From: Terrius@yabbs
To: Dee@yabbs
Subject: Apologies
Date: Sun Jul 10 17:34:41 1994
Your work was good.  It needed no disclaimer.

I merely feel that if you go out asking for "sympathy praise" in such a 
manner, you will get it, and it will be meaningless.  Let your work stand 
on its own.

I am sorry to be abrasive/sarcastic.  When it comes to casting oneself 
into an identity in order to gain attention, I am as guilty as the next 
individual.  Do not be disturbed or afraid to share your writing, merely 
because of something that some inconsequential net.nobody said.

-Tb

S h o c k
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Obtaining happiness is inherently difficult, because it is not an atomic 
substance like truth or evil.  Rather, it is a heterogeneous mixture of 
such things as excitement, boredom, love, hate, the pleasant, and the 
unpleasant.

Hence, quantifiable happiness can be thought of as a shower that has only 
two temperatures, where both are extremes.  You can achieve a comfortable 
state through a continuous series of burning and freezing flashes, 
alternated in rapid succession.

If it doesn't kill you, it can almost seem like balance.