What's your Personal Mantra?

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Red: I'm only half serious about forgiveness and retribution. I think it's easier for some people to take one path or the other. I've only had life's usual emotional downers, it's not as if I've had a child of mine killed by a drunk driver, or something equally destroying. I imagine 'forgiving' really means saying 'that's it' and leaving the subject alone mentally, so as not to make it a focus of permanent obsession. When obsessing takes over, I think it ends up wrecking relationships with others and quite often one's own life to a greater degree. Some people have obsessive personalities (I'm too lazy to have one!), others block bad stuff out and perhaps then it's easy to say 'oh, I've forgiven them' if you're not thinking about it.

I hate deceit, deliberate lies, or the conscious exploitation of friendship or a more vulnerable person. I am better at defending others than myself in some aspects, and would be quite happy to take out retributive action on their part if they didn't feel up to it. I also have a friend who would, and has, on my part. Nothing beyond encouraging a very difficult neighbour to move suddenly from the area - which was nice. :cool:
 
LUKE said:
I thought yours was never lay off under any circumstances.
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Not quite.

I suppose it would be; 'Don't lay off just for the sake of it' but that's not very snappy mantra-wise.

For the record, laying off is acceptable in the following circumstances:

1) You have the opportunity to lay off at a price that represents value to you. However, this is fairly rare for me as it would take a fundamental change in the way the market is framed for something to go from being a value back to a value lay.

2) A life-changing amount of money is at stake.

Laying off just because you can is for nancy boys. If you've got a good position on something you fancy, why give it away?
 
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