
Nov 11, 2008, 02:15 AM
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Member Since: Jan 2004
Location: minnesota usa
Posts: 565
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Originally Posted by Mouse_
Got to unlearn that because I see a walking stick and recognise the "Leg" part of it, that doesn't make it a chair, and each time I try to sit on the walking stick, I fall off because my brain is telling me its a chair, and when I see a chair and sit on it and feel comfortable, I imediately sling the chair to oneside because my memory is remembering the experience of falling of the other "chair"..got to learn to recognise the difference between a walking stick and a real chair...get it?
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Learning when to generalize and when to look at things separately is challenging. Changing our reactions to preconceptions is even more challenging. I think recognizing that you need to do this is a big step in the right direction.
I hope I 'got it'. 
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Worry is like a rocking chair. It gives you something to do but it doesn't get you anywhere.
-Erma Bombeck
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