Some people around here have been touchy lately and I ask them to consider the following:
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An interesting exercise, and one well worth a few moments of reflection, would be to consider the exact meaning of the phrase "to take offense".
These words describe an act of willingly taking into ourselves a hurt we feel somebody intended to inflict on us. We take offense. We don't have to take it. We are free to refuse to be hurt by a spiteful remark or malicious action.
So the whole matter really rests with us. The choice of accepting or rejecting an offense is ours alone.
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One Day at a Time in Alanon - August 27th page.
no - I wasn't a drunk - but I was married to a prescription drug addict.
Don't let the source dilute the message.
Hey, what's that supposed to mean? You think I'm touchy? You think it's MY fauly I get aggrevated by something completely silly and irrelevant in the greater scheme of things? Well you're right, but we all have our buttons...
QuoteHey, what's that supposed to mean? You think I'm touchy?
LOL..
Anyway, buttons suggest somebody else is pushing them.
But the sensitivity setting is one owns responsability.
But I appreciate your effort, Clones, to calm things down.
It's good advice. Not always easy to follow and may take a lifetime to master.
Quote from: "uncloned"Some people around here have been touchy lately and I ask them to consider the following:
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Oh c'mon you don't have to pussyfoot around! We ALL know who the 'touchy' here is! And i for one take GREAT offense!!
If you are going to flame, flame with this!
(http://blog.lib.umn.edu/boley011/architecture/flamethrower.jpg)
hmmm, is that lil fire sumtin? If you want flame, use this:
(http://edwardkhoo.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/nuclear-explosion.png)
:lol:
Psy, indeed if one is going to flame you might as well do it efficiently!
I feel thoroughly offended, because my ancestors worshipped holy mushrooms..