Stupid Quotes

"I�ve learned not to put things in my mouth that are bad for me." -- Monica Lewinsky on Larry King Life, discussing weight loss through the Jenny Craig program.

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Love Quotes

"He was my North, my South, my East and West, My working week and my Sunday rest, My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song; thought that love would last forever: I was wrong." -- W. H. Auden

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Stupid Quotes

"I don�t wake up for less than $10,000 a day." - Linda Evangelista, supermodel

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What an A-HOLE! (Or not?)

IMAGINE: A man in your building who you don't know very well goes off on you. You didn't do anything wrong. You think: "This guy is an ASS."  You go on your way, angry.

Let's look at the thought:  "He's an ass." That may seem accurate when looking at it at first glance. Most people would leave it at that. However, there's another take that's a lot more happiness-producing and growth-producing: "He must be having a bad day."

Why do we do that? Make snap judgements that are global, everlasting and so personal? Turns out that knee-jerk response is very common: it's so common that psychologists have a term for it. It's called a fundamental attribution error: we attribute a permanent quality to others ("he's an ass,") when if it were the same behavior within ourselves we would excuse it as a "having a bad day." 

What's more troubling is that thinking judgemental thoughts makes us feel worse about that person, not better. And everytime we see that person after that, even if they are nice, we will still be annoyed at that person! So now the only person suffering is US! So why do we do it, why "cut off the heads of others so we become taller?"

I have found that it's usually because of one of two reasons: 1. We don't think of ourselves so highly. If we did, we wouldn't need to attack others in our mind to make ourselves feel better. 2. We do it out of anger, in order to protect ourselves, a reaction that comes from years of using a push-back when we get shoved. 

For me, I have been looking to change this behavior. If you're like me, and you want to change it,  here's a mental technique I've been using: when we catch ourselves having a thought like: "she's a whiny bitch," or "he's an ass", find a reason to support them that's temporary: like, "she might have just lost her job," or "she might have just gotten into an argument with her boyfriend." Even if I get angry when I'm thinking of something impersonal, I'll still look. I only do this because I have seen a difference within me: It makes me feel better. One caveat is that the reason you come up with has to be something that YOU can feel compassion for (if it happened to you). If you can find that for others, that compassion will filter back to you as well. And you'll feel BETTER.

 

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World's Top Insults

"A very dishonest paltry boy, and more a coward than a hare." - Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, 3. 4

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Sex Quotes

"I have an intense desire to return to the womb. Anybody's." -- Woody Allen

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Comings and Goings

Everything ends as quickly and suddenly as it begins. All of a sudden, you hear a bird, and just as suddenly that ends?it's over. If you notice, this isn't only true of birds singing, but of most things: Something shows up, and just as suddenly it disappears. Life is coming and going quickly, cleanly, and sometimes without our even noticing it. Life happens, and it happens by suddenly showing up and just as suddenly disappearing.

Of course, some things that show up have a longer lifespan, but even those are in constant flux during their lifespan and eventually disappear. Experiences that last awhile never remain the same while they last: If you are watching the clouds, they are constantly shifting, and then they are gone. If you are watching a ballgame, every second is different, and then it's over. If you are eating a meal, every bite is different, and then it's gone. If you are in a relationship, every moment, day, week, and year is different. Nothing stays the same. Whether it comes and goes quickly or more slowly, nothing remains the same.

The mind doesn't like it when that fun, exciting, or pleasurable moment is over. It also doesn't like the deterioration of the body as it ages, which is a more long-term phenomenon. The body is a good example of something arising and beginning a course of constant change and eventual demise. The mind clings to events, experiences, or images that have passed away, or tries to, but it can never win that game. What's over is over and can't be regained. The mind tries to retain experiences and things through memory, but memory is a poor retaining device. Like a sieve, most of the experience is lost and what remains is a poor substitute for life.

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