Yep. I like this, Mark.
This is pretty much what I'm striving for.
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This person is forgiving, unattached, compassionate, playful, but not frivolous. She makes critical evaluations but knows the limits of such judgements, and does not mock others for holding different beliefs.
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And this fits with my personal maxim that life, spirituality, personal growth, etc are far too important to be so Serious about them all the time.
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What is important here is to balance the usefulness of a presiding model with a degree of flexibility. That is because the world is in constant flux, and thus the conditions under which a metaphor remains relevant are subject to change. Realizing that all we have are metaphors allows us to adapt, upgrade, or discard the metaphors we use, as needed. A sense of humor is essential here, essential in all things. Humor is flexibility, the ability to live with irony.
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My area of work as it applies to humor, though, is to avoid using it as a cover for other, more vulnerable feelings.