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Message: <blockquote data-quote="barsoomcore" data-source="post: 673573" data-attributes="member: 812">Agreed. I'm only saying that we are responsible for the emotions we feel.Why are the only two possibilities "feeling anger or sadness" and "brushing off the event"? Surely this ignores a myriad of possiblities that lie somewhere in between those two? Or possibly beyond either?Again, I agree. But I believe you can go further than that and in fact simply choose whether or not to feel the emotion in the first place. In fact, I believe that you ALWAYS choose whether or not to feel the emotion in the first place. You're just not aware of yourself choosing.Wow, I just keep on agreeing with you. This so right. And requires no anger whatsoever. Where does anger fit into this wonderful picture you've drawn? Calm and forceful, yer darn tooting. If I said that such a wimpy response was appropriate, I apologize. I despise cowardice in any form. Allowing Bad Stuff (to carry on a bit of terminology from my last incredibly-long-winded post) to happen is just as bad as doing Bad Stuff yourself. Remember kids, only YOU can prevent Bad Stuff.Well, maybe. I think a more accurate assessment is: in the first, you've made things worse, in the second, you've solved the problem, in the third, you've made sure your children turn into wimps. Or, more succintly: First -- Bad Stuff, Second -- Good Stuff, Third -- Bad Stuff. Do Good Stuff.Nah. You never fail. You just don't succeed the way you thought you were going to succeed.Chet Baker once said that great jazz musicians never say "Oops," when they don't play the note they meant to. They always say, "Interesting."Life is jazz.</blockquote>

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