting a couple of tomato plants and several annuals. Love to see the wonderful colors during the warm season.
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How do we rationalize that? We wouldn't be human if we didn't color our emotional responses sometimes. 
Many blessings to you all.
RE: money
I think some people b e l i e v e that money is bad. It isn't really. Money is just that. Money. Itsymbolizes how our mind works. How we think. Some people manage money well and some don't have a
clue what to do with the stuff. To be honest, we can have it all. We're only limited by our ability to use
our imaginations (or lack of it by wrong thinking). We can have friends, love, relationships (if we're ready
for that), money ... anything we want. Just have to believe. Have no doubts about it being what you
deserve. If you say you want something but you don't FEEL that you deserve it, you won't have it. This is
not about greed. It's about believing.