Me. I bother myself, my emotions act up and trample every hope. Also cancer. A few years ago I would have said noise, but I would not have been on this site.
Murderers and rapists.
All the wrong in the world.
Suffering and pain.
Death.
Alcohol.
Drug usage for “highs”
And not medical purposes.
Ignorance.
Betrayal .
That’s probably my top list, can’t think of anything else at the moment.
Lol I used to think like that (still some residue left). I blame the action movies. Much of Hollywood’s output (at least a few years ago) basically espouses a warrior’s ethos.
I haven’t found it so workable in the real world. There is only so much suffering one can take, after all.
As far as I know, even the toughest of SF soldiers are taught that if captured, they will be broken eventually. It’s just about how long it takes. So that should tell you something.
Idk. I don’t really have an alternative mindset. I just know I couldn’t sustain that one. It got too lonely, too miserable, too hard.
Empathy is strength. Once I master empathy for myself I will be invincible… or a bull named Vince. Not sure what that fortune cookie was trying to say.
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Me. I bother myself, my emotions act up and trample every hope. Also cancer. A few years ago I would have said noise, but I would not have been on this site.
You got cancer right now?
Not me, but cancer killed the only person I was close to.
I’m really sorry
Thanks . It really messed me up. I used to just feel a bit sad about life some times.
Murderers and rapists.
All the wrong in the world.
Suffering and pain.
Death.
Alcohol.
Drug usage for “highs”
And not medical purposes.
Ignorance.
Betrayal .
That’s probably my top list, can’t think of anything else at the moment.
Weakness, cowardice, dishonesty.
I happen to have all 3 of those qualities though. Go figure.
Who doesn’t?
I’ve known a few people who had none of those qualities, though most of them burned out, or made some sort of idealistic compromise in their future.
I’m curious now as to how you define weakness.
Rather then weakness, perhaps defining strength is easier.
Strength, to me, is the ability to take pains to achieve a goal. Any pain, and any amount. Anything less then that is not acceptable in my mind.
Lol I used to think like that (still some residue left). I blame the action movies. Much of Hollywood’s output (at least a few years ago) basically espouses a warrior’s ethos.
I haven’t found it so workable in the real world. There is only so much suffering one can take, after all.
As far as I know, even the toughest of SF soldiers are taught that if captured, they will be broken eventually. It’s just about how long it takes. So that should tell you something.
Idk. I don’t really have an alternative mindset. I just know I couldn’t sustain that one. It got too lonely, too miserable, too hard.
Empathy is strength. Once I master empathy for myself I will be invincible… or a bull named Vince. Not sure what that fortune cookie was trying to say.