I'd like to add to my comment, that in this thread, there's an abundance of sound reasoning and even wisdom.  Respect to all.

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin
by Crazy Horse on Sat Feb 21st, 2009 at 07:11:15 AM EST
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is that comment feeding the ego of as you say

Crazy Horse:

people whose self-image depends on being recognized for their intellectual prowess.

;-)

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Sat Feb 21st, 2009 at 07:41:36 AM EST
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the collateral damage side of praise?

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin
by Crazy Horse on Sat Feb 21st, 2009 at 08:10:41 AM EST
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Intellectual prowess and wisdom are not always the same thing....

notes from no w here
by Frank Schnittger (mail Frankschnittger at hot dotty communists) on Sat Feb 21st, 2009 at 08:57:10 AM EST
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The wisdom part seems largely to consist of finally accepting things that you never wanted to know or understand.

As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."
by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Sat Feb 21st, 2009 at 10:57:52 AM EST
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The grace to accept the things that cannot be changed, the courage to change the things which should be changed, and the wisdom to know the difference? - Reinhold Niebuhr

notes from no w here
by Frank Schnittger (mail Frankschnittger at hot dotty communists) on Sat Feb 21st, 2009 at 11:36:52 AM EST
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interesting. i was taught a (very) similar prayer, but told it was by Saint Francis of Assisi.

Lord, grant me the serenity to accept the things i cannot change, the courage to change the things i can, and the wisdom to know the difference...

the comments on this diary (and the diary itself) have been some of the most profound and well-articulated i've read here since the beginning of the blog.

they remind me of lymph flowing towards a wound, responding to shock and damage with copious flow of healing power, (also reminiscent of the architecture of the internet itself, where when a glitch occurs, bits route around it and keep information flowing.)

very impressive, very educational...

~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Sun Feb 22nd, 2009 at 02:40:24 PM EST
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That's the AA prayer!

Know it well...

Fai de bèn a Bertrand, te lou rendra en cagant

by redstar on Mon Feb 23rd, 2009 at 01:53:51 PM EST
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yup, i heard at CODA.

beautiful, isn't it?

~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Mon Feb 23rd, 2009 at 01:58:37 PM EST
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It is.

Fai de bèn a Bertrand, te lou rendra en cagant
by redstar on Mon Feb 23rd, 2009 at 02:47:49 PM EST
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...and the depth of its meaning is really being slammed home lately!

~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~
by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Mon Feb 23rd, 2009 at 08:15:37 PM EST
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