I prefer Stocism myself as a school of philosophy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoicism
On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 3:31 PM, denstar <valliants...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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:328503 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
