April 9th, 2008
The Love-Knot
It’s never simple. I envy those who make a choice and
go with it. I have to justify everything. It’s my need
to be right all the time. I have to rationalize everything.
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French athletes rally for “A Better World” (France 24)
“Freud was once asked what he thought a normal person should be able to do well.
The questioner probably expected a complicated answers. But Freud, in the curt way
of his old days, is reported to have said: “Lieben und arbeiten†(to love and to work).
It pays to ponder on this simple formula; it gets deeper as you think about it.”
Quoted from Erik H. Erikson, Childhood and Society
April 9th, 2008 at 4:12 am
I use to rationalize everything too, I do it less now. It’s kind of a good thing but sometimes it gets me into trouble, I wished I too my time to think through things more like before.
April 9th, 2008 at 7:18 am
Rationalization is how we prove, beyond doubt, that we are right and everyone else is wrong. It’s also why we’ll never achieve world peace. But I don’t care, because I’m right and the leaders of the free world are wrong, and I’ll believe that till the day they blow me to bits.
April 9th, 2008 at 7:40 pm
I *try* to rationalize everything. But being caught between two cultures makes it harder. Sometimes I just go with the flow — less headaches!
Love the idea of the blog. Finally something different!
April 9th, 2008 at 8:26 pm
Oh, I don’t know…I find myself keeping it simple and Freud was not a happy fellow!
April 9th, 2008 at 8:38 pm
I think what he meant is that happiness is a side product and not an end to be sought for itself.
April 10th, 2008 at 1:45 pm
Me too, I allways rationalize everything! But I think that is not so good for me!