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ZachGoodwin
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08 Jul 2017, 4:21 pm

In college I remember being told by a peer, "Who elected you as pope?"

What that told me is that I have been questioning the world, myself, and the people around me too much.

We all need improvement, but improvement should be natural. Improvement should not be mechanical. Mechanical improvement is going to make you appear sort of creepy.

What is the difference between mechanical improvement and natural improvement?

Mechanical Improvement: Using steroids to use more weights at the gym to get stronger every day.

Natural Improvement: Going for a good jog each day while taking the opportunity to go to the gym when you do not have work, school, or am busy with your family or friends.

Try to naturally improve one at a time while not rushing everything, or wanting to change everything.

Added to that, don't try to change every issue you see.

Also, there will be skeptics in your life. Who cares about how skeptical they may be? If you are growing and are happy with the way you grow then continue, but don't let random strangers tell you how to live your life or how to be better, or even who to listen to and who not to listen to.

Don't even let me tell you how to live your life.

Makes me sound like a hypocrite right?

Well, that is what some skeptics want you to focus on. Focusing on how much of a hypocrite you are or can be. Instead of focusing on how much of a hypocrite you are or can be in each situation, go with the flow and believe you have it together even when you don't.



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08 Jul 2017, 11:33 pm

It just so happens that
I thought deeply
several minutes ago
while posting in a thread on the Haven.
Sorry!
Well, then again, not really.
In fact, it was fun. :P



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09 Jul 2017, 1:34 am

Don't think deeply about yourself.

I'm only making a suggestion. No one has to take the advice. There are many ways to be sociable like there is many ways to draw a masterpiece. There is no one perfect solution at all. None.

I'm not even that much of a sociable person. I stay at home most of the time. Overtime, I need to learn how to be less stubborn and arrogant.



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09 Jul 2017, 2:26 pm

I'd need a lobotomy in order to stop thinking deeply about myself.


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15 Jul 2017, 4:14 pm

ZachGoodwin wrote:
Don't think deeply about yourself.


I think deeply,
therefore, I ...
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...
* drumroll please *
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have a silly side. :)

Hope you're enjoying the weekend.



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15 Jul 2017, 4:35 pm

Hi Phoenix,

How's the weather?



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15 Jul 2017, 7:51 pm

I think deeply and am glad I did, because I knew I would solve the problems that bothered me a lot if I thought deeply about how to solve them or how this worked or whatever. There is an end to it; revolution has its uses, and is part of evolution (and evolution is part of revolution). They overlap.



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15 Jul 2017, 10:50 pm

the_phoenix wrote:
ZachGoodwin wrote:
Don't think deeply about yourself.


I think deeply,
therefore, I ...
...
...
* drumroll please *
...
...
have a silly side. :)

Hope you're enjoying the weekend.



I am. I'm having fun. No worries.



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15 Jul 2017, 11:34 pm

kraftiekortie wrote:
Hi Phoenix,

How's the weather?


Hi kraftiekortie,

The weather is, as you know,
atmospheric.

Any more questions to
think deeply about? :)



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15 Jul 2017, 11:39 pm

How do you even think deeply?
What a concept.


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16 Jul 2017, 12:06 am

It means not thinking too much about your problems, and that you can decide to enjoy life for the slow learning experience it is.

Be yourself.



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16 Jul 2017, 12:18 am

And who am I?


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16 Jul 2017, 3:58 pm

Raleigh wrote:
And who am I?


Raleigh.

(Although I admit I did not think deeply for this answer,
because it was right there in front of me ...)



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16 Jul 2017, 6:25 pm

I am the Wolfman.



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17 Jul 2017, 5:45 am

ZachGoodwin wrote:
In college I remember being told by a peer, "Who elected you as pope?"


You must have hurt his pride or vanity quite deep.. to elicit such an attack :)