DP, According to www.brainyquote.com the actual quote is:
"I don't care to belong to a club that accepts people like me as members." - Groucho Marx ...but I think your version says the same thing. Anyway my point was don't worry about what people hanging around on the internet just to engage in arguments think of you. If they were really quality people, why would they be wasting their time hanging around on the internet looking for arguments? ...Bill! ...Bill! Read more: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/g/groucho_marx.html#ixzz1OSlnMveE --- In [email protected], "D P" <wookielifeday@...> wrote: > > Actually, that's not quite the Grouch quote. It was "I would never join a > club that would have me as a member." This was at a time when some clubs > would probably *not* have him because he was Jewish. > > "I would never join a club that would have me as a member" always sounded > like a Koan to me. > > --- In [email protected], "Bill!" <BillSmart@> wrote: > > > > DP, > > > > I don't know anyone on this forum who is qualified to really comment on OCD > > - except you of course. I'd recommend you just continue whatever > > medications and therapies your doctor has recommended. And if you don't > > have a doctor, get one. > > > > I don't have the problem you have because I really don't care what others > > think about me. I am secure in myself and know there will always be those > > who disagree with me because of good reasons and bad. Some might even want > > to hurt me. I listen/read others posts and take the parts I like and > > discard the parts I don't. > > > > Remember the advice of Groucho Marx that goes something like: 'I'm too > > good to join any club who'd want me as a member.' In other words this is > > just the internet. It's like going into a bar and talking with all the > > patrons. Don't take anything you hear too seriously - both criticism of > > you and praise. All this is just for fun. > > > > ...Bill! > > > > --- In [email protected], "D P" <wookielifeday@> wrote: > > > > > > Part of my problem is my OCD, which races to thoughts that if this person > > > disagrees with me, they must hate me, and if they hate me, they will find > > > out who I am in real life and find some way to hurt me. > > > > > > Is there any way to work on this? > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "ED" <seacrofter001@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi DP, > > > > > > > > What you oberve in yourself is quite normal and natural in all humans to > > > > a greater or lesser extent, and is due to one's sense of self, which has > > > > it's own fall-out, and which fallout can be perceived as good, bad, both > > > > good and bad, neither good nor bad, or all of the above, or none of the > > > > above. > > > > > > > > --ED. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "D P" <wookielifeday@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I haven't been on here for a long time, and I apologize. > > > > > > > > I have written about this before, but I still struggle with it. I simply > > > > cannot > > > > walk away from an argument, especially on the internet. I just find > > > > myself not > > > > able to back down when faced with an argument. It's especially hard when > > > > somone > > > > insults my intelligence. Obviously this is just ego. But why is it so > > > > hard to > > > > back down? What can I do? > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
