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One might consider it somewhat condescending but I find that I rarely have emotional reactions to people I don't know. Only people close to me, people whom I've
by whytaka 8y ago
One might consider it somewhat condescending but I find that I rarely have emotional reactions to people I don't know. Only people close to me, people whom I've come to have expectations, can bring out my emotional side. The rest, I chalk it up to forces of nature.
Terrorism? Force of nature.
Someone being shitty on public transit? Force of nature.
Littering? Force of nature.
We can change our environment though and that changes the genre of nature we see around us. So I concentrate on that.
- ozzyman700 8y agoIt is completely possible to eschew those feelings of expectations from other people as well. It makes life much easier. All suffering comes from a desire unfulfilled. To desire others to act as you would and not as they would is to set yourself up for disappointment.
- agumonkey 8y agostoicism I see I think that's too cynical for me these days; we love relationships; it's just that our culture didn't nurture our nature
- scotty79 8y ago> Only people close to me, people whom I've come to have expectations, can bring out my emotional side. That's the key to happy life. Don't have expectations even towards people close to you. Appreciate good things you get. Ignore bad. If there's too much bad, move. Also seek people who don't expect things from you.