Schiz: I, too, look forward to discourse at the meet... and I try to have
patience... but unlike most people... I view the world as a whole... not as
individuals... if they prove themselves to be individuals, then they gain a
great more lenience... if they do not... then I lost my patience with them
beack in elementary school, as they are part of the world I set my self
aside from then...
Feral
____________________ The earth turns on a tilted axis - just doing the best it can.
Hohenheim of Light~Full Metal Alchemist
Anya
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posted on 21/3/2004 at 07:17 PM
Well, he was given his chance. However, since he didn't take advantage of
that chance like he should have, he just fell out of the Shmenge pool. As
some would call it, it all comes down to survival of the fittest.
Schizo: I also hold a lot of respect for you. You put up with a lot in
the past and are still willing to be kind and forgiving to others, even
when some of them misuse that forgiveness and kindness. I have half the
mind to consider you the Mother Theresa of the Shmeng World for you turn
away no one. As for myself, I do not even see myself getting to that level
of compassion in this life time. *bow*
LadyCygnet
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posted on 21/3/2004 at 07:56 PM
Schizo, you're a good woman and you did what you could to help the poor
boy. Your patience and willingness to teach go to show just what a
remarkable person you are. Please don't lose that, hon.
____________________ "To Live is to Annoy." -- Rev. Lambert Reilly, Archabbot, St. Meinrad Abbey
Schizo
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posted on 22/3/2004 at 03:10 AM
Mmmmmm, brownies and champagne. That sounds good.
Wow. Adulation. I'll try not to let it all go to my head!
I'm not sure where all the patience comes from. But I know that a lot of
it just comes from the fact that I'm such a friggin pig-headed Scorpio that
I just can't give up on anybody. I'll bang my head bloody against that
brick wall until I am ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN it won't give way. Because it has
given way in the past, and been very worth it. But there have been times
when it hasn't. But that's OK, because then when that person says "oh, you
never gave me a chance" I can say "I gave you a thousand more chances than
you deserved, and you blew them all and I know for certain who you are now
so shut up and go away". Which feels a lot better than the "well, maybe if
I had given them a chance maybe I misunderstood etc. etc." That was part
of my problem with Shmooth. I knew I had to give up before I had quite
exhausted all my resources, because I knew that I was not the only one
involved here. I'm not going to inflict a pet project on my established
friends.
Maybe it has something to do with the way I was brought up. They were big
on the Bible verse "Be ye perfect", and while I never acheived what they
considered perfection, I've come to realize that I never gave up on that
quest for perfection. I just found that I considered some of their
perfection as flaws, and some of their flaws as perfection. And I stopped
stressing out that I never even acheive my perfection. I pursue
perfection, but I don't think I'll ever get there. But it's OK.
I too find a big difference between people and individuals. I hate people.
They get in my way, and make a lot of noise. Individuals are different,
however. I like individuals, at least, certain individuals. Of course,
there are also idividuals who become so through negative means, like one of
my co-workers. But there are also those who never become individuals.
They are just people, part of the common herd, and I deal with them when
needed with a distant politeness, and hope they go away soon.
People suck, they're stupid and annoying.
____________________ "You can tell by the scars on my arms and the cracks in my hips and the
dents in my car and the blisters on my lips that I'm not the carefullest of
girls." - Dresden Dolls, "Girl Anachronism"
____________________ The earth turns on a tilted axis - just doing the best it can.
Hohenheim of Light~Full Metal Alchemist
Schizo
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posted on 23/3/2004 at 04:11 AM
Feral, I'll try to give it back to you come June!
____________________ "You can tell by the scars on my arms and the cracks in my hips and the
dents in my car and the blisters on my lips that I'm not the carefullest
of
girls." - Dresden Dolls, "Girl Anachronism"