W #47
I'm a disciple of Dr. Joy Browne.
She cautions against correcting delusions of her patients, IF:
- that delusion is doing more good than harm in that patient, and
- Browne can't offer a more benevolent replacement.
I'm not a doctor. BUT !
You are a long-tenured cyber-friend. And it is "eternity" that's ostensibly at issue here. SO:
in the form of a suggestion:
Beware of the pitfall of the will-o'-the-wisp.
We're all aware of the dreary downside of this segment of our journey.
But it may be the most tragic mistake of all to disappreciate this life, expecting relief only in the next. Expectations of the next is one issue. But forfeiting scarce joy in this one, a blunder of the most epic proportion.
Perhaps one of the following may be useful:
- Dance like no one is watching.
Sing like no one is listening.
Love like you've never been hurt
and live like it's heaven on Earth. Mark Twain / SilverLupin
- Work like you don't need the money.
Love like you've never been hurt.
Dance like nobody is watching -
attributed to Satchel Paige, Baseball player
- Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.
will-o'-the-wisp (wĭl′ə-thə-wĭsp)
n.
A delusive or misleading hope.
[From Will, nickname for William.] |
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