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Believe it or not once upon a time someone tried to educate me (der was gooder grammer teached in my school) and at Uni I studied Philosophy and English. One of lads that I studied was Alber Camus a French Philosopher who once said that for him happiness was "the simple harmony between me and the life I lead" so simple and yet so complex.
Have ya ever noticed as you read through the journals how, for many of us, the search for happiness can be equated to the achievement of ... a good wage, low weight, popularity, 3 holidays a year, lack of stress, health, a partner and so on.. yet the achievement of any of these fine states is no guarantee, is it.. how many times to we struggle and strive to reach some summit with the promise of rare clarity and fulfilment - only to discover cloud and rain!
After some recent reading I was thinking about happiness (which for me is being able to love oneself - with reality!)meaning that we are prepared to acknowledge ourselves with all those secrets that maybe only we know about ourselves... those undesireable things... those things which we would prefer were not there. Once we try not to supress these bad parts (so detrimental) or pretend that they don't exist, because all that does is to ultimately foster blame and self loathing when, in the end, suppression and pretense does not work.
I'm no buddist but I believe that somewhere they write that in ALL of us we have 6 roots, three good and three bad and again we ALL have them, Greed Hate Delusion - Generosity love/Kindness wisdom. We need to recognise these in ourselves and we ALL have the same job - to cultivate the positive and weed out the negative. Find harmony!The only thing that makes us different in this is our life experiences etc which will have afforded us a greater or lesser sense of clarity. Isint it funny how we can so readily accept other peoples faults but berate ourselves so readily... But it maybe helpful if we are just able to accept that we are ALLLLLL in the same boat really... so no need to pretend or supress... just accept without judgement and dwell as much as possible in your positives.. and then repeat daily "double feck the begrudgers!"
Okay... that was scary! see!!!! NEVER let a mad man rant for jaysus sake.. It must be the giddyness of the impending weekend that brought that on.. think I'll pop out for a walk (with the nice men in the long white coats!)
have a splendid weekend...wishing you good weeding.
huggles..
ps could I recommend for anyone with Diabetes issues at home or in the family, a book called 'The Diabetes solution' by Dr. Robert Bernstein. He has lived, successfully, with type one diabetes for over 50 years now (not many can claim that many can make). His views on how Low carb eating among other things completely reversed the onset of so many complications is inspiring. Might just be one to pop on your library list....
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I enjoyed your philosophical musings Dave... its true that these outer things cannot by themselves bring us true happiness. oh and hurry up... I am winning! ;)
20 Jun 08 by member: cindylynnwho
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Yes... you are winning..you're 2lbs ahead of me all of a sudden and I'm none too sure bout loosing much this week!!!! the signs are ominous... how do you do it! (am gonna have to hold ya back by yer pony tail thingy!)
20 Jun 08 by member: dave22
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Davey- thanks for the morning philosophy class- ALways encouraging to have my brain stretched and challenged early in the day...good food for thought, and last time I checked it was low calorie. Have a fab weekend with SArah and the boys- see ya Monday.
20 Jun 08 by member: sharonfriz
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See ya Monday Sharon me darlin'.... am gonna slurp this mug of tea... work like a savage for a couple of hours to close off the week then... I'm gonna close up early and ride off yonder into the West.. to the lil ol homestead on the hill... (where I'll ask directions to me own house!)... have a good 'un missus!
20 Jun 08 by member: dave22
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You could surpass Alber Camus ANY DAY, my friend! Have a YEE-HAW weekend!!
20 Jun 08 by member: gramnbear
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Dave the philosopher? Wow I am impressed..something must have hit you on the head recently..I am beginning to understand your journals now. Must say, I did miss the comedic Irish musings which are your forte but I like this side of you too. *walks off scratching her head-Dave studied Philosophy and not Entertainment studies? GO FIGURE*
20 Jun 08 by member: caged liberty
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YES!! You are so right! LOVE YOURSELF... that's what I always say we need to start with. I believe many of our weight struggles begin here... when we start excepting ourselves for WHO we ARE, we are more forgiving and able to move things around. :) Have a great weekend!! :) ~bully
20 Jun 08 by member: bullytrouble
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Wow....Daithi....that was really deep. And it is so true. Actually it was just what I needed to read about today. As a matter of fact, I think I'm just going to print this out so that I can read it again and again in order to ingrain those words in my head. Thank you dear friend :)
20 Jun 08 by member: mbhpro
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My goodness! I thought I'd run over here to check up on my old friend Daithi (I like that pronunciation of your name!) and lo and behold! He completely mystifies and boggles my mind! It's nice to see a serious side once in a while...I'm with MBHPRO, though! I could stand to print out your words of wisdom to live by! LOL Thanks for sharing...so no need to pretend or supress... just accept without judgement! THAT MEANS #1. you can horse around any time of the week and we won't care! #2. You can be serious any time of the day now, and we won't be incredibly shocked, because now that you've already pulled that stunt, we're prepared! However, it is now abundantly clear that you are quite wise, so all in all, we'll be a much harder audience to please in future! LOL BTW! thank you for the tip on the book! I'm going to look for it ASAP!
23 Jun 08 by member: BadAndee
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