tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9050262466308751436.post6053664119617200657..comments2023-07-12T08:57:11.130-07:00Comments on katilda.com: i (don't) suck at everything (and neither do you)katildahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17794183122186770465noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9050262466308751436.post-37422698615024389282012-07-31T17:46:38.105-07:002012-07-31T17:46:38.105-07:00I love this! You most certainly do not suck at eve...I love this! You most certainly do not suck at everything!Alexis Kayehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13078793693594634917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9050262466308751436.post-6456699781984329892012-07-31T17:46:35.790-07:002012-07-31T17:46:35.790-07:00thanks for providing a link to that talk by Elder ...thanks for providing a link to that talk by Elder Holland. Something I definitely needed to read :)KPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12368961144798455713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9050262466308751436.post-63779159736868726662012-07-31T17:10:44.402-07:002012-07-31T17:10:44.402-07:00I like that quote very much. I think in a larger s...I like that quote very much. I think in a larger sense I can apply it to how I felt about myself in jr high/high school before I sorted myself out better in college/post-college...but I still have days that it can apply, like we probably all do. I will probably come back and look at this -- thanks for sharing!katildahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17794183122186770465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9050262466308751436.post-21886273402033604522012-07-31T17:02:16.367-07:002012-07-31T17:02:16.367-07:00Don't let the weirdos get you down! The right...Don't let the weirdos get you down! The right weirdo will come along...I swear it! But it's hard not to see that you're awesome when those seem to be abundantly coming your way! <br />And props for the raise- you SO deserve it!FWIL Sentimental Blog Contenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06950088695992968293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9050262466308751436.post-3156456207708625482012-07-31T16:59:58.301-07:002012-07-31T16:59:58.301-07:00Thanks for the link to that talk.Thanks for the link to that talk.Fiery Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10299326866891547950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9050262466308751436.post-19180762762471882692012-07-31T16:32:28.790-07:002012-07-31T16:32:28.790-07:00(Ed was Ed Ricketts, Steinbeck's best friend.)...(Ed was Ed Ricketts, Steinbeck's best friend.)Mykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09656533609061854359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9050262466308751436.post-597208463804966042012-07-31T16:31:51.397-07:002012-07-31T16:31:51.397-07:00This post reminded me of one of my favorite Steinb...This post reminded me of one of my favorite Steinbeck quotes. Kinda long but kinda awesome: <br /><br />Once Ed said to me, "For a very long time I didn't like myself." It was not said in self-pity but simply as an unfortunate fact. "It was a very difficult time," he said, "and very painful. I did not like myself for a number of reasons, some of them valid and some of them pure fancy. I would hate to have to go back to that. Then gradually," he said, "I discovered with surprise and pleasure that a number of people did like me. And I thought, if they can like me, why cannot I like myself? Just thinking did not do it, but slowly I learned to like myself and then it was alright."<br /><br />This was not said in self-love in its bad connotation but in self-knowledge. He meant literally that he had learned to accept and like the person "Ed" as he liked other people. It gave him a great advantage. Most people do not like themselves at all. They distrust themselves, put on masks and pomposities. They quarrel and boast and pretend and are jealous because they do not like themselves. But mostly they do not even know themselves well enough to form a true liking. They cannot see themselves well enough to form a true liking, and since we automatically fear and dislike strangers, we fear and dislike our stranger-selves.<br /><br />Once Ed was able to like himself he was released from the secret prison of self-contempt.Mykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09656533609061854359noreply@blogger.com