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Originally Posted by Johnny Soporno  Had she not wished to do what she was doing, she could not have been able to experience the internally-generated rewards which justified her actions - and therefore she would have been miserable to a degree I hesitate to contemplate. |
Yet that misery would have been a reward in itself, no? If she thought this was the means to live a pious life then it was her pay-off, even if it made her miserable.
It's kind of like the guys who always strike out. Maybe they're miserable because they didn't get to take a chick home, but at least now they don't have to worry about pleasing her, not to mention any other concerns that might be on their minds. Sick as they may feel, they're getting just what they want. And motivation to sustain the pattern! After all, if they're gonna keep striking out, that's all the more reason not to try.