Guest guest Posted April 22, 2006 Report Share Posted April 22, 2006 In a message dated 4/21/2006 1:19:41 PM Pacific Daylight Time, ADHHUB writes: > You might be surprised at the many faces of love. " Compassionate and > loving " > sometimes looks like a " blowing on the nose " . Hehe. > > If someone came to you with a 20 pound weight strapped to his back, > complaining of back pain, would you say, 'Ohhh, I'm so sorry for your pain. > Here, > have a cup of coffee', or might you say, 'Dude, put the damn weight down!'? > > L.E: There are many choices. I'd first see if he would take off the weight and if he refused, I would give him some pain-killers. Maybe when it stopped hurting he would lose his inspiration to wear it. Maybe I could offer him an additional 20 pound weight and as he experienced my cooperation and support, he would take off the weight he was carrying. There are many possibilities, but I would not say, sorry I am too busy to help you, or get lost buddy, or I'm a talker and not a doer so I can't and won't help you. And finally, there's the question, did he ask me for a cup of coffee, and would I refuse him if he did? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 22, 2006 Report Share Posted April 22, 2006 In a message dated 4/22/2006 1:50:46 AM Pacific Daylight Time, Nisargadatta writes: Sat, 22 Apr 2006 04:48:16 EDT epston Suffering and Helping In a message dated 4/21/2006 1:19:41 PM Pacific Daylight Time, ADHHUB writes: > You might be surprised at the many faces of love. " Compassionate and > loving " > sometimes looks like a " blowing on the nose " . Hehe. > > If someone came to you with a 20 pound weight strapped to his back, > complaining of back pain, would you say, 'Ohhh, I'm so sorry for your pain. > Here, > have a cup of coffee', or might you say, 'Dude, put the damn weight down!'? > > L.E: There are many choices. I'd first see if he would take off the weight and if he refused, I would give him some pain-killers. Maybe when it stopped hurting he would lose his inspiration to wear it. Maybe I could offer him an additional 20 pound weight and as he experienced my cooperation and support, he would take off the weight he was carrying. There are many possibilities, but I would not say, sorry I am too busy to help you, or get lost buddy, or I'm a talker and not a doer so I can't and won't help you. And finally, there's the question, did he ask me for a cup of coffee, and would I refuse him if he did? I wouldn't say any of those things either, unless the dude with the weight was being belligerent. Have you heard somebody say that? Maybe I missed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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