tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15859726.post3121051574995181906..comments2023-10-07T05:31:22.435-06:00Comments on Soapy Water: Curiousmolly_ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01837471795809687511noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15859726.post-64395060076243565612007-06-04T08:40:00.000-06:002007-06-04T08:40:00.000-06:00Here's my spin, Molls. Fatalist is negative. I thi...Here's my spin, Molls. Fatalist is negative. I think you've always considered yourself pretty positive and optimistic (and I would agree that you are). I think Mr. Therapist threw you for a little loop by pointing out that you were anticipating bad, when usually (in reality and in your own mind) you anticipate good. He called you on it, but not as a general diagnosis. I think he was asking you to see all possibilities in the arc of vision you were talking with him about. You didn't need him to call you on it, but he did it anyway. <BR/>I'm just gonna say that if you are academic, if you indeed research all the possibilities, then you research and anticipate the good outcomes, too. But you know what? I don't have to tell you that. I know you already do anticipate them. <BR/>Anyway, so what I'm trying to say is DITCH the Fatalist label. Embrace your inner REALIST. <BR/>Don't let some dude with wacky eyeglasses label you. Let YOU label YOU, and if you let anyone else label you - allow it to be us, your family and friends. I don't think we'd even come up with FATALIST in our collective top 635,945 words to describe Molly ...Peggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02259260276334661154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15859726.post-18725227372374080182007-06-03T21:42:00.000-06:002007-06-03T21:42:00.000-06:00Oh, and I made you a label. I will give it to Mr. ...Oh, and I made you a label. I will give it to Mr. Lady to give to you.Leslie Dillingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02551594234914813480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15859726.post-91966118699702396122007-06-03T21:41:00.000-06:002007-06-03T21:41:00.000-06:00I think you are absolutely being a rock star paren...I think you are absolutely being a rock star parent. I've thought so from the very beginning. So don't worry about what this guys says. You know you're handling things in the best possible way.Leslie Dillingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02551594234914813480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15859726.post-44703331526106901962007-06-01T12:35:00.000-06:002007-06-01T12:35:00.000-06:00He's looking at this with a positive spin. He's ...He's looking at this with a positive spin. He's not as vested, he's not the parent. <BR/><BR/>Your being realistic and wise from where I sit. I believe in being prepared.<BR/><BR/>We don't know what the future holds for us, but we do know within certain parameters what is probable given our kids' issues.Dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14302775504225829005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15859726.post-81969180214265677802007-05-31T23:22:00.000-06:002007-05-31T23:22:00.000-06:00I think you're a fatalist in the sense that you wi...I think you're a fatalist in the sense that you will accept and deal with whatever's thrown in your path. And if you know there's a possibility that something bad's going to show up, and you actually know what that thing could be, of course you want to be prepared for it. Just in case. It's your bomb shelter in the backyard.<BR/><BR/>I don't know crap about parenting. But I know about ups and downs. I don't see the future, to be quite frank. I just don't. I can't picture it. Because when I do, it tends to be worst case scenario. But I LOVE that I've gotten to a place where I can actually live in and enjoy the present. Can't ask for much more than that.Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07353831586172071306noreply@blogger.com