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Comment on Am I deceived or is this it? by David

David — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 04:18:44 +0000

Most of us go through times where we have reached our goals and need to discover new ones that will be worthwhile, challenging and make us feel excited to carry on again. Best of all, these do not necessarily mean shortchanging or ignoring our family and friends. It is hard to go through a downer period while we get inspired to come up with the new ideas that it will take to make us feel life is exciting again. This is also a bit of a dreary time of year with shorter days, poor weather and less sunlight.
Take heart Kyle. We all know you are an eternal optimist or you would have given up on the Leafs years ago!

Comment on You can’t honestly know that by Kyle

Kyle — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 14:26:58 +0000

What it has also done for me is helped lose the “if I do this, then this will happen” mentality.

All I can do is “this or that” I can’t know what will happen. It has really helped me be present with my children, who never think of the future, but only live in the present.

Comment on You can’t honestly know that by Adam

Adam — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 14:13:25 +0000

An interesting addition to your point on the historical fear of the future… most fear of the future, based on our past experiences, is still completely illogical.

Unless it’s something like chronic disease, there’s not much in this world that naturally happens over-and-over again that is totally negative experience. Events like hitting a beehive with a stick, going outside in the winter naked, or more serious things like substance abuse or relationship infidelities, which are memorable cause-and-effect scenarios, are all self-induced. We can avoid these things through sensible, Christ-led decisions. Or just “common sense”.

I think the fear is really rooted in a perceived lack of control, not experiential survival instincts. Of course, desire for power, even over time itself, is the root human condition, and equals parts lack of power = heightened fear.

Great post Kyle, thanks for getting us to think on this again. Super important to return to often.

Comment on false-self, meet real-self by Alastair

Alastair — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 17:00:25 +0000

Manning connects it to the idea of loving our enemies (I think…)

Comment on the false-self in skinny jeans by Stacey

Stacey — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 19:19:05 +0000

If I see you in glasses with thick frames but no lenses, I am giving notice.

Comment on the false-self in skinny jeans by Kyle

Kyle — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 04:00:48 +0000

Hilarious Sheldon.

Derek, I guess I am trying to go beyond identification and more to what is true about myself. The truth is I do identify with the things you see (what I wear, what you hear me listen to, what i drive), but what are the things you say you identify with, but really don’t in real life? Or what are the things that you have an opinion about, but the truth of your opinion is not what you say it is (I don’t like hipster clothes) but what you believe in your heart (I don’t identify with hipsters).

Comment on the false-self in skinny jeans by Stuart Bishop

Stuart Bishop — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 17:12:52 +0000

Jacqui brought me a v neck tee last week. My V neck anything. I experienced something similar to you. I didn’t end up outing my underlying ‘stuff’ but there was some turmoil. I just stuffed the ‘i don’t want to be a hipster’ back in the box.

Next time I’ll try and unpack it a little.

Comment on the false-self in skinny jeans by derek

derek — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 16:13:24 +0000

obviously I’m joking…
I think this entire culture identifies with fashion, or music, or SOMETHING… we all feel that we have something that defines us, right?

Comment on the false-self in skinny jeans by derek

derek — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 16:11:14 +0000

are you saying that I am condemned because I wear deep v-necks?

Comment on the false-self in skinny jeans by Sheldon

Sheldon — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 16:09:45 +0000

I once wore regular jeans and someone commented on my skinny jeans… awkward.