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daytimeoyster Posted Sat 27 Feb, 2010 6:45 PM |
so, i've read a really good article about life a long time ago
it's called 50 life lessons
here are my favourite ones
4. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
11. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.
13. Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
most of them are really right
if you are interested you should go check it out yourself
i'm sure you're gonna like it |
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Pechan Posted Thu 27 Jan, 2011 11:28 PM |
Don't like the first one.
LOVE the other 2. |
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weirdmom Posted Fri 28 Jan, 2011 1:32 AM |
Pechan wrote: Don't like the first one.
LOVE the other 2.
Why don't you like the first one? |
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Pechan Posted Fri 28 Jan, 2011 9:29 PM |
| Well... I guess I don't fully understand it. What do they mean with "taking yourself seriously"? |
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Darran Posted Fri 28 Jan, 2011 10:08 PM |
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weirdmom Posted Sat 29 Jan, 2011 1:06 AM |
Pechan wrote: Well... I guess I don't fully understand it. What do they mean with "taking yourself seriously"?
A person who takes themselves too seriously can't laugh at themselves if they make a mistake or do something that makes them look a little foolish. They aren't good at "going with the flow."
Does that make more sense? |
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Pechan Posted Sat 29 Jan, 2011 2:51 AM |
| It does if you put it that way. But "Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does" sounds like there's no need to respect yourself since nobody else does. |
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Scottish Dubliner Posted Sun 30 Jan, 2011 5:04 AM |
Pechan wrote: It does if you put it that way. But "Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does" sounds like there's no need to respect yourself since nobody else does.
That's where it get's lost in translation buddy,
There's a big difference between respect and seriousness or respectisnous and serious. that's before you even get into self respect or self seriousness.
For example you can be perfectly Serious/Respectful without being Respectful/Serious,
This is where the great concepts of Irony and Sarcasm come into play.
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