Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 11:51:12 05/09/01
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On May 09, 2001 at 14:26:16, Fernando Villegas wrote:
>Dann:
>I know that this is not my business; I do not even know which are the post
>involved, but as we have had some harsh collisions from time to time I feel some
>right to tell you what follows after these lines with the best of the feelings
>and almost praying you will not consider it as one of those things that push
>your red button.
>
>Point is, Dann, you have no patience. BTW, patience is not just to tolerate what
>we think are other peoples's mistakes, but to tolerate ourselves and our heavy
>load of mistakes. In fact, impatience with other faults tends to arise from our
>own faults. I have experimented that many times. I get almost mad when I miss
>something or play a bad move or so; I cannot tolerate mistakes as If i was God.
>That's stupid, of course. My behaviour, yours and in fact the entire world
>history, is made out of mistakes. Is the ocean where we swim all day.
>
>How to overcome it? I have made that question to myself many times and I tended
>to answer with a paradox of the kind of Catch 22 movie: to be patient requires a
>lot of trainning, so involves patience, so... But it is not that way. Some
>little exercizes helps a lot to decrease your level of stamina Mine is very
>simple to do: I drive my car soooooooooo slowly that I get a lot of obscenes
>gestures and insults from other drivers and then the exercize consist in not
>giving them even a glance.
:) :) :)
Driving very slowly is something that gets deeply on my nerves. I could not do
that!
I have done a very dangerous experience once: in France, I have been driving on
a highway at night at a relatively slow speed (something like 90Km/h, 56miles/h,
on a large highway that's really slow).
I almost died! I fell asleep!
When I realized I was falling asleep, I increased my speed to 130Km/h
(80miles/h). That's not really fast given the size of the highway and the car I
was driving, but it required from me some attention.
This way I have been able to drive for several hours without falling asleep!
Given the speed limits in the US, I guess I could not drive there. :)
> Besides, the sheer fact to drive slow gives you a
>serene attitude of the kind "what matters if I am here in the vector of time and
>space or one kilometer and five minutes away of this point".
You must be kidding! I'm always unsatisfied about my position on the vector of
space and time! :)
Christophe
> Incredible how the
>atmosphere of detachment you get that way permeate the rest of your life.
>
>I hope you will not push that bottom after all.
>
>My best
>fernando
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