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Critical_Scribe · 05-10-2007, 01:23 PM

Hi Keith,

Have you considered that maybe the chip that you speak of is regarding you not having accomplished something? If you overlay the cliche with your situation and apply the rules from the blog, maybe you chose a life free from poverty or anger or abuse, and by doing so have not accomplished any goals?

Certainly if I chose to avoid going to college, or avoid taking a tough job with a high chance of failure, or any number of things that would make a person wonder "what if", I would carry a chip on my shoulder too, especially when I noticed someone else who is successful and maybe possesses all of the things I might have, had I followed through with a path of most resistance.

We can't appreciate peace or harmony or love, joy without experiencing the other end of the spectrum for a reference.

05-10-2007, 01:23 PM	#3 (permalink)
Critical_Scribe Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Baltimore MD, USA Posts: 6	Hi Keith, Have you considered that maybe the chip that you speak of is regarding you not having accomplished something? If you overlay the cliche with your situation and apply the rules from the blog, maybe you chose a life free from poverty or anger or abuse, and by doing so have not accomplished any goals? Certainly if I chose to avoid going to college, or avoid taking a tough job with a high chance of failure, or any number of things that would make a person wonder "what if", I would carry a chip on my shoulder too, especially when I noticed someone else who is successful and maybe possesses all of the things I might have, had I followed through with a path of most resistance. We can't appreciate peace or harmony or love, joy without experiencing the other end of the spectrum for a reference.