Re: Advice sought from Men of the World

On 8/6/2010 5:51 PM, Miss Elaine Eos wrote:
On 2010-08-06 17:19:57 -0700, Mickey <Mickey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:

Miss Elaine Eos <misc@*Your-pants*PlayNaked.com> wrote:

On 2010-08-06 16:14:16 -0700, Alex W <ingilt@xxxxxxxxxxx> said:
What I deny is your denial of circumstances.

Circumstances exist -- no one denies this. What I (and, I believe,
Mickey and others) are arguing is that they do not decide your fate.
Circumstances INFLUENCE and PROVIDE PRESSURE, but the /individual/
makes the decision to persevere, to overcome or not.

Exactly. As I believe I have said here many times before, what happens
TO you is far less important than how you react to what happens.

This has even been encapsulated in an adage, of sorts: "It does not matter how many times one falls off the horse -- what matters is how many times he gets back on."

(Mimicking Alex and Buck) But how many people can't afford horses?