Comments on: Lessons From India 5: Appreciating the Kindness of Others http://thedailymind.com/happiness/lessons-from-india-5-appreciating-the-kindness-of-others/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:39:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: The Daily Minder http://thedailymind.com/happiness/lessons-from-india-5-appreciating-the-kindness-of-others/#comment-1144 The Daily Minder Wed, 13 Aug 2008 07:50:56 +0000 http://thedailymind.com/happy-work/lessons-from-india-5-appreciating-the-kindness-of-others/#comment-1144 Hi Brice. Dismissing one's enemies is one thing. It is better to dismiss them in a passive way if the alternative is anger. However, if you can use your relationship with your enemies to create something better that might ultimately benefit yourself and others wouldn't that be a better option? Eagerly awaiting your reply... Hi Brice.

Dismissing one’s enemies is one thing. It is better to dismiss them in a passive way if the alternative is anger. However, if you can use your relationship with your enemies to create something better that might ultimately benefit yourself and others wouldn’t that be a better option?

Eagerly awaiting your reply…

]]> By: Brice http://thedailymind.com/happiness/lessons-from-india-5-appreciating-the-kindness-of-others/#comment-1143 Brice Wed, 13 Aug 2008 02:13:43 +0000 http://thedailymind.com/happy-work/lessons-from-india-5-appreciating-the-kindness-of-others/#comment-1143 To be honest, this perspective baffles me. At least in the United States, particularly large cities, interaction is for the most part optional. Have you read Here is New York by E.B. White? If you haven't, you should as he puts it much better than I ever could. Essentially, what I'm getting at is that if one so chooses, one can easily dismiss one's enemies altogether. Why suffer the anxieties of unnecessary conflict with others when you have the power to create your life such that they do not exist? To be honest, this perspective baffles me. At least in the United States, particularly large cities, interaction is for the most part optional. Have you read Here is New York by E.B. White? If you haven’t, you should as he puts it much better than I ever could.

Essentially, what I’m getting at is that if one so chooses, one can easily dismiss one’s enemies altogether. Why suffer the anxieties of unnecessary conflict with others when you have the power to create your life such that they do not exist?

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