Quote:Understanding the way the human mind works is the key to success in everything.
Are you saying that you've never succeeded in anything? I very much doubt that that is true.
I think that what you are talking about is predetermining expected results without actually understanding the mechanics of the mind - if there is such a thing as mechanics of the mind.
I take on board your suggestion that relating to people is key. I have a bad habit of spewing stuff that is only relative to certain groups within my own personal experience and understanding where nobody else would have any hope of understanding what I'm talking about.
Please disregard that comment about "Hard drugs is the answer", because that was just a piece of graffiti around my area that became a running joke. Of course I would in no way condone the use of hard drugs as being an answer to anything. It was just a cynical and flippant quote often used around my area because that piece of graffiti that said "Hard drugs is the answer" caught the attention of everybody (kids at the time) and was seen as being both humerous and disturbing.
If you failed at something, a passing comment might go something like, "Oh well, there's always hard drugs". It usually went without explaining what that comment meant and it usually brought about a lot of laughs.
Nobody talked much about seeing that piece of graffiti, but it caught the attention of practically everybody. In other words, it meant, "Well what's the alternative, to give up trying?" Hard drugs is not an option.
I know that I often spew a lot of garbage and then I pick and choose what may mean something to me, the rest I then disregard. It's an abuse of the forum and people in general to use it in that way.
I suppose I'm being just as sinister, and I'm doing exactly the same thing as the authorities that I despise there.
I can't really ever see myself understanding my own mind, let alone anybody else's. Predicting actions may be the best that I could ever hope for or ever desire in that regard.
A quiet faith in God isn't such a bad generic answer for this lifetime IMO.
To make a little stand against what I think is wrong isn't such a bad thing IMO. I'm pretty confident that I'm not hurting myself or anybody else by doing so. If I'm wrong, then it wouldn't be the first time or the last. To be proven wrong, I will need to physically bugger up as a direct result of the soft drugs that I am using. I can't really see that happening. So far, I've been more competent and caring than what I'd usually expect of myself. Go figure.ii