Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Sunday, May 3, 2009
On Becoming a Person (C.Rogers)
I have found it of enormous value when I can permit myself to understand the other person. The way in which I have worded this statement may seem strange to you. Is it necessary to permit oneself to understand another? I think it is. Our first reaction to most of the statements [which we hear from other people] is an evaluation or judgment, rather than an understanding of it.
When someone expresses some feeling, attitude or belief, our tendency is almost immediately to feel "that's right", or "that's stupid," "that's incorrect," "that's not nice,". Very rarely do we permit ourselves to understand precisely what the meaning of the statement is to the other person...
When someone expresses some feeling, attitude or belief, our tendency is almost immediately to feel "that's right", or "that's stupid," "that's incorrect," "that's not nice,". Very rarely do we permit ourselves to understand precisely what the meaning of the statement is to the other person...
VINDICATED Artist: Dashboard Confessional
Hope dangles on a string Like slow spinning redemption Winding in and winding out The shine of it has caught my eye
And roped me in So, mesmerizing, so hypnotizing, I am captivated, I am
{Chorus} Vindicated I am selfish I am wrong I am right I swear I'm right Swear I knew it all along And I am flawed, but I am cleaning up so well I am seeing in me now the things you swore you saw yourself
So clear Like the diamond in your ring Cut to mirror your intention Oversized and overwhelmed The shine of which has caught my eye And rendered me So isolated, so motivated I am certain now that I am
{Chorus}
So turn up the corners of your lips Part them and feel my finger tips Trace the moment fall forever
Defense is paper thin Just one touch and I'll be in Too deep now to ever swim against the current So let me slip away So let me slip away So let me slip away So let me slip against the current So let me slip away So let me slip away So let me slip away So let me slip away
{Chorus}
Like hope dangles on a string Like slow spinning redemption...
And roped me in So, mesmerizing, so hypnotizing, I am captivated, I am
{Chorus} Vindicated I am selfish I am wrong I am right I swear I'm right Swear I knew it all along And I am flawed, but I am cleaning up so well I am seeing in me now the things you swore you saw yourself
So clear Like the diamond in your ring Cut to mirror your intention Oversized and overwhelmed The shine of which has caught my eye And rendered me So isolated, so motivated I am certain now that I am
{Chorus}
So turn up the corners of your lips Part them and feel my finger tips Trace the moment fall forever
Defense is paper thin Just one touch and I'll be in Too deep now to ever swim against the current So let me slip away So let me slip away So let me slip away So let me slip against the current So let me slip away So let me slip away So let me slip away So let me slip away
{Chorus}
Like hope dangles on a string Like slow spinning redemption...
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