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I've added some new quotes today (but also kept the earlier ones below)
And the next two quotes are from a wise Uncle on this site called BrownWolf http://www.dearcupid.org/people/brownwolf
“I very thankful for the ounce of common sense I have...because sense is not that common. :) “
"Stay away from foolish people; they have nothing to teach you."
That quote about foolish people from BrownWolf is so true. A weak person cannot be trusted. With a strong person you have more certainty, they are not afraid to stand up and be counted when they are needed.
And I especially like BrownWolf's first quote above on common sense and so I asked BrownWolf for permission to replicate it here. BrownWolf then generously offered the second quote, above, as well.
When you meet a person for the first time, then imagine they are facing their biggest challenge ever:
With this mind-set it reminds us to be kind and use empathy because we can never truly know the extent of personal challenges a person is currently facing.
Badgering a person and humiliation with unreasonable demands for "I have to know" is more likely to harm than help. We do not "have to know". Be kind. Listen carefully and remain supportive. Then the person will willingly reveal more and feel safe to reveal more again.
We can never assume that things are much easier than things are for ourselves.
It encourages one to listen carefully and employ empathy in our dealings with others.
In life we face many things. But with each challenge we can grow a little stronger. When you meet a person with great strength of character it is possible that they grew that strength as a result of some very tough obstacles and some personal tragedies.
Never underestimate such a person.
Strength does not imply brutality nor cruelty and often not even physical strength.
A truly strong person will never seek to harm another. They know their strength and they know that kindness will move mountains more easily than brutality.
Then there is one of my favourites: Sun Tzu.
The wisdom of Sun Tzu is still as fresh as the day he wrote it 4000 years ago:
“A leader leads by example not by force. “
And now some less well known quotes:
“It is much more valuable to look for the strength in others. You can gain nothing by criticizing their imperfections.”
by Daisaku Ikeda
“I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.”
by Maya Angelou
“Challenges are what will make us stronger.”
by Zainab Alsaati
Respect other people's feelings. Even if it doesn't mean anything to you, it could mean everything to them. (quoted by many, but generally considered to be by 'unknown')
'As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.'.....Andrew Carnegie
I also respect the Chinese idea of "face" - there is no need to humiliate people. It demeans the one doing the demeaning. there are better ways to call a person to account with dignity. Focus on the Issue when there is a problem rather than be accusatory to the person
'Spilled water is hard to regain' (fù shu nán shou)
"Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt,
kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate." .....Albert Schweitzer
'A sunny disposition is worth more than fortune.
Young people should know that it can be cultivated; that the mind like the body can be moved from the shade into sunshine'. .Andrew Carnegie
"We will not be remembered by our words, but by our kind deeds." ... Author Unknown, from A Great Life Lesson
“It always seems impossible until it's done.”... Nelson Mandella
"Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless." .....Mother Teresa
"Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough." .....Franklin D. Roosevelt
'Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.'...Andrew Carnegie
what's your favourite quote?
But all is not sweetness, kindness and light in this complex world.
There really are afflicted and inadequate people in this world who get their pleasure from deliberately trying to hurt others.
They do this out of an inflated sense of their importance in the scheme of things. They feel entitled to be mean to others. They have become arrogant over the years.
Yet they are not the strong individuals they think they are. Instead they are passive aggressive bullies.
There are those afflicted with traits that are so petty and unkind that one wonders what has happened to make them that way?
Their arrogance will not allow them to step back and get help for their afflictions.
Instead, like a bull in a china shop, they just keep on head butting harder and harder, using the same tactics they've been using for years to try to get their own way.
What traits cause the problems for such insecure arrogant persons with an inflated sense of entitlement?
Here are a few of the afflictions that continually cause problems in their relationships:
Negativity?
Passive Aggression?
Being Hate filled towards those they see as ''less'' than themselves = everyone?
Envy
Jealousy
For those afflicted with those horrible traits all I can feel for these tormented souls is pity that they are beset with such inadequacies and negativity.
The traits result in them concocting a lie that they are the victims, when in reality they are instead the bullies, the overly judgmental and nasty arrogant persons who enjoy hurting others.
Just feel sorry for them and their inadequate responses.
Then go forth and find things to enjoy in life. Find the positive, find ways to be supportive and kind to others. It is win win in every way on all sides.
Turn your back on cruel unkind and bitter people. Leave them to scheme alone. Their negativity causes their faces to betray their bitterness within.
Their hearts harden and they wonder why others can be so unaffected by all their schemes to hurt others. They are the losers who think their nastiness towards others is justified. |
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A. 2 January 2013: Hi Nolamads
Thank you for the update. Come back here any time you need any support.
