Life's Most Important Lesson
Well, what an eventful few days this has been.
I've learned Life's Most Important Lesson. Actually, I've known it for awhile....just didn't really want to believe it.
The lesson is: You can trust absolutely no one.
You'd think I would have learned sooner, what with all that I've shared with you folks.
But there was always that voice in my head/heart that said "Surely, this person can be trusted."
I've got news for you. There is no such person. Not a lover. Not a business partner. No one.
Everyone has a price at which they will betray you, lie to you and about you, cheat you, and steal from you. When the stakes are high enough everyone eventually folds.
Re: Life's Most Important Lesson
Indeed, no one can be trusted. The hard part in life is proving that we can be the exception to this rule.
I'm sorry that you've been disillusioned, Manniac. There is no price greater than our faith.
Falderal
manniac dharma explorer
Posts: 607
(3/8/04 10:55 pm) Reply
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The trouble is that there is no proof. As the fine print always says "Past performance is no guarantee of future performance".
As much as I would hope I could be an exception to the rule....how can I believe that I really am? I can't be sure that there isn't a bounty that I'd eventually cave in for also.
Basically, we're all prostitutes....some just have higher prices than others.
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I'd like to think that wasn't true, manniac. I'd like to believe there are a few people you can really trust. Maybe everyone does screw up eventually. Some of them unintentionally.
I'm sorry for your loss.
..and I miss you most when it's raining...when it's cloudy and gray I can almost hear you say...
manniac dharma explorer
Posts: 608
(3/9/04 7:55 pm) Reply
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Some sequences of events just can not be unintentional.
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One person has hurt you. Betrayed you. I'm sorry.
It doesn't mean everyone will and you know that. Be gentle to yourself.
..and I miss you most when it's raining...when it's cloudy and gray I can almost hear you say...
manniac dharma explorer
Posts: 609
(3/10/04 8:14 pm) Reply
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Thanks everyone for listening to me vent.
I'm not beating myself up about it. It's ultimately my fault for not ensuring that a system of checks and balances were in place which would have prevented it. I will scale back on the amount of things I have going at the same time to a level that I can oversee without counting on someone else.
Just call me poorer but wiser.
It's nice to know you all are here to talk to.
---------- The next best thing to playing and winning....is playing and losing
KitNzinc Registered User
Posts: 34
(3/10/04 9:04 pm) Reply
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Not wanting to seem cruel, but:
Quote:The next best thing to playing and winning....is playing and losing
Somewhere in every give there is a take that makes us whole, maybe even better.
Of course, it's all very much a pain in the ass.
manniac dharma explorer
Posts: 610
(3/11/04 9:18 pm) Reply
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LOL Yes, the irony of it struck me as quite funny.
You win some, you lose some...but either way it's a fun ride. At least I learned a valuable lesson in the process.
---------- The next best thing to playing and winning....is playing and losing
Blue Registered User
Posts: 49
(3/14/04 12:56 am) Reply
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I'm sorry to hear you've been screwed, as it were. Do you really feel that you can trust no one? Not even yourself? Why would a one as strong as yourself allow the actions of another to determine your values?
Of course there is the belief that there is no right or wrong, no good and bad, only existence. Perhaps Saddam wasn't bad, only playing a role determined by some grand plan (even grander than Bu__sh__'s plan). The loss (I'm making a grand assumption here) of your property may be exactly in harmony for nature's plan for Manniac. This could all be meaningless existential drivel too.
Your loss may be a stepping stone to enlightenment about yourself. Cliche'd as it sounds, perhaps there is a significant silver lining ahead.
Do unto others as they'd have done unto themselves.
manniac dharma explorer
Posts: 612
(3/14/04 8:10 am) Reply
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Quote:Do you really feel that you can trust no one?
What I mean is that I can trust no one else to act in accordance with my best interest. But of course, I shouldn't really expect them to.
Quote:Not even yourselt?
The best I can do is to try to make decisions that are in my own best interest without infringing too heavily on someone else....but there's no guarantee.
The incident was not without merit. I have learned a great deal in the process. I made mistakes that I will not make again.
Screw me once - shame on you. Screw me twice - shame on me.
Blue Registered User
Posts: 51
(3/14/04 10:18 am) Reply
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Quote:What I mean is that I can trust no one else to act in accordance with my best interest.
Here Here! I couldn't agree with you more. No one cares more about your <insert interest here> than you.
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