The Big Lie

TheLightWithin said:
Lots of people are hard to love... some of what makes it more possible is framing love as behaving in loving ways, and thinking in terms of "everyone deserves kindness" even though the feeling of love may be hard to access... nurses doctors paramedics therapists having a duty of care... their professional ethics can be a behavioral guide to loving the difficult...
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I was reading back over some stuff this morning to get a better feel for those here. Ran across this, are you in one of these fields, just asking, no reply necessary. My daughter is a nurse, I have 4 other close friends who are nurses, one close friend is a doctor, one close friend as a therapist, 2 close friends are paramedics, 3 close friends on the fire department and one family member on the police force. I am not sure they relish dealing with angry disgruntle people. most of these professions are done by people who want to help other people. Sometimes being nice and loving someone is just part of the job. I, myself have had my own business for most of my life, 4 different businesses. I have been dealing with people most of my life in a very close way. Many of my customers were not happy people when it came to their car or truck breaking down. And it seems that they wanted to blame someone for the situation. You spend enough time with people in a none desired relationship and views about mankind change, at least they have for me. I have been verbally beat up just a few too many times for try to help someone in a situation that was not my fault. But I still have a smile on my face. I admire your view.
 
Cino said:
neurotransmitter cocktail
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Thanks for that laugh, know it's a few days old, but I still had a good laugh. BTW, my view is that this "neurotransmitter cocktail" lasts until the wife says, I have a head ache. :rolleyes:
 
Thinking required said:
I was reading back over some stuff this morning to get a better feel for those here. Ran across this, are you in one of these fields, just asking, no reply necessary. My daughter is a nurse, I have 4 other close friends who are nurses, one close friend is a doctor, one close friend as a therapist, 2 close friends are paramedics, 3 close friends on the fire department and one family member on the police force. I am not sure they relish dealing with angry disgruntle people. most of these professions are done by people who want to help other people. Sometimes being nice and loving someone is just part of the job. I, myself have had my own business for most of my life, 4 different businesses. I have been dealing with people most of my life in a very close way. Many of my customers were not happy people when it came to their car or truck breaking down. And it seems that they wanted to blame someone for the situation. You spend enough time with people in a none desired relationship and views about mankind change, at least they have for me. I have been verbally beat up just a few too many times for try to help someone in a situation that was not my fault. But I still have a smile on my face. I admire your view.
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I am a mental health counselor (therapist)
We form quite a relationship with clients, and that relationship has boundaries.
We have to follow a standard of care, of course, and also have our own emotional boundaries.
I'm not sure the training in how to do it well is what it could be.
I feel like this kind of thing, in the helping professions, can be a model for loving everyone, treating people according to principles that honor them as humans, even if we feel no great love or affection for them.
 
Thinking required said:
I have studied and researched all the major religions and their beliefs and works (books). I have come to the conclusion that the Bible is the only book that has a supernatural purpose.
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But you haven't read beyond Abrahamic scripture?
 
RJM said:
But you haven't read beyond Abrahamic scripture?
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very little. I only have so much time in a day. I read and listen to people who I believe have read beyond. Why not just use the "cliff notes" There is no end to the making of books and what people think. If I believe in Creation, then there must be a Creator. I figure that if I am correct, then there if no problem for me. If we just die, then I just die. I was never a "natural" reader and never liked to read. I do not retain very well. I am one of those people who can see a movie 3 times before I realize that I have seen it before. I read and book and have to put the date in it that I read it or I will not remember that I read it. I have a 100 or so books in my library and have read most of them and could not tell you what they say.
 
wil said:
Does that mean you never quote that as scripture?
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Don't remember the context of this post, but I do quote Jewish scripture and some of my favorite books to read are from the Jewish Scriptures. Especially Ecclesiastes, Solomon nails life in the book. I read the entire Bible, the OT is very important to me.
 
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