EB wrote:
> On Jun 29, 9:23 pm, "Michaela" <my...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> I've ****bably posted this story before and never tire of
>> hearing it and perhaps someone here will get something
>> new out of it too.
>>
>> I found it in Ken Keyes' "Taming Your Mind" (originally
>> published in 1950). It is apparently fFrom "The Twelve
>> Rules for Straight Thinking" by William J. Reilly.
>>
>> "... when a boy, I went fi****ng with three other boys. On the way
>> to the river we decided that the 'catch' should be pooled and
>> divided equally among all of us. And I agreed wholeheartedly.
>> I felt that it was absolutely fair and square. But during the
>> course of the day, I found that I was leading the rest in the
>> number of fish caught, and my attitude towards the whole
>> proposition of dividing the catch began to change. By the time
>> the day was over and there was no further chance of anyone else
>> catching as many fish as I had, I became violently opposed to
>> our original proposition, and told the boys that I couldn't
>> understand why a good fisherman should be penalised because
>> of the incompetence and bad luck of his associates..."
>>
>> - Michaela
>
> Sound like marriage to a T.
> We both have made initial agreements on what our role would be.
> Somewhere down the line, she
> changed her mind, thinking what her role was unfair and she was
doing
> more than her share of the work.
> My perceptions were equally the same as I thought I was pulling more
> than my share of the load.
>
> Wasn't there something about we can't predict external factors that
> have an influence on our lives?
>
> EB
Yes. I see this too. In the beginning we're all eager to please and no
amount of effort seems too much. Then as the ****ne wears off,
reality coincides with fantasy...
- Michaela
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