Can I just say, and I'm just being honest...

[robvalue]

I was making a physical joke about a hypothetical dictionary he might own, which he has messed with. Now those two words are adjacent and they have a line drawn between them in biro.

[emjay]

I was making a physical joke about a hypothetical dictionary he might own, which he has messed with. Now those two words are adjacent and they have a line drawn between them in biro.

Oh right... I never would have got that in a million years without your help

[robvalue]

Haha! It's probably a long shot that anyone would have My mind comes up with weird things.

[emjay]

CIJSAIJBH...

I'm feeling a lot like a fly these days... an annoying nuisance buzzing around and popping up randomly without much to say and not landing long enough in one place to be helpful. If anyone feels that way about me, please feel free to swat me. Rather that than continue to be unhelpful and a nuisance and worse, maybe even make people feel worse. Seriously... swat me if I'm unwelcome... no offence will be taken... honesty is the best policy here. Thanks.

JBH: Anyone who feels that way about you is a twatforbrains. You're awesome

Thanks It's nice of you to say that, but I know I'm not awesome. But thanks for the thought

[emjay]

Anyway, night guys

[robvalue]

Goodnight

(It's morning!? Kid's today, I don't know.)

[emjay]

Goodnight

(It's morning!? Kid's today, I don't know.)

Yeah, well that's a product of a misspent night... Netflix has a lot to answer for

Night

[Thumpalumpacus]

Emjay, there's a dangerously thin line separating introspection and rumination.

What do you mean?

There's a problem with his dictionary I think

Nah. The difference is, introspection is self-examination with an eye to learning something about oneself, for whatever reason -- self-improvement, belly-button-gazing, whatever. You learn something new about yourself and move forward with it. But rumination, from the standpoint of the mindful person, is the continued regurgitation of feelings for more chewing. And especially when those feelings are of regret, guilt, and so on, such a practice makes it much easier to feast on the past even as you try to escape it.

The reason why that line is thin is clear -- because in order to be honest with ourselves, we have to examine events where we've wronged others, or where we were ourselves wronged. The introspective person will do that, get to the lesson, absorb it and move forward. The ruminant, on the other hand, will re-experience those feelings, and then swallow them again, thinking that they're done with them ... until the next bout of rumination.

[Excited Penguin]

What do you mean?

There's a problem with his dictionary I think

Nah. The difference is, introspection is self-examination with an eye to learning something about oneself, for whatever reason -- self-improvement, belly-button-gazing, whatever. You learn something new about yourself and move forward with it. But rumination, from the standpoint of the mindful person, is the continued regurgitation of feelings for more chewing. And especially when those feelings are of regret, guilt, and so on, such a practice makes it much easier to feast on the past even as you try to escape it.

The reason why that line is thin is clear -- because in order to be honest with ourselves, we have to examine events where we've wronged others, or where we were ourselves wronged. The introspective person will do that, get to the lesson, absorb it and move forward. The ruminant, on the other hand, will re-experience those feelings, and then swallow them again, thinking that they're done with them ... until the next bout of rumination.

Eloquent as ever, Thump.

[Thumpalumpacus]

I especially like the part about "belly-button-gazing"

Thanks, bud.