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How do you see this quote relative to your real life observation ? I always wonder why people post out of context quotes without commentary, when arguably thei

by hrktb 7y ago

How do you see this quote relative to your real life observation ? I always wonder why people post out of context quotes without commentary, when arguably their interpretation is the most interesting part. I care a lot more about what you think than what that religious leader says.

mythrwy 7y ago
I personally suspect it's an attempt to "sell" the religion. Someone can google Ballard and find out all about Joseph Smith! But the quote is sort of bland and not that insightful anyway.
- ngngngng 7y ago
  > I personally suspect it's an attempt to "sell" the religion You can think whatever you want. It's a quote that I enjoy that came to mind while reading the parent comment. I was going to leave the name out because inevitably anything Mormon on the internet gets bombarded with comments like yours, although yours is fairly benign compared to most. I decided it was odd to quote someone and leave out the citation.
  - mythrwy 7y ago
    Proselytizing is annoying. If this wasn't that then apologies.
- dang 7y ago
  "Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
ngngngng 7y ago
That's fair. My Dad always taught me that life is a series of distractions. A few years ago when I was single and college age I would always approach him with opportunities to change my major or accept some cool job. He'd never tell me what to do, but instead would have me write down (or review) my goals in life. And then ask myself, "does this fit within my goals?" In following this philosophy I turned down many opportunities that seemed too good to be true because they didn't fit my life goals. This is the main benefit I see in the quote, goals help with stretching yourself, sure. But I think it's far more valuable to stick to something instead of chasing every distraction that comes your way.
- electriclove 7y ago
  What are/were your life goals? How did you come to discovering/defining them? I find that to be quite difficult.
- hrktb 7y ago
  That’s great of your dad, and it seems it was well fitting with your personality. Did you ever want to change your goals based on opportunities, once you got out of school and your dad had less influence ? I rarely met people that had actually viable goals while in school (not that their goal was unrealistic, just missinformed and ill fited for them), and we all took our first years out of school as a discovery period to find something that was working for us.

by hrktb 7y ago

mythrwy 7y ago

I personally suspect it's an attempt to "sell" the religion. Someone can google Ballard and find out all about Joseph Smith! But the quote is sort of bland and not that insightful anyway.

ngngngng 7y ago
> I personally suspect it's an attempt to "sell" the religion You can think whatever you want. It's a quote that I enjoy that came to mind while reading the parent comment. I was going to leave the name out because inevitably anything Mormon on the internet gets bombarded with comments like yours, although yours is fairly benign compared to most. I decided it was odd to quote someone and leave out the citation.
- mythrwy 7y ago
  Proselytizing is annoying. If this wasn't that then apologies.
dang 7y ago
"Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

ngngngng 7y ago

That's fair. My Dad always taught me that life is a series of distractions. A few years ago when I was single and college age I would always approach him with opportunities to change my major or accept some cool job. He'd never tell me what to do, but instead would have me write down (or review) my goals in life. And then ask myself, "does this fit within my goals?" In following this philosophy I turned down many opportunities that seemed too good to be true because they didn't fit my life goals. This is the main benefit I see in the quote, goals help with stretching yourself, sure. But I think it's far more valuable to stick to something instead of chasing every distraction that comes your way.

electriclove 7y ago
What are/were your life goals? How did you come to discovering/defining them? I find that to be quite difficult.
hrktb 7y ago
That’s great of your dad, and it seems it was well fitting with your personality. Did you ever want to change your goals based on opportunities, once you got out of school and your dad had less influence ? I rarely met people that had actually viable goals while in school (not that their goal was unrealistic, just missinformed and ill fited for them), and we all took our first years out of school as a discovery period to find something that was working for us.