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November 16, 2003 |
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I'm Grateful
FOUND by Liz Smith
in Lowell, Massachusetts
Found crumpled in the grass along a riverside walkway. I never guessed someone earning $750,000 a year would have to convince themselves it was worth it. I guess the pressure increases with the zeros.
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We collect FOUND stuff: love letters, birthday cards, kids' homework,
to-do lists, ticket stubs, poetry on napkins, telephone bills, doodles -
anything that gives a glimpse into someone
else's life. Anything goes...
This looks like one of those positive affirmation things...if you can conceive it, you can achieve it....yada, yada, yada...obviously, the writer is a bit dubious, however...seems to be doubting the process....
It's a mental rehearsal script/possitive affirmation etc.
And yes... They work...
Maybe he's a drug dealer or hit man, and feels bad about what he's doing but has to convince himself that it's worth it.
yes, it's affirmations. Hey GD in Utah, they never worked for me :-(
ADHD. I didnt read it, sorry for who ever wrote it.
I couldnt read it anyway.
the "c" with the line over it means "with," which is medical lingo. he makes that much probably because he's a doctor. like many doctors i've worked with, he's probably burnt out.
I have no idea what this scribbling says. I could barely make out a single word. If someone could translate it for me that would be great.
For Nicole and others, here is an approximation of what it says:
"1) I'm grateful I earn over $750,000 per year serving others for a higher purpose.
2) I'm grateful I earn over $750,000 per year serving others, using my talents and abilities for a higher purpose..." and so on.
See, it must be a doctor's writing; hardly anyone can read it. And the last line reads: How can I do this?
1)I am grateful I make $40,000 creating graphics so that someone who makes 3x my salary can turn them into absolute rubbish.
2)I am grateful I make $40,000 creating graphics so that someone who makes 3x my salary can turn them into absolute rubbish.
I think someone just found a page from Oprah's gratitude journal.
I am grateful that I earn over $750,000 in tips per year serving these rich bastards their overpriced snob foods.
I wonder if they'd puke if they knew what I do in the bisque?
Wait until I finish medical school and I can leave sponges and surgical instruments in their lipo'd asses.
I can't wait for fight club this week.
Hey Andy Poop, that's only 120,000. He's makes WAY way more than 3 times what you do. Sorry about that old chap. It's more like he makes about 18 TIMEs what you do. I hope he's doing something good with it, and donating a lot to charity.
I found this and misunderstood it at first, but now understand that it is indeed an affirmation, albeit a shaky one. Does the affirmation still work if you don't believe it?
You have to believe in affirmations to work. You have to understand how they work, why they work, in order for them to work for you. Read this book: "Learning to Manifest Your Deires" Written by Jerry and Esther Hicks. The key to getting what you want, and feeling good, is to think positively. If you doubt yourself, or affirmations, it's not going to work. NO NEGATIVITY PEOPLE.
Although positive thinking is always a good idea, especially when in a new situation or in a forced situation, it should never be employed in this way, regardless of whether it works or not. Too many people are so concerned with monetary satisfaction or social acceptability and end up unhappy and settled into a life they never wanted but felt they were supposed to have. It's never too late to ditch the doctor/lawyer/businessperson scene and become a starving artist. Sure, maybe you're not helping people directly or solving world hunger, but if you're happy and enjoy what you are doing, you won't need this self-brainwashing to get by. No one should settle, and then try to convince themself that that's ok. Why not just do what you love and be happy? You only get one life, and a short one at that. Don't tell yourself that you SHOULD be happy, just BE happy, doing whatever it is that makes you that way.
Debra Sue: If these people really believed in their affirmations, why would they need them at all?
Pinkcrayon, I think Oprah's would read something like, "I'm grateful I make 750,000 a second serving myself, and building a resort for all those girls in Africa, using my unique talents and abilities for a higher purpose, which would be ME, of course..." (NOT a fan!)
My psychologist had me do that once. Maybe they are also seeing one on the stresses of their job. It makes you wonder though, what job helping other people pays $750k and is stressful enough to burn you out?
"...what [medical] job helping other people pays $750k and is stressful enough to burn you out?"
Neurosurgeon, Cardiothoracic surgeon
To add to the other suggestion, very much up the affirmation alley: "Write it down, Make it happen." Beautiful stuff. Affirmations do work. And why do people who believe in affirmations need them? Usually because they've seen them work before and they continue to use them :) I love this find - it's similar to what I carry around with me. I guess maybe someday it will fall off my purse and I'll just have to hope it ends up here!
has it ever occured to anyone that he may work in a religious setting or judicial setting of some sort and serves others of a type of church for a higher purpose (the God of choice) or the people of an area for the higher purpose of justice? is it wrong to be greatful for your virtues?
So the really creepy thing is this looks like the writing of my old boss... I worked for the man for 15 years and that writing is eerily similar. And yes, he makes about that much. It's not him, but weird none the less.
He/she earns enough to be a Scientologist.