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06 Nov 2013, 4:10 pm

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yes, I am aware of this, and it is shameful.


I'm more sanguine about it. The world is full of selfless people, and selfish people. Nothing that I can say or do is going to change that, so rather than viewing others with shame, I choose to reserve my feelings of shame for those occasions when my conduct falls below the standard that I would set for it.

you are more zen about it than I could be in the foreseeable future.



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06 Nov 2013, 6:24 pm

We can't win in the NT world. We can only succeed if the worlds granted to our Aspie minds find an NT market.



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06 Nov 2013, 7:11 pm

as I am not even remotely marketable, I will remain a hermit then.



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06 Nov 2013, 8:48 pm

auntblabby wrote:
you are more zen about it than I could be in the foreseeable future.


I beg to differ.

I think you have great reserves of reason and good sense. While I certainly have the impression that you are impeded from achieving your potential by circumstances beyond your control, that does not diminish that potential.


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06 Nov 2013, 8:51 pm

visagrunt wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
you are more zen about it than I could be in the foreseeable future.


I beg to differ.

I think you have great reserves of reason and good sense. While I certainly have the impression that you are impeded from achieving your potential by circumstances beyond your control, that does not diminish that potential.

thank you sir :) though I have to ask- is it still potential if it is effectively off-limits to one's control?