Hope things get better in the new year for you.
Time heals so much. But that's not much help when you are in the very very hurt initial stage of betrayal. ... (read in full...)
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I have a good friend who had a baby at 42. And another friend has 3 children under 5 and she turns 42 this year.
Have faith and confidence in you.
If you have a baby first i... (read in full...)
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A. 1 January 2013: True 24 hours later is too early to get morning sickness, so i agree it is not that.
But not too early to get a Sexually transmitted disease.
Get it checked out pronto. Your Doctor can give you a blood test to check for it.
Sexually transmit... (read in full...)
Nauseated after rough sex
Q. I was just wondering if this has happend to anyone. My bf just got out of jail and we had rough sex, but since then I feel so nauseated and dont knw why.. Plz help.....
A. 1 January 2013: Hi
Please keep in mind that even if you enjoyed the rough sex in any way that rough sex can escalate to even rougher sex if the man thinks he has your approval to be even rougher the next time.
Sometimes rough sex can go too far and the woman ca... (read in full...)
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A. 1 January 2013: Going to jail has affected him. He was not with you, instead he was surrounded by many men. The experience may have resulted in many emotions with him. Disbelief that he was in jail, anger that he had found himself there. Resentment that his ... (read in full...)
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Of course at the moment I have no doubt that he spoils you and you love that.
And I am thrilled for you that you are att... (read in full...)
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A. 31 December 2012: Hi
I have to agree about the lack of father involvement part. I have seen children whose father's were violent and mean and nasty and eventually walked out on the young mother. A few years later the children asked about their father but the fath... (read in full...)
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A. 31 December 2012:
It would make me feel exceeedingly betrayed and I would be very very hurt if this had been done to me.
Temporarily it would shatter my confidence and shatter my belief in my ability to 'read' people.
After three years one usually knows ju... (read in full...)
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Not by blood, but by marriage she's a Step-Step-Aunt. That's well removed.
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A. 29 December 2012: This article might also be helpful for you to read.
Many countries in the world understand the dynamics of unequal power in a relationship. ANY employer/boss/person in a higher postion in the company should never have sexual relations with ANY... (read in full...)
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Q. it is with big pain and confusion I write this. I have never told this to any one. I have been away for a month for work and my boss (female, may be around 38-40) was also there. Though she was my boss, we were in good friendship. As the bed was...
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As sex progresses the sexual stimulation may well be enjoyable. You have NO reason to excuse her predator... (read in full...)
Is my female boss taking advantage? She wants me to provide her with sex. What can I do?
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Your existing boss sounds disreputable that she would take advantage of one of her employees and coerce him into sex. That is wrong of her and a misuse of her power position.
IF you leave ... (read in full...)
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I packed my bags and left after he hid me from his mother.
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He cheated and he risked your health. He hid you like he's ashamed of you.
Say Goodbye and never look back.
... (read in full...)
I want somebody to love.
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They might help you to go in the right direction for your sake and the sake of your child and your marriage.
here they are:
http://divorc... (read in full...)
Husband is never around for me or our baby. Should I wait or hand him the divorce papers?
Q. I'm young, this I know but like most people my age I don't have all aspects of my life figured out and i'm not sure where to go from here. I have been married for about 2 years now and I have a 8month old baby with my husband, but now i'm not sure...
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He is putting you on hold almost like a FWB plus a child -with you as a single parent most of the time.
And I suspect that mon... (read in full...)
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I totally agree with you.
This site was so well organised right from the start.
DearCupid thought of all the best things to make this site the best there is.
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My professor seems interested in me. How should I deal with this?
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This guy is looking for opportunities. Assessing who is more likely to be easy to seduce and then he'll go h... (read in full...)
My professor seems interested in me. How should I deal with this?
Q. Hi. Last year, my professor stared twice at my body during the lectures. I am aged 40. After the course, he asked me to go to come to his office to help me with my thesis. I went there every week. He was soo nice, kind, heplful and a gentleman....
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He may see every new intake of students. every year, as his to use for his own lustful purposes.
Sounds like he has "playing his students" down to a fine art. Always on the look out for someone who ... (read in full...)
Our marriage deteriorates day by day. Sex is almost non-existent. Problems beset us. What can you advise? Because we need help now.
Q. I am having difficulty sleeping with my husband. We have been together for the past 6 years but our relationship seems to deteriorate by the day. In the beginning we couldn’t keep our hands off each other but these days the very thought of bein...
