Time for a Revolution in Perception

[thread_walker]

Habits... how much of our relationships are built on habits? Do we always pick on the same person? treat certain people with admiration? fear the same people? label the same people as cool? uncool? geek? clown? intellectual? How many of our interactions are based on a history that turns perception into assumption and then expectation

Comments

[fighter_chick]

It was Thomas Jefferson.

Also...Cupcake's really f'ing in for it if he doesn't adjust.

[acanthusleaf]

Sounds like someone did not get the memo about the massing Athenian Armies. The rest of us always knew you had it in you and are pleased that you are now standing up and demanding the respect you deserve.

And aren't you the one always telling your children, "No whining"?

In other words, suck it up, Cupcake. Buy a clue or your face will meet the pavement.

[dakini_bones]

RAWR!!!!>:}

[klwilliams]

I'm having that problem at work. For the last two years I've had serious problems with focus and memory, and I'm finally coming out of it. However, the men I work with have gotten into the habit of discounting what I say. Which I'm not letting them do anymore.

[thread_walker]

Yes, that's a rough one. I struggle with the same thing.

[ermine_rat]

I think it was Jefferson who expected revolution with every generation, but it was a common theme in the early state constitutions in the early days

[kahnegabs]

That's not a rant, Rat, that's philosophical truth to me!

[thread_walker]

I thought I'd get my degree in engineering, work for some construction firm, work my way up the ladder, and then retire from same company. None of my life expectations have been fullfilled. It doesn't make my life UN-fullfilling, but I've had to adapt to being fired, being laid-off, dying parents, insane family members, loss of friends, discovery of better friends, ... and in the end create a value system based on unexpected life experiences and build an emotional tool kit that will help me survive unexpected change.