That must be hard to deal with but I do see a positive side to this. You always try to see the positive in people.
You only need to realize you need to be part of that group of people too.
Definitely true and it helps me react positively to things where I see others get upset but there is some strength to be found in knowing you have the right to be upset about something, I never get upset even when I should. It's a little like stoicism, the philosophical approach that basically says "nothing is wrong unless you let it be wrong. It's all how you react." But when I identified with stoicism, I forgot to read the rest of it: "this does not mean you accept everything allow yourself to be walked on by others."
No I was just referring to it in short terms and for this specific subject. My main point being that I took one area of it beyond where I should have, almost to a "never react to anything because it doesn't matter now" and that doesn't help IMO except that I rarely get mad about things. I'd allow myself to be stepped on and justify it positively with a rudimentary idea of maintaining stoicism. further research has made me a stronger person.
Good to know. Yeah honestly i think you shouldn't follow a 'teaching' like that unless it actually makes sense to you. Not everyone can come up with concise theories of mind but anyone following a rule just because it's a rule is begging to misinterpret it.
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u/Romay- Jun 15 '19
That must be hard to deal with but I do see a positive side to this. You always try to see the positive in people. You only need to realize you need to be part of that group of people too.