Comments on: Zen Philosophy http://dcortesi.com/2004/05/24/zen-philosophy/ Coding, Security, and maybe a little bit about Damon Cortesi Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:31:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Damon http://dcortesi.com/2004/05/24/zen-philosophy/#comment-1356 Damon Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://dcortesi.com/wp/2004/05/24/zen-philosophy/#comment-1356 Here's another good read: http://hobbes.ncsa.uiuc.edu/desiderata.html Here’s another good read: http://hobbes.ncsa.uiuc.edu/desiderata.html

]]> By: Anonymous http://dcortesi.com/2004/05/24/zen-philosophy/#comment-1357 Anonymous Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://dcortesi.com/wp/2004/05/24/zen-philosophy/#comment-1357 I think you take after your mother! I think you take after your mother!

]]> By: Damon http://dcortesi.com/2004/05/24/zen-philosophy/#comment-1358 Damon Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://dcortesi.com/wp/2004/05/24/zen-philosophy/#comment-1358 Even if I do, a lot of that influence came from the Father, believe it or not. That Charles Swindoll quote, if I recall correctly, was his doing. There was also a bright yellow piece of paper about Energy Vampires that I distinctly remember and I know is lurking somewhere around my apartment...but that was influential as well... Even if I do, a lot of that influence came from the Father, believe it or not. That Charles Swindoll quote, if I recall correctly, was his doing. There was also a bright yellow piece of paper about Energy Vampires that I distinctly remember and I know is lurking somewhere around my apartment…but that was influential as well…

]]> By: Anonymous http://dcortesi.com/2004/05/24/zen-philosophy/#comment-1359 Anonymous Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://dcortesi.com/wp/2004/05/24/zen-philosophy/#comment-1359 Easy to say that if you're a middle-to-upper class white male. Easy to say that if you’re a middle-to-upper class white male.

]]> By: Damon http://dcortesi.com/2004/05/24/zen-philosophy/#comment-1360 Damon Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://dcortesi.com/wp/2004/05/24/zen-philosophy/#comment-1360 I was wondering when somebody was going to raise that point. Obviously, the environment one is raised in has a large influence on what one can accomplish later in life, but it is not the sole determining factor. I could easily be a middle-to-upper class white male that is a failure in life and hates waking up each day. However, I have decided to take the opportunities I have been granted in life and capitalize on them to their fullest extent. I have been fortunate enough to have been afforded with said opportunity. I was wondering when somebody was going to raise that point. Obviously, the environment one is raised in has a large influence on what one can accomplish later in life, but it is not the sole determining factor.

I could easily be a middle-to-upper class white male that is a failure in life and hates waking up each day. However, I have decided to take the opportunities I have been granted in life and capitalize on them to their fullest extent. I have been fortunate enough to have been afforded with said opportunity.

]]> By: The mother http://dcortesi.com/2004/05/24/zen-philosophy/#comment-1361 The mother Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://dcortesi.com/wp/2004/05/24/zen-philosophy/#comment-1361 Hey! I used your Charles Swindoll quote for my "quote of the week" at school. It is so true. I am so tired of people playing the "poor me" whiny blame game. The only person you can blame for much of what happens to you is yourself. ATTITUDE IS EVERYTHING!! Hey! I used your Charles Swindoll quote for my "quote of the week" at school. It is so true. I am so tired of people playing the "poor me" whiny blame game. The only person you can blame for much of what happens to you is yourself. ATTITUDE IS EVERYTHING!!

]]> By: Wow http://dcortesi.com/2004/05/24/zen-philosophy/#comment-1362 Wow Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://dcortesi.com/wp/2004/05/24/zen-philosophy/#comment-1362 or "Attitude is a small thing that makes a big difference." ;) or "Attitude is a small thing that makes a big difference."

;)

]]> By: Anonymous http://dcortesi.com/2004/05/24/zen-philosophy/#comment-1363 Anonymous Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://dcortesi.com/wp/2004/05/24/zen-philosophy/#comment-1363 Perhaps a better way to put it is that most things in life just happen: you have no control over them, there is no one to blame. What you do have control over is how you view the things that happen to you... you can either say woe is me and try to blame someone for it (even if it is yourself, which is just counter-productive) or you can get up off the mat and learn something about yourself and others and how to make the world a better place. The greatest tragedy is not the existance of the former, but the loss of the latter. Perhaps a better way to put it is that most things in life just happen: you have no control over them, there is no one to blame. What you do have control over is how you view the things that happen to you… you can either say woe is me and try to blame someone for it (even if it is yourself, which is just counter-productive) or you can get up off the mat and learn something about yourself and others and how to make the world a better place. The greatest tragedy is not the existance of the former, but the loss of the latter.

]]> By: Anonymous http://dcortesi.com/2004/05/24/zen-philosophy/#comment-1364 Anonymous Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://dcortesi.com/wp/2004/05/24/zen-philosophy/#comment-1364 Yes, attitude makes a difference, but if someone encounters obstacle after obstacle, then they are less likely to believe that they can succeed. If all they've ever seen/known is poverty and hopelessness and perhaps racism, they may be socialized to think very lowly of themselves and even think that they do not deserve to raise above their current condition. The saddest/scariest thing about that philosophy is when people assume that just because someone is poor/uneducated/unemployed/on welfare/whatever that they are lesser people. Yes, attitude matters, but being born with privileges makes it easier to react positively to life and makes it easier to have the time to reflect and come up with quotations like the ones above. Yes, attitude makes a difference, but if someone encounters obstacle after obstacle, then they are less likely to believe that they can succeed. If all they’ve ever seen/known is poverty and hopelessness and perhaps racism, they may be socialized to think very lowly of themselves and even think that they do not deserve to raise above their current condition. The saddest/scariest thing about that philosophy is when people assume that just because someone is poor/uneducated/unemployed/on welfare/whatever that they are lesser people.

Yes, attitude matters, but being born with privileges makes it easier to react positively to life and makes it easier to have the time to reflect and come up with quotations like the ones above.

]]> By: pjciii http://dcortesi.com/2004/05/24/zen-philosophy/#comment-1365 pjciii Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://dcortesi.com/wp/2004/05/24/zen-philosophy/#comment-1365 Sounds like alot of psychobabble to me. Sounds like alot of psychobabble to me.

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