Comments | ca_katarina: A friend's post...

ca_katarina

A friend's post...

Dec 12, 2008 01:38

He gave me permission to post it in my journal.
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Interesting thought.

I was watching a documentary about the head chef at Tasajara Community Center..he wrote the Tassajara Bread Book. He is a Buddhist monk and one of the lessons he repeated was..

You cannot make anyone happy.
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post, relationships, quote, happiness

Comments 9

coen December 12 2008, 10:13:17 UTC

Any thoughts? Yes ( ... )

coen December 12 2008, 11:05:10 UTC

I realize the above sounds very arrogant and rude.
I apologize for that.

I have thought it over, but I still feel this way about it. I am still sorry if I offend anyone, but I still feel this way.

ca_katarina December 15 2008, 12:58:58 UTC

I apologize for taking so long to respond to this.

In my case, at least, no offense taken.

I wonder how much of this is semantics? I think we can --
and life is better when we do -- act in such ways as to
contribute to others' happiness. However, it is the
case that it is nigh impossible to make anyone feel
anything... And attempting to do so can lead to ...
problems...

It is a subtle distinction, perhaps.

I think your simple = untrue is a bit ... simple.
You felt free to "simply" say that

If we stop trying to make people happy, we might as well stop living.
Or become buddhists, which is about the same thing.That is pretty simplistic, yes? Yet there is a piece of truth ( ... )

coen December 15 2008, 13:58:18 UTC

Yes, my comment was very simplistic and blunt. That is true. And I pretty much did the same thing I accused the other guy of. Also very true ( ... )

Thread 5

Keeping it simple. bossiballs December 15 2008, 11:57:24 UTC

Bit shocked by the above two comments ( ... )

Re: Keeping it simple. ca_katarina December 15 2008, 13:08:00 UTC

Hey, you!

Good to have evidence you are still on the planet!

Figs??

Re: Keeping it simple. coen December 15 2008, 14:08:13 UTC

Sorry to shock you. That was not my intention. My intention was to state my opinion, but I realize I did so in a way more blunt than nessecary.

Maybe you are right, and maybe I didn't get it.
Maybe I did get it, but I just didn't agree. Those are two different things.

Things that we know, but seem to try and get around in our lives. bossiballs December 15 2008, 16:37:24 UTC

Heya.

Just dun bin in a bit of a rally with coen.

All good.

(It figures).

Love
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