This made me chuckle, because I envision this spoken like “I Come in Peace”, a movie (aliens/cops & drug dealers) I’ve never watched, but I’ve seen the trailer.
If there’s one thing the Japanese appreciate, it’s confident superiority LOL…
edit to add: (still as good as I remember Hahah)
I knew that I’d seen this as soon as the heat-seeking CD wrist rocket appeared!!
Movies were so much cooler before CGI.
I use this as my avatar. Nothing makes me happier than jumping into the clear blue waters of Jamaica. Anytime I’m stressed I look at this picture.
LOL
It makes me happy that you get a minute to say, “I told you so”.
What’s very cool is that she maintains that with out my “history”, she would never have been attracted to me. Most men fall all over themselves and do all the wrong things when first meeting an extremely attractive woman - I “cave-manned” her before I even opened my mouth. I figured I’d either get laid, or get punched, and while neither happened that night, it set the relationship on a proper escalation.
And I to having read most if not all of Tom Clancy’s books…
Little House on the Prairie were of course the very best. Have you seen PBS’s Frontier House? Possibly the best 6 hours of television ever. It’s a cross between LHotP and Survivor, but all classy and well done, 'cause PBS.
While the approach that worked with me was slow and sweet, because anything else would have set me on edge after the bullies I’d dealt with. However, slow and sweet would have ultimately failed if confidence, strong will, and good boundaries hadn’t been present as well.
I don’t know how long you’ll be around (or how long I will, for that matter) so let me take the opportunity to thank you for your help in making the changes I needed to make several years ago.
I still use the Nathaniel Braden sentence stems at work occasionally, and run your “strong frame” metaphor in working with both men and women.
When my son’s are successful and achieve goals makes me happy. Because it’s confirmation that I must have done something correctly.
definitely, but my parents did a lot of stuff right and I’m still more than fucked up
You would be hard pressed not to call yourself successful in some form though.
Meh, mostly luck, genetics and my parents tbh
I’m sure a bit of effort on your part played a big role … without that luck wouldn’t really help out much
Luck if the intersection where opportunity meets preparation
It’s hard for me not to feel this way too, especially when surrounded by some really smart, accomplished, and interesting people.
But then I have to remember that I’m accepted among them for my own qualities, what ever they may be.
Not sure if it applies, but comparing ones own insides to other people’s outsides is a brutal and usually self defeating game.
Self acceptance can be a bitch.
There are very brief moments that I wonder if I’ve squandered my gifts by being a cop. I’m actually pretty smart. I could’ve done something else and made more money. But, then again, I really threw all that away when I changed my degree to Exercise Science.
I’m often told my talents are wasted in my current job but it is usually followed by suggestions I should be in organised crime or politics, so…
I dunno. Some of the best things in my life(sobriety and all that has come from it) have been derived from good interactions with first responders and cops.
I battle those doubts and second guess too, but I look at my life and I’m good with how it is and everything that got me to this point. Even the rough spots. And Damn, there have been some rough spots.
Do you measure your success by how much money you make? I know you don’t by the way.
Home mats make me happy. I’ve had them less than a month and I’ve already had a pro fighter, an undefeated amateur fighter and the best jiu jitsu player in the city show up to train and teach. Aside from these fine folks, I’ve also had people from three different continents in my basement to train.
Jiu jitsu brings people together, and that makes me happy too.
Free lessons from the best source in my area twice a week or so is also an incredible gift to be given. They make me happy as well.
I’m not done improving the space, but it is very serviceable in its present state.
Man! That’s even better than being the kid with the hockey nets growing up.
