Nice projection. What you wrote here is exactly what I wrote and your response reversed what I said, implying that it makes it easier for me to live believing that I can change my future. So, you got it right this time, but not in your last reply. Knowing that you have personal accountability and that it is up to you to succeed, not some unseeable force, makes life harder, if anything.
And it is that pressure that causes you to believe that you are unmalleable and have no choice in what you do. It makes it easier to be incompetent and a failure and look in the mirror each morning. I get it, but I don't subscribe to it. Which is why I'm successful.
What am I projecting? "you have no reason to live because everything is already set in stone". I pointed out that I can't imagine what reason to live imagining that you created yourself gave you, and that recognizing the basic obvious reality made life much more pleasant. You think making life harder for yourself brings success? I guess that's why a lot of people have all sorts of mental issues and addictions. It's from being addicted to the idea that you're some sort of god.
Again you're projecting. I never said anything about "creating myself". You've created for yourself a dire set of circumstances that you believe you cannot change. It is quintessentially American to be self-made. That doesn't presume some sort of godliness. Rather, it recognizes that only you are responsible for using the gifts that God has given you to their fullest to make something of yourself. Your approach is like the servant who was given money from his master and buried it out of fear. My approach is like the servants who took the money and brought back more money through careful investment of the resource.
My reference to making life harder was in response to you claiming that this notion of self-reliance would presumably make it easier for me. Yes, setting high expectations for myself makes things more difficult. I could be a drone and take the easy way, but if we all did that we'd have a shithole country. So, you're welcome for being one of those Americans that doesn't blame everyone else for my misfortunes and strives to always be better.
I know you don't understand it. I don't always understand it either. Everyone is wired differently. My wiring gives me hope for a better tomorrow. Your wiring leads to depression, subjective morality, and laziness. I'll take my way. You take yours.
Yeah, I don't know why it's so hard for people to accept such a basic thing, it's super weird. I'm not sure what made me recognize it, I guess just logical thinking and not being super closed-minded. Most people prefer to be blind I guess. "I realize that I had nothing to do with making myself, but I still somehow believe that I have control over things without any sort of evidence. It makes me have success and happiness." Meanwhile their blindness drives them mad generally. So weird.
Nice projection. What you wrote here is exactly what I wrote and your response reversed what I said, implying that it makes it easier for me to live believing that I can change my future. So, you got it right this time, but not in your last reply. Knowing that you have personal accountability and that it is up to you to succeed, not some unseeable force, makes life harder, if anything.
And it is that pressure that causes you to believe that you are unmalleable and have no choice in what you do. It makes it easier to be incompetent and a failure and look in the mirror each morning. I get it, but I don't subscribe to it. Which is why I'm successful.
What am I projecting? "you have no reason to live because everything is already set in stone". I pointed out that I can't imagine what reason to live imagining that you created yourself gave you, and that recognizing the basic obvious reality made life much more pleasant. You think making life harder for yourself brings success? I guess that's why a lot of people have all sorts of mental issues and addictions. It's from being addicted to the idea that you're some sort of god.
Again you're projecting. I never said anything about "creating myself". You've created for yourself a dire set of circumstances that you believe you cannot change. It is quintessentially American to be self-made. That doesn't presume some sort of godliness. Rather, it recognizes that only you are responsible for using the gifts that God has given you to their fullest to make something of yourself. Your approach is like the servant who was given money from his master and buried it out of fear. My approach is like the servants who took the money and brought back more money through careful investment of the resource.
My reference to making life harder was in response to you claiming that this notion of self-reliance would presumably make it easier for me. Yes, setting high expectations for myself makes things more difficult. I could be a drone and take the easy way, but if we all did that we'd have a shithole country. So, you're welcome for being one of those Americans that doesn't blame everyone else for my misfortunes and strives to always be better.
I know you don't understand it. I don't always understand it either. Everyone is wired differently. My wiring gives me hope for a better tomorrow. Your wiring leads to depression, subjective morality, and laziness. I'll take my way. You take yours.
Yeah, I don't know why it's so hard for people to accept such a basic thing, it's super weird. I'm not sure what made me recognize it, I guess just logical thinking and not being super closed-minded. Most people prefer to be blind I guess. "I realize that I had nothing to do with making myself, but I still somehow believe that I have control over things without any sort of evidence. It makes me have success and happiness." Meanwhile their blindness drives them mad generally. So weird.