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I want to break up. What he is doing is very wrong. What can I do and how do I deal with his threat?
Q. Modnote: One this first occasion only your text speak was tidied up. Do NOT submit in text speak again. I need your help. I have this bf who I only know him through chatting He claims that he love me so much and that he's ready to get married to m...
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Disable and close down any online accounts you have and your Facebook.
You can always start them up again, though not any time soon. you ca... (read in full...)
Is keeping a memory box lame and depressing? My friends comment upset me!
Q. I just wanted to get another opinion on this as my friends comment I thought was rude and didn't make sense... Basically, in my room at university I put in this wristband someone gave me the night before from an epic night out in this box. She as...
A. 20 December 2012: you are completely normal to do this.
Photos are great memories, but so are special items.
I still have a tiny purse my penfriend sent to me when I was 8. The christening gown. I have a special drawer for every hand made greeting card mad for... (read in full...)
I'm starting to wish I was single again. Should I attempt counselling to try and heal?
Q. I am starting to wish I could be single more and more. I am really regretting to marry my wife. I wish this could be turned around. Last night I told her I wanted to spend the rest of my life with her. What I mean is to honor my commitment t...
A. 19 December 2012: you can wallow in self pity or you can use the time she is away wisely.
but i think you prefer to go over and over the state of the predicament you are in instead of making yourself completely unavailable to this women. Physically, emotionally, psyc... (read in full...)
Why would my unmarried 37 year old boss call me Auntie at work? What's he trying to convey by that?
Q. Hi friends, I m a female of 30 yrs.but look short of my age. People in my office find me as of 25years only. I am unmarried, reserve by nature and professional. But sometimes my boss (who is around 37 but unmarried) calls me 'auntie'... and smil...
A. 19 December 2012: hi
It is over-familiar but it is also a cultural thing.
He might think he's being kind or generous, but in fact he is reinforcing that you are his servant and he's the boss.
In Indian families female servants who are in the long term employ... (read in full...)
The need to be responsible when responding to posts
Q. When the Aunts and Uncles provide an answer to peoples problems its sometimes hard to remember that the writers are often heartbroken. When you read the same situation arising repeatedly its easy to think 'here we go again'. Its easy to think th...
A. 19 December 2012: This is a very timely reminder. Often I think people are so "inside" their problem that they need some gentle and kind coaxing to come out of the shadows of what they are facing.
Being unkind and cruel is not advice.
Being sarcastic and sc... (read in full...)
Am I supposed to feel hungry when dieting? And any tips on losing weight, for a woman aged 50?
Q. Hi there, I m very confused about dieting and weight loss, and because I would love to get in shape I really would like to share some experiences. So it is harder to lose weight at menopausal age, as I heard, but I was getting conflicting advice. ...
A. 18 December 2012: Make vegetables your friend.
In winter make a big pot of vegetable soup. Serve it when ever you feel the need.
Here is one I use:
saute the following in a tiny amount of spray oil.
one finely diced brown onion
one leek (the white part)... (read in full...)
I'm starting to wish I was single again. Should I attempt counselling to try and heal?
Q. I am starting to wish I could be single more and more. I am really regretting to marry my wife. I wish this could be turned around. Last night I told her I wanted to spend the rest of my life with her. What I mean is to honor my commitment t...
A. 16 December 2012: What magic answer are you looking for? That you married the right woman? No you did not. That your wife will change if you can just discover the right moves? No she will not. That deep down your wife loves you? No, all her actions indicate tha... (read in full...)
I'm starting to wish I was single again. Should I attempt counselling to try and heal?
Q. I am starting to wish I could be single more and more. I am really regretting to marry my wife. I wish this could be turned around. Last night I told her I wanted to spend the rest of my life with her. What I mean is to honor my commitment t...
A. 12 December 2012: hi Soul,
You seem to be going around in circles repeating some things you mentioned earlier.
And you seem to be trying way too hard to impress your wife. What is she doing to impress you? Fair is fair.
Do you think that maybe you are trying too h... (read in full...)
I'm starting to wish I was single again. Should I attempt counselling to try and heal?
Q. I am starting to wish I could be single more and more. I am really regretting to marry my wife. I wish this could be turned around. Last night I told her I wanted to spend the rest of my life with her. What I mean is to honor my commitment t...
A. 9 December 2012: For Goodness sake you are living with a dangerous deranged cruel woman. Thousands of men enduring Domestic Abuse at the hands of a cruel woman DO walk out.
Don't hint you are walking out. Instead consult a Divorce lawyer
Don't threaten to walk out... (read in full...)
