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Post by ohcowgirl on Jul 8, 2021 7:26:13 GMT -5
"I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance."
- John D. Rockefeller
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Post by jonathanlobl on Oct 3, 2021 11:39:48 GMT -5
Maybe not. There is an old saying. "Better to stand still than run in the wrong direction." Buddha had much to say on the subject of "Letting go" and "releasing of desire". I think that there are times when we understand that we have made a mistake, and stop doing the same mistake over and over again. Like building a house in a place that keeps flooding. How many times will we rebuild the same house in the same place? Or launching the wrong career. We can be miserable because we can't admit making a mistake, or we can let it go and do something different. One more example. Divorce. Sometimes people find that they are married to the wrong person. That is what divorce is for. Fixing mistakes. Letting go of error.
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Post by Rakehel on Oct 4, 2021 10:12:21 GMT -5
I agree with the sentiment. There are people who win lotteries while mostly sitting still drinking beer & eating Cheetos. That's just dumb, blind luck. Otherwise I agree that perseverance, or some might call it "hard work," claims the prize. In the case of flooded homes: they're rebuilt because my tax dollars keep paying to rebuild them. I get nothing from it, not even a good feeling. The Gulf, Florida, western fire & drought areas, a lot of the East Coast are no longer viable home building sites. People know they're repeating the same mistake, it just doesn't cost them enough. They have no motivation to change or persevere. Some consequences aren't severe enough for many people to learn the 2nd or 3rd time. Proposal: we rebuilt your home 2 times due to buying property in a known flood/burn area, and we warned over a few decades that it would only flood or burn again. The 3rd time we'll leave a trailer, and it will cost a limb or 1st-born child to get it if you won't move. Tribal Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/ulintertribal
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2021 8:29:31 GMT -5
Part of why I was glad the house we found to buy is along the ridge-top and not in the bottom-land.
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Post by jonathanlobl on Oct 8, 2021 4:59:57 GMT -5
I agree with the sentiment. There are people who win lotteries while mostly sitting still drinking beer & eating Cheetos. That's just dumb, blind luck. Otherwise I agree that perseverance, or some might call it "hard work," claims the prize. In the case of flooded homes: they're rebuilt because my tax dollars keep paying to rebuild them. I get nothing from it, not even a good feeling. The Gulf, Florida, western fire & drought areas, a lot of the East Coast are no longer viable home building sites. People know they're repeating the same mistake, it just doesn't cost them enough. They have no motivation to change or persevere. Some consequences aren't severe enough for many people to learn the 2nd or 3rd time. Proposal: we rebuilt your home 2 times due to buying property in a known flood/burn area, and we warned over a few decades that it would only flood or burn again. The 3rd time we'll leave a trailer, and it will cost a limb or 1st-born child to get it if you won't move. Tribal Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/ulintertribalJust so. There is an important distinction to be made. Working towards a goal with focus is good. Repeating the same stupid mistake over and over is not good.
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Post by Rakehel on Oct 8, 2021 7:34:49 GMT -5
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Post by jonathanlobl on Oct 18, 2021 10:53:17 GMT -5
Indeed yes. The rich get rescued. The poor get grief.
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