An observation
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www.marriedtothesea.com
Married To The Sea, sister comic to Toothpaste For Dinner (one of my daily indispensables). Go there!
[The above cartoon used with permission]
Sorry about the disruption, but you can now (once again) navigate quite a bit through the comments on the right of the home page. I use a pretty cool plug-in, but the upgrade was conflicting with my Wordpress setup. The solution was to bring back the "old" version!
Andrew Sullivan writes that the revolution it's not over. In fact, it's just beginning.
There's too many people out there actually get to know them all. While I'm walking down the street, or through a park or through a store, I pass by hundreds of faces and there is no way that I could possibly have enough time to get to know all of these people. In the grocery store, for example, I might pass four or five different people while walking around a single corner of an aisle. There's no time to get to know all these people and I find it impossible to walk past them without conjuring up an instant impression of who they are. Therefore, I am confessing that I am consciously and unremittingly judgmental. It's not that I categorize people by "race" or gender. That would be stupid, given that there's so many different kinds of people of every "race" or either gender. Nor do I judge people by what seems to be their social economic status. I know many people who work blue-collar jobs who are as smart as anyone I've ever met. I have friends who drive old cars when they could afford new cars. Or who wear unpretentious clothing by careful conscious design. I know people who walk, take public transportation or bicycle because they prefer to get around that way. I know people who shop frugally even though they could afford almost anything at all. I know people who are sharp as can be, even though they don't sound like it when they speak. Therefore, how is it that it is possible to be judgmental in good conscience?
Can you get self-esteem by trying to convince yourself that you have it? Apparently not, according to a new study reported by the BBC:
Canadian researchers found those with low self-esteem actually felt worse after repeating positive statements about themselves.
They said phrases such as "I am a lovable person" only helped people with high self-esteem.
The study appears in the journal Psychological Science.