You see...

Originally posted by lolof
I live in Göteborg - 'Gothenburger'...

Born and raised?

Originally posted by ChessPraxis
6 thumbs for meaningless psychobabble?

Noted, I'll post more of that garbage in the future. 🙂


My OP is sort of a glimpse into my mind. Beware and be afraid. 😞

It's hardly psychobabble. You can't do anything about the past because the past is done. Can't do anything with the future because it isn't here yet. So even if everything in the present seems to be falling apart, at least you are there to do something about it... fix it, deal with it, run away from it... but you can't do anything with something that isn't actually there.

You can learn from the past, anticipate and plan for the future, but the only thing you actually have to work with (hands on) is the present. Living in the past and/or future can distract from what is happening now. So that quote about past present future is not psychobabble, it's just something that happens to be true.

Originally posted by lemon lime
It's hardly psychobabble. You can't do anything about the past because the past is done. Can't do anything with the future because it isn't here yet. So even if everything in the present seems to be falling apart, at least you are there to do something about it... fix it, deal with it, run away from it... but you can't do anything with something th ...[text shortened]... uote about past present future is not psychobabble, it's just something that happens to be true.

I don't agree with Tzu, but I've already mentioned that, so this is sort of unnecessary. Still, there it is.

Originally posted by C Hess
Born and raised?

In Gothenburg.

Originally posted by lolof
In Gothenburg.

Jo men de e la en skön stad å bo iiiii. 😛

Originally posted by C Hess
Jo men de e la en skön stad å bo iiiii. 😛

Ja, klart den e - bäst... eller näst bäst.

Originally posted by lolof
Ja, klart den e - bäst... eller näst bäst.

Jag kan bara hålla med dig. Härnösand är också en väldigt fin stad. Min egen
hemstad skulle jag sätta som en god trea. Du känner väl till vår nya
turistslogan?

Originally posted by C Hess
Jag kan bara hålla med dig. Härnösand är också en väldigt fin stad. Min egen
hemstad skulle jag sätta som en god trea. Du känner väl till vår nya
turistslogan?

Nej, det gör jag inte. Hur går den?




Sorry about this folks - it's just so refreshing meeting a guy from home.

Originally posted by C Hess
I don't agree with Tzu, but I've already mentioned that, so this is sort of unnecessary. Still, there it is.

Yeah, I got that... you didn't agree with the part about being at peace if everything is falling apart around you. But if being at peace is dependent on circumstances, then you can only be happy if everything is going your way. I'd rather have my peace of mind be dependent on what I was doing, rather than wait for circumstances to bestow it on me.

Originally posted by lolof
Nej, det gör jag inte. Hur går den?

Stockholm, världens största byggarbetsplats.

Den ska väl locka en och annan byggmaskinsfantast. 😀

Originally posted by lemon lime
Yeah, I got that... you didn't agree with the part about being at peace if everything is falling apart around you. But if being at peace is dependent on circumstances, then you can only be happy if everything is going your way. I'd rather have my peace of mind be dependent on what I was doing, rather than wait for circumstances to bestow it on me.

I can see the logic in what you're saying, but I'm more at odds with the
saying that if a person is at peace, then that must mean they're living in the
present. I'm often most at peace reminiscing about the past. 😕

Originally posted by C Hess
Stockholm, världens största byggarbetsplats.

Den ska väl locka en och annan byggmaskinsfantast. 😀

Don't all cities claim that title regularly?

Originally posted by Kewpie
Don't all cities claim that title regularly?

True. It is of course meant in jest. Stockholm was (and in many ways still is)
a beautiful city, but there's been so many projects started lately, at the same
time, that it's almost borderline ridiculous. Still, one has to be positive and
believe it will be good in the end, I guess.

Originally posted by C Hess
True. It is of course meant in jest. Stockholm was (and in many ways still is)
a beautiful city, but there's been so many projects started lately, at the same
time, that it's almost borderline ridiculous. Still, one has to be positive and
believe it will be good in the end, I guess.

Also, isn't it true that most citizens of major cities (and smaller cities and towns) develop a sense of loyalty and local pride.

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
Also, isn't it true that most citizens of major cities (and smaller cities and towns) develop a sense of loyalty and local pride.

Of course.

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