Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ncsu.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!cbdkc1!desoto!packard!edsel!bentley!hoxna!houxm!mhuxj!mhuxr!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!mcnc!ncsu!druid From: druid@ncsu.UUCP (druid) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: being accepted by others Message-ID: <2751@ncsu.UUCP> Date: Sun, 6-Jan-85 21:22:32 EST Article-I.D.: ncsu.2751 Posted: Sun Jan 6 21:22:32 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 8-Jan-85 03:50:51 EST Organization: N.C. State University, Raleigh Lines: 22 > But now that I am acquainted with the idea of self-acceptance, and the idea > that it is something I have to give to myself, I feel that a need for > acceptance by others is unacceptable. I ought to be able to give myself > everything I need. Doesn't that follow? (Presumably it doesn't. O.K., > then, what is the actuality?) > -- Jeff Sargent I think that a large percentage of the people here will agree that everybody needs somebody. I like to think of myself as self-sufficient and able to exist wholly on my own, but the truth is that I need others sometimes. I am often much happier when I am with friends. Sure, I can (and do) spend time by myself, and there are times when I *need* to just go off by myself, but when I have a choice, I usually prefer to be with others, particularly those whom I call 'friends'. A need for acceptance is fine, if it doesn't turn into a need for acceptance by *everyone* (after all, not everyone is going to accept you). Everyone *likes* to be needed. dave /\ -- druid / daveh -- hesselberth \/ -- decvax!mcnc!ncsu!druid / ncsu!ievax!daveh --