Theos-Talk Archives (August 1998 Message tt00207)

In a message dated 98-08-14 10:57:14 EDT, you write:

>And who finally gets to "pay" for what you might call "fun ?"
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>Is suffering to others the only joy that anyone should look forward to ?
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>Does such a motive not hurt us too ?  Or have we developed calluses that ?
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>Dal

No one pays ultimately.

If we don't develop calluses, we end up having very unhappy lives.

The world is not a pleasant place.  That is a fact which cannot be sugared
over.  One either learns to deal with and let things just sort of run off like
water off a duck, or one goes through life in a state of vicarious misery.

dispassion and detachment are not always possible, but without them it is very
difficult to function.

Chuck