When do they cut me off?
________________________________ From: authfriend <jst...@panix.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, August 2, 2012 4:00 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The beauty of the narcissist I think you're way over 50, Emily. I just checked. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn <emilymae.reyn@...> wrote: > > > > You see, the beauty of the narcissist is that it is, ultimately, all about > oneself. Doesn't matter how or why or what, it's ultimately all about the > "me." In every situation. > > One has to watch for that, when one was either raised by narcissists, or > never was able to establish any real connections due to life's circumstances, > or when one has matured and developed a false self for any number of reasons, > or if one was Mommy's golden boy. What the narcissist does, when focused, is > hear, but the narcissist does not listen. That is the key...listening. I > agree with you Share. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmON_0bzUZc > > One would talk less, if one was listening more. Have I hit 50 yet? Damn, > I'm givin' it the good ol' college try. This is my next indicated step. I > thought it was looking for a job, but I'm not ready. It's listening, its > volunteering, it's extending beyond the boundaries of FFL. Now, I resist > this...because I am rebellious after all. But, it's the next indicated step, > and I am powerless over that. The last time I thought it was about a job, it > was about a dog. Who am I to "know." > > Once, when visiting my grandma, it occurred to me that every sentence that > came out of her mouth started with the word "I." Then I noticed my father > did the same. Then I noticed I did the same. Learned habit perhaps, but > significant enough in itself. Recovery is a bitch. >