Semantitheraphy, that specialized school of...
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Semantitheraphy, that specialized school of counseling which puts extra emphasis on the inner-relatedness among thinking, speaking, doing and consequent feeling, describes a common malady called IFD disease. The pattern begins when a person has extremely high expectations -- the stage of Idealism. When idealistic goals are pursued, but are discovered impossible to attain, the person becomes Frustrated. Eventually the person's frustration leads to the disease of Despair.
Marriage constitutes the most common arena of this syndrome. Few, if any marriages live up to the ideals of the popular mythology. Those who try to make their marriage what it "really" should be are likely to see their relationship as problematic and start working toward its solution until divorce do them part. In actuality, their attempts to solve minor irritations, rather than learn to live with them, is their real problems.
As the semanticists insist, the simplest way to a satisfying life is to keep your motivations high, but your expectations for what will be accomplished low.
This Proverb seems to be suggesting the same method. Indeed being asked to come into the King's presence due to your humility is far more satisfying (not to mention the most unlikely route to frustration and despair) than being told to "get lost" because of your "pushiness."
Marriage constitutes the most common arena of this syndrome. Few, if any marriages live up to the ideals of the popular mythology. Those who try to make their marriage what it "really" should be are likely to see their relationship as problematic and start working toward its solution until divorce do them part. In actuality, their attempts to solve minor irritations, rather than learn to live with them, is their real problems.
As the semanticists insist, the simplest way to a satisfying life is to keep your motivations high, but your expectations for what will be accomplished low.
This Proverb seems to be suggesting the same method. Indeed being asked to come into the King's presence due to your humility is far more satisfying (not to mention the most unlikely route to frustration and despair) than being told to "get lost" because of your "pushiness."
