Re: Nostradamus gets it wrong again!

On Tue, 23 Dec 2003, Not Im****tant wrote:

> "Jim Phillips" <jphillip@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:Pine.SOL.3.96.1031222205803.12201C-100000@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > On Mon, 22 Dec 2003, Not Im****tant wrote:
> > > In fact I am, but the point is that other people do not affect my
> self-worth
> > > positively OR negatively. I wish this for everyone.
> >
> > That's too bad--you can't always tell when you're doing something
> > foolish, so it's im****tant to respect other people's opinion (the
tricky
> > part is figuring out whose word you should respect and whose you
should
> > ignore).
> 
> Only a person with low self-esteem should want their self-worth to be
> affected by others,

	I disagree--there *must* be some feedback from others for us to
realize when we are doing something that is socially unacceptable (is it
okay to urinate in your friend's living room?).  How else do you teach
a child what is and isn't right to do?

> and then only positively.

	I do agree that your self-worth should only be positively affected
by others.

> That was actually a foolish
> statement you made that very few psychologists would agree with.

	How could a psychologist disagree that it's im****tant to figure out
whose opinion you should respect and whose you should ignore???  I find it
more likely that you are wrong on this subject.

--
Jim Phillips, jphillip at bcpl dot net
"If you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at
all."
        -- God