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Re: quixotic & cast-away
>"* *" <anewton91 at hotmail_com> wrote:
>Doesn't it just boil down to you create the belief system you need, when
>you
>need it to survive, get through, live whatever the circumstances at hand?
>Kind of the theory "life is what you make it".
>
>Someone mentioned the wings and the pretty lady - again, you hang on to
>what
>you can to get you through. A song, a thought, a picture...anything as
>long
>as you assign some value and belief to it.
>
>
>"We who lived in concentration camps can
>remember the men who walked through the
>huts comforting others, giving away their
>last piece of bread. They may have been few
>in number, but they offer sufficient proof
>that everything can be taken from a man
>but one thing; the last of the human freedoms-
>
>To choose one's attitude in any
>given set of circumstances, to
>choose one's own way."
>
>Victor Frankl
>
I think that you are right that we create the
belief systems that we need to survive. People are
amazingly adaptable.
I like the Victor Frankl quote: we control our own
inner life. It is mind over matter even when the material
world is trying to tear you apart.
Success literature often says things like: First
believe you are a success then you will become a success.
If you think positive of other people they often soften
a bit and become more positive toward you.
The wings in the movie were a nice touch. I liked
that they were shown before the island sequence but I did
not pay much attention to it until the end. It was also
the one leftover piece of his job. He still was working
as long as he took care of at least one package.
--Rick C
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