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RE: How To Lose Friends and Annoy People!

in #life7 years ago

Very Very Witty! I like it a lot.

I hope this post reaches far and wide and perhaps falls on the right ears. The old quote: "If you tell people the truth, you better make them laugh, otherwise they'll want to kill you" comes to mind. Well played @steemtruth, well played.

I definitely need more practice to be able to really listen to others, to hold space for them, instead of trying to give them solutions or try to fix the problem they are telling me about. Thank you for raising consciousness.

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The inspiration for this post came as I looked back on some of the people that I've alienated and the mistakes that I have made. In many cases I wanted to help them, others times I was just being pig-headed.

If you tell people the truth, you better make them laugh, otherwise they'll want to kill you

I've never heard that before but I love it. George Carlin was pretty good at that. I wonder how many people he woke up? Or planted a seed in that grew? Probably quite a few.

I'm glad that you got a take-away from this post @lyndsaybowes

Thanks so much!

I looked it up, it a George Bernard Shaw quote, but sometimes attributed to Oscar Wilde.

Yes, George Carlin is DA MAN! Same with Bill Hicks. All brilliant at spittin' truth!!