Comments on: Life Is Pain, Highness. Anyone Who Says Differently Is Selling Something http://www.youknowyouwanna.net/2005/01/10/life-is-pain-highness-anyone-who-says-differently-is-selling-something/ A Sneak Peak Into My Crazy Life, and the Technology, Books, Movies & Music I Enjoy Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:20:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: kemidra http://www.youknowyouwanna.net/2005/01/10/life-is-pain-highness-anyone-who-says-differently-is-selling-something/#comment-2241 kemidra Mon, 10 Jan 2005 21:41:20 +0000 http://www.youknowyouwanna.net/2005/01/10/life-is-pain-highness-anyone-who-says-differently-is-selling-something/#comment-2241 Yeah, I think I misunderstood, too. I would never judge someone who chose not to donate because it doesn't strike as close to their hearts as other people. What I was thinking about when I posted that response was the amount of people I've heard lately who said that we shouldn't donate because they were probably happy to hear about 9/11. That's what infuriated me. As it happens, unexpected disaster strikes close to my heart. Animal abuse strikes close to my heart. I want to help women who are in bad relationships because I feel like I might be able to make a difference with them, based on my own experiences. Those are my big things. The only things that really pissed me off were the people focusing only on the fact that they don't like us, or people bringing up stupid details like, "Well, they should have ran when the water started to recede" as a means of avoiding uncomfortable thoughts. I was really angry when I wrote all that. Some of the nesters held those opinions and that's what got me started. I know you're a compassionate person. And it's most definitely a good thing that the gut-wrenching reactions that cause us to donate our time and money to certain causes are different for everyone, otherwise there'd be a lot of suffering happening that nobody cared about. You're right, it IS a totally personal thing. Yeah, I think I misunderstood, too.

I would never judge someone who chose not to donate because it doesn’t strike as close to their hearts as other people.

What I was thinking about when I posted that response was the amount of people I’ve heard lately who said that we shouldn’t donate because they were probably happy to hear about 9/11. That’s what infuriated me.

As it happens, unexpected disaster strikes close to my heart. Animal abuse strikes close to my heart. I want to help women who are in bad relationships because I feel like I might be able to make a difference with them, based on my own experiences. Those are my big things. The only things that really pissed me off were the people focusing only on the fact that they don’t like us, or people bringing up stupid details like, “Well, they should have ran when the water started to recede” as a means of avoiding uncomfortable thoughts. I was really angry when I wrote all that. Some of the nesters held those opinions and that’s what got me started.

I know you’re a compassionate person. And it’s most definitely a good thing that the gut-wrenching reactions that cause us to donate our time and money to certain causes are different for everyone, otherwise there’d be a lot of suffering happening that nobody cared about. You’re right, it IS a totally personal thing.

]]> By: zero_design http://www.youknowyouwanna.net/2005/01/10/life-is-pain-highness-anyone-who-says-differently-is-selling-something/#comment-2240 zero_design Mon, 10 Jan 2005 21:25:33 +0000 http://www.youknowyouwanna.net/2005/01/10/life-is-pain-highness-anyone-who-says-differently-is-selling-something/#comment-2240 Thanks for this entry jaxia - I utterly misunderstood what it was you were trying to get at in the last entry (was rather surprised at how much I thought I'd misjudged you). I'm pretty much in the same boat you are, it turns out :) Thanks for this entry jaxia - I utterly misunderstood what it was you were trying to get at in the last entry (was rather surprised at how much I thought I’d misjudged you).

I’m pretty much in the same boat you are, it turns out :)

]]> By: yarha http://www.youknowyouwanna.net/2005/01/10/life-is-pain-highness-anyone-who-says-differently-is-selling-something/#comment-2239 yarha Mon, 10 Jan 2005 20:54:59 +0000 http://www.youknowyouwanna.net/2005/01/10/life-is-pain-highness-anyone-who-says-differently-is-selling-something/#comment-2239 <i>“I would rather make mistakes in kindness and compassion than work miracles in unkindness and hardness." ~ Mother Teresa</i> My freewheeling brain is reminded of Robin William's hand-puppet imitation of M. Teresa in <i>Toys</i>: "I don't know. What do you think, Mother Teresa?" <i>R. W.'s Hand as M. T.</i> "He has a heart of spam. Gimme some soup." Hehe..with the napkin as a habit and..eh..some lips drawn on...hehe.. OK, you had to be there. Yarha, Habit-Forming “I would rather make mistakes in kindness and compassion than work miracles in unkindness and hardness.” ~ Mother Teresa

My freewheeling brain is reminded of Robin William’s hand-puppet imitation of M. Teresa in Toys:

“I don’t know. What do you think, Mother Teresa?”

R. W.’s Hand as M. T. “He has a heart of spam. Gimme some soup.”

Hehe..with the napkin as a habit and..eh..some lips drawn on…hehe..
OK, you had to be there.

Yarha, Habit-Forming

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