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From: gregbo@houxm.UUCP (Greg Skinner)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: Signals (digression)
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Date: Sun, 6-Jan-85 11:25:20 EST
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Posted: Sun Jan  6 11:25:20 1985
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> From: aeq@pucc-h (Jeff Sargent)

>>> = Jeff Sargent 
>>  = Rich Kulawiec

>>> He who saves his life will lose it, and he who loses his life will find it.

>> If you insist on surrounding yourself with a impenetrable environment in an
>> emotional sense ... then you will suffer the consequences of isolation.  Pure
>> and simple; no bullshit christian paradox nonsense is necessary to explain 
>> it.

This quote is not meant to imply that one must secure oneself in a shell away
from the real world, but that one must sacrifice one's earthly desires in order
to receive the fruits of the Spirit.

>> I find it fairly easy to call up a reasonable amount of sympathy for someone
>> who tries and loses,

> But nobody *likes* a loser.

Obviously, Jeff, you aren't a loser, because you have all these friends out here
who care about you.  However, you will self-fulfill your prophecy and become a
loser if you continue to think of yourself as one, because *nobody* likes to be
around anybody who thinks of themself as a loser.

>> but for he/she who won't even make an effort, I have only contempt.

> Maybe it's because you've had more of your efforts crowned with success.

Not to detract from the truth of Rich's above statement, but having more success
does tend to make one more self-confident.  I find that the more MOTOS I meet
and go out with, the more relaxed and self-confident I am and the more inclined
I am to do more of the same.  The reverse is true, the less MOTOS I am around
the more inhibited I become.  Vicious circle, isn't it?
-- 
			Baby tie your hair back in a long white bow ...
			Meet me in the field, behind the dynamo ...

Greg Skinner (gregbo)
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