Not many people who don't think the same as I do understand my views on potential

Posted by Anonymous on December 02, 2000 at 16:46:04:

In Reply to: It was fun stepping inside your brain. posted by Rotten Apple on December 02, 2000 at 14:41:07:

: >>>Nope, not for me. On the main board, I posted something dealing with this: whether people value accomplishment or potential more. I value potential. I have a tendency to find self-value in how smart, strong, skilled, clever, coordinated, etc. that I am, rather than in what I've done. Sure, it's a source of SOME pride, but not the major source. If given a choice, I would much rather have an IQ of 230 than an honorary degree from every college in the world for my outstanding accomplishments. I am more concerned with what I HAVE than with what I've DONE.<<<

: Ah, but doesn't POTENTIAL have to do with role rather than identity? It still has to do with valuing yourself based on your ability to accomplish. I wonder quite about about the "Self" and what that really means. Whether it's value sould really just be defined by it's "being"? Ofcourse, accepting that means accepting that despite x number of talents, I am no better than anyone else. Oh well, the contemplation continues....

Potential is more your ABILITY to accomplish than your ability to ACCOMPLISH. The important thing in potential is not the stuff you could do with what you have; it's the stuff you have, and what you can do with it is secondary. It's a state of being rather than a state of doing - in valuing potential, I have sort of a packrat mentality. I like being strong, smart, or whatever for no other reason; it isn't because I can use my strength or intelligence for a purpose. Potential truly is more identity than role.

Oh, and please, "it's" is a contraction of "it" and "is". If you want to say that something belongs to "it", you need to use "its". Or did you do that intentionally just to piss me off?

Follow Ups:

• There's a difference between "understanding" and "agreeing" Rotten Apple 17:59:41 12/02/00 (13)
  • Re: There's a difference between "understanding" and "agreeing" Laurence 03:06:03 12/04/00 (2)
    • Re: There's a difference between "understanding" and "agreeing" isaacthe54 15:04:25 12/04/00 (1)
      • Re: There's a difference between "understanding" and "agreeing" Anonymous 13:59:30 12/06/00 (0)
  • No, understanding is the word I wanted to use... Anonymous 07:14:41 12/03/00 (9)
    • But "disagreeing" was the word you should have used... Rotten Apple 16:30:21 12/03/00 (5)
      • "Understanding" is the right word, the one I should have used, the one I wanted to use, and the one I did use. And you still don't. Anonymous 12:34:39 12/04/00 (4)
        • Your stuck in 1st gear, man... I'm trying to get on the highway Rotten Apple 14:24:12 12/04/00 (3)
          • If you wish to reach great heights of understanding, first gear lets you take the most direct path Anonymous 17:22:48 12/04/00 (2)
            • You are the immovable object, man. I give. nt RoTtEn ApPlE 17:32:39 12/04/00 (1)
              • lolnt Anonymous 13:56:36 12/06/00 (0)
    • May I interpose? Abi 14:35:33 12/03/00 (2)
      • Ofcourse, jump in anytime. Rotten Apple 16:33:34 12/03/00 (1)
        • Essence Abi 20:46:04 12/03/00 (0)

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