HI J , I LOVE YR THOTFUL & THOT PROVOKING POSTS.
SEEMS TO ME ONE’S “ANSWER †TO THIS QUERY DEPENDS MORE ON THE INTERACTION BETWEEN MY/ ONE’S WORLD VIEW ( CONSTRUCTION OF MY INNER SEPERATE / UNIQUE REALITY) , MY MOOD & EMOTIONAL FEELINGS , BASIC ASSUMPTIONS & DEFINITIONS RE LIFE & MY PLACE IN IT
THAN THE NARROWLY DRAWN QUESTION / CONSTRUCT.
WHAT I MEAN BY “TRY†, †BEST†— FOR ME, “BEST EFFORT †CAN USEFULY
BE LIMITED TO ONLY THIS MOMENT & WHO I AM †now†, knowing i’m a constantly changing mixture of MULTIVARIOUS (? REAL WORD?) INFLUENCES , CAPACITIES , AWARENESS / FOCUS OF AWAreness, GENETICS , CHOICES & OPTIONS W/ DIFFERENT DEGREES OF VALUE & †SAFETY’ .—THAT IN A WHILE I’LL BE DIFFERENT & LOOKIN’ @ THE SITUATION DIFFERENTLY.
RE †STANDARDS “, I’D SUGGEST A RELATIVE RATHER THAN RIGID (PLATONIC FORM ?) DEFINITION–BASED ON WHAT I’VE OFFERED ABOVE. I WLDN’T “ALWAYS†TELL MY KID OR FRIEND †U TRIED UR BEST…U CAN/ WILL DO BETTER NEXT TIME ..†, & I WLD SAY & CHOOSE TO THINK THAT OFTEN , ESP
WHEN DOMESTICATING MYSELF OR ANOTHER CHILD. IN A WORLD CONSTANTLY OFFERING SUCH COMPLEX CHALLENGES TO FEELING HAPPY & SATISFIEDâ€enough†, STAYIN’ GROUNDED & BALANCEDâ€enough†, BEING REALISTICALLY OPTIMISTICâ€enough†, I CHOOSE THIS STANCE “BESTâ€( HA-HA),
I CAN , IN ORDER TO MAXIMIZE MY ACCEPTANCE & FORGIVNESS OF MYSELF & OTHERS –JUST CZ THAT MAKES ME FEEL BETTER.
WARMLY, DR BOB DICK