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Eduard E · 12-07-2009, 01:45 PM

I think Fritz Perls said it brilliantly in his Gestalt Prayer:

„I do my thing and you do your thing.
I am not in this world to live up to your expectations,
And you are not in this world to live up to mine.
You are you, and I am I, and if by chance we find each other, it’s beautiful.
If not, it can’t be helped.”

- Fritz Perls, 1969

"Your thing" being whatever you enjoy for itself, not because it makes people like you.

12-07-2009, 01:45 PM	#4 (permalink)
Eduard E Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 349	I think Fritz Perls said it brilliantly in his Gestalt Prayer: „I do my thing and you do your thing. I am not in this world to live up to your expectations, And you are not in this world to live up to mine. You are you, and I am I, and if by chance we find each other, it’s beautiful. If not, it can’t be helped.” - Fritz Perls, 1969 "Your thing" being whatever you enjoy for itself, not because it makes people like you.