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Old 02-27-2007, 02:56 PM
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Originally Posted by sirkinm View Post
I know what you mean. All jokes about wanting to become Darth Vader aside, I feel like I'm in a similar place. Even though it's hard to admit, I find my major goals centering around personal gain (more confidence, more exciting experiences, more money), or around protecting the people (and dog) that I love so I don't have to experience the pain of watching them suffer.

Seeing that I seem to be selfishly-oriented, I wonder if I'm destined for the dark side.
This is based on the assumption that more confidence, exciting experiences,
and having resources can't be manifested as a natural result of following (the path of light) remember mavlov's hierarchy of needs - you need to take care of yourself /your needs first, before you can be altruistic, etc. (read steve's article on that - I can't remember which one)

Power on! (via love and light)

Jeremy
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