Read a meme

there is neither good nor bad,
except thinking makes it so
install this chip, into yer brain,
and watch the potted plant grow

~ a novice,
writing under the pseudonym "cantankerous ole bill s."

Whatever you do, do it with the confidence of a four-year-old in a Batman T-shirt.

@kellyjay said
Whatever you do, do it with the confidence of a four-year-old in a Batman T-shirt.

Stuff the general forum is made of.

Be the most positive person in every room you enter.

@ghost-of-a-duke said
Be the most positive person in every room you enter.

The mantra, perhaps, of countless millions of tedious narcissists the world over.

When you think positively, good things happen; now, that's much better

No need to feel one is in competition with those you meet "in every room". That way, shallowness and fakery lie.

Be the least toxic person in every room you enter.

«Tout le malheur des hommes vient d'une seule chose, qui est de ne savoir pas demeurer en repos dans une chambre.»

-- Blaise Pascal

@ghost-of-a-duke said
Be the least toxic person in every room you enter.

Huh huh -- nice one! 🙂

@fmf said
The mantra, perhaps, of countless millions of tedious narcissists the world over.

When you think positively, good things happen; now, that's much better

No need to feel one is in competition with those you meet "in every room". That way, shallowness and fakery lie.

Who channels what?

@ghost-of-a-duke said
Be the least toxic person in every room you enter.

You sidestepped the valid point I made, which wasn't aimed at you personally.

@fmf said

When you think positively, good things happen; now, that's much better

So you seem to be saying that the earnest flexions of our tiny sprout minds can somehow tilt the workings of the Cosmos in our favor -- is that right, or have I misunderstood?

@ghost-of-a-duke said
Be the most positive person in every room you enter.

But only to the slightest extent, verging on neutrality.

Some will notice you are holding back, as they themselves are.

Others have already dealt with so many controlling people that overt encouragement of positivity might be suspect in their view.

@kevin-eleven said
But only to the slightest extent, verging on neutrality.

Some will notice you are holding back, as they themselves are.

Others have already dealt with so many controlling people that overt encouragement of positivity might be suspect in their view.

Don't worry, be happy!

@kellyjay said
Don't worry, be happy!

Happy to be here, and to still be here. 😉

Science is the formalization of curiosity; theology is the marginalization of it.