(12-19-2012, 01:51 AM)Shannon Wrote: You also are doing something I have done a lot in the past, and that is trying to assume responsibility for everything, even if it's not yours. I used to get so upset because I thought I had to do everything perfectly, be perfect, be everything to everyone... and it was killing me. Then I had someone say to me, "Hey, Shannon, get over yourself. The world is not your responsibility. You're not perfect, and you never will be. And you cannot do a better job than the best you can do. Stop trying to be perfect, and be everything to everybody, and do everything perfectly. Perfection is a journey, not something you'll ever achieve in this life."
This strikes me as if written by my own hand. I've assumed full responsibility, and the attendant load of guilt, for so many things that have happened that one friend asked me if I also killed President Lincoln. I wrestle with this problem occasionally even today, though it is becoming less of a concern as AM5 progresses. I think OGFS and Forgive Yourself may be in my future. We'll see how much more of that is eliminated by WM2's scripts.
Shannon Wrote: Today I saw the power of AM 5.0 + OF.
Wow.
I was going to share what has me so wowed, but it's not really appropriate to kiss and tell.
Just... wow.
Seriously??? Shannon, you're killing me here. I've resisted the temptation to add anything to AM5 for four months, and the last thing I needed was more temptation to break my own advice to others about singletasking subs.
Fear is a liar.
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. -- Ernest Hemingway
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. -- Ernest Hemingway
