Theos-Talk Archives (November 2003 Message tt00007)

Bill wrote: <<Mauri, often I enjoy your 
meanderings. Sometimes I don't read them all 
the way through, but I still enjoy them none 
the less.>>

Me too about yours likewise, Bill. In 
keeping with my attempts to turn over some 
kind of new leaf, or "new enough" leaf, I 
think I'll resist the tempation to meander on 
some more (for a switch!) about those two 
sentences from you. (Pretty soon, if I keep 
this up ... Well, at least I'm optimistic, 
eh, sort of ... ^:-).

<< While it is certainly possible to observe 
that having an attitude that "happiness is 
helping others" is nothing but a disguise for 
a self-centered conviction that one's 
personal happiness is somehow important in 
the great scheme of things, such an 
observation would not necessarily be true 
just because one uttered it aloud (or in 
print).>>

Seems like a relevant enough point, there, 
Bill (!), which I think I might've had in 
mind (if rather speculatively/meanderingly, 
possibly) while meanderizing my speculations 
for my last post. Maybe I should've added 
another qualifier last time around about 
those kinds of concerns. On the other hand, 
as you might know, seeing as it has been 
kindly suggested that I have a tendency to 
use "excessive" qualifiers, as is (among 
other things) ... That is, I'll try not to 
meanderize and qualify about that kind of 
thing "too much." (Sorry, I seem to have 
trouble not using those qualifying quotes
every so often. Maybe you know of a good 
shrink, Bill ...) ^:-/

<<In my experience, I have come to the 
conclusion that "wondering" in silence
often brings me more "happiness" than public 
speculation. It seems to be different for 
you. That is good. Our differences may 
ultimately unite us. regards,Bill>>

Privately (and even "pulically," sort of, I 
guess, seeing as I might be seen as trying 
to participate in a somewhat public 
discussion here ...) I wonder, meanderize, 
speculate (even "think," apparently, 
strangely enough ...) about the topic of 
(among other things) where one might tend to 
draw some kind of defining line between 
one's "private" and "public" wonderings, 
meanderings, scientizings, speculations, 
thought processes and whatever else during 
the "more formative stages" of one's 
offerings for these lists (ie, not that I'm 
saying to you, Bill, that you were 
necessarily referring to "public/private" in 
some kind of "more specific" list-related 
context, apparently, possibly; although ... 
^:-/ ... )... I guess we all tend to have our 
own sense of what should and shouldn't be 
discussed on these lists and elsewhere, 
whether we call that sense "private" or 
"public" "more specifically" in whatever 
sense.

^:-/ ...
Mauri