Her Fiance was caught cheating. How can I help her see him more clearly and help her heal from her blinded love?
Q. how can i convince my friend that her to-be-husband is not worth keeping? all her family have had many doubts before with no hard evidence, but now he has been caught with a women in their village. Relatives saw them and told her. Yet she wouldn...
A. 9 December 2012: Take a round about route to get her to gently see the truth.
Accept and reognise that she feels she is really committed to this guy and really loves him.
Focus on his ACTIONS only. not him as a person, no matter what you do think of him
Ask one o... (read in full...)
Why am I so hesitant about having sex with this man? What could be holding me back?
Q. I met this man on an online dating site. The first time we went out he scared me be the way he was over excited to see me. He literally ran towards me to hug me I felt so frightened that I automatically put my hands up. We had talked on the ph...
A. 8 December 2012: you need to listen to your inner voice. Our brains compute so many many clues from many many sources.
Some people call it intuition. But in truth your brain has absorbed so many non-verbal clues and you have no need whatsoever to feel any guil... (read in full...)
I like two of my cousins. They are both great guys but I don't know which one to choose. Help please!
Q. HI, Sorry if this seems long now by some chance,but i really need advice! So Basically, There are these two guys which i like,but the problem is that they are both cousins. The thing is like i like one of the guys because he is gorgeous, extr...
A. 8 December 2012: One of the most reliable rules I have seen evidence of is that if you cannot decide on which person is the right one then neither is the right one.
Because if you had met the ONE then you would not even notice that anyone else existed. The ONE woul... (read in full...)
I've found the right guy to lose my virginity to and I want to make our first time special, any advice?
Q. Hello aunts. I'm not sure where to start really but basically i've been dating my boyfriend for around 3 months and we are yet to sleep together as i'm still a virgin and my boyfriend seems to understand that i'm worried about it but i know he is...
A. 7 December 2012: you would be far better to wait longer and allow things to move more slowly towards the big day.
Three months is way too impatient for this to happen.
If he is the ONE then he will happily wait much longer and value you all the more for waiting.... (read in full...)
I'm starting to wish I was single again. Should I attempt counselling to try and heal?
Q. I am starting to wish I could be single more and more. I am really regretting to marry my wife. I wish this could be turned around. Last night I told her I wanted to spend the rest of my life with her. What I mean is to honor my commitment t...
A. 5 December 2012: Your wife is TOXIC to your good health in the future.
And she is TOXIC when it comes to trying to undermine you.
And further she is wrong.
I have met some very successful couples.
Invariably they are ON THE SAME PAGE as far as their values and... (read in full...)
I'm starting to wish I was single again. Should I attempt counselling to try and heal?
Q. I am starting to wish I could be single more and more. I am really regretting to marry my wife. I wish this could be turned around. Last night I told her I wanted to spend the rest of my life with her. What I mean is to honor my commitment t...
A. 3 December 2012: She sounds so convincingly TOXIC that the only option appears to be that you tell her to go back to her ex.
That you will move on and move forward without her.
This is an unhealthy relationship.
Without her putting you down I suspect that you cou... (read in full...)
I'm starting to wish I was single again. Should I attempt counselling to try and heal?
Q. I am starting to wish I could be single more and more. I am really regretting to marry my wife. I wish this could be turned around. Last night I told her I wanted to spend the rest of my life with her. What I mean is to honor my commitment t...
A. 3 December 2012: my view has always been that if you love and adore a person then you would happily live in a tent with them on the edge of the river, and still be happy, since they are with you,
But...
If a person is NOT in love with you then 16 bedrooms , 21 bat... (read in full...)
Would like to hear some advice about being with a widower
Q. Would like to hear some advice about being with a widower How do you know if they're ready, and can they be very warm and flirty one day, and more withdrawn, though still very friendly, another time? I really like this guy, he's been widowed jus...
A. 2 December 2012: It may be a cultural thing that he is hesitant. I was a younger widow than you when I was widowed and my problem was not finding one nice man. My irritation was men approaching me who I was absolutely not interested in. I mean a married neighbor, NO ... (read in full...)
I'm starting to wish I was single again. Should I attempt counselling to try and heal?
Q. I am starting to wish I could be single more and more. I am really regretting to marry my wife. I wish this could be turned around. Last night I told her I wanted to spend the rest of my life with her. What I mean is to honor my commitment t...
A. 1 December 2012: She demonstrating all the signs that she really is not committed to you at all. You married her, so you provided her with one thing she wanted. Citizenship.
How the next stage. She IS looking for a richer husband.
Without doubt she does not lov... (read in full...)
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