On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 1:10 PM, Jerry Johnson wrote: > > cynicism can be healthy.
It's cool and all, but seems pretty hard core to me: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynicism ;-) > misanthopism or pessimism can be unhealthy. > > although they are similar, they are not the same. I think critical thinking (whatever that is, really ;]) takes care of the good in cynicism without the semi-negative connotation. Trust is an amazing thing. Sometimes -- and I've experienced this -- trusting someone can actually make them trustworthy! It's far out yo! I'd wager everyone gets burned from time to time, no matter how careful, but there is a certain freedom to not immediately distrusting something (usually based on it's appearance). What I'm trying to express could be interpreted dangerously, there's a lot of nuance that I can't seem to squeeze in, but it, meaning life, can be really rich, if we only see it so. Trust that the world, neigh, reality- is an amazing, fearsomely-beautiful place (or thing? Noun?). Or something like that. =] :Den -- In large states public education will always be mediocre, for the same reason that in large kitchens the cooking is usually bad. Friedrich Nietzsche ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:328496 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
