a friend of mine and i were discussing the concept of having it bad...one thing that was said that i had to object to was that "there is always someone who has it worse than you." Not that I have it worse than everybody else, not even remotely, I'm rather enjoying life right now actually...but mathematically speaking, there must exist at least one man/woman/child that can walk this earth (well, they probably can't walk) with just dignity and affirmation in saying (if they can speak or rub enough braincells together to think), "Nobody's got it as bad as me!" The first clue to knowing it could be worse is location. I generally think that if you live in an industrialized nation your opportunity spectrum is a little bit wider. Also, if you have time to think, you have time to do. I remember when i was depressed, the best thing that got me out of it was realizing that if i had the time to sit around feeling sorry for myself then i certainly had
the time to do more productive things (so i built an entertainment center...as long as i was going to sit around in front of the television, it might as well be ergonomically and aurally pleasing)
...and there's nothing wrong with teaching...in fact, i can think of very few occupations where you are more free to be creative (unless you're prepping kids for O and A levels)
enjoy...trevor
On Wed, 04 Feb 2004 23:15:55 +0000 Chriswrites:
> Hello,
>
> I wanted, when I was young, to spend my life in scientific research
> and
> studies. However psychiatry put paid to that.
>
> I wanted to find out how everything worked, how the stars shone, how
> flowers
> grew and how the Universe worked.
>
> I did not want to be troubled by the problems of building a home,
> although I
> wanted one, nor how to buy food or make money.
>
> In then end I neither lead the life of an academic nor made huge
> sums of
> money. I washed up for fifteen years - true I did quite a lot of
> teaching
> in this time, made up solutions and other low level technical work
> but no
> science.
>
> Then I found work at Kingston University - computers - I thought
> Programming, mathematics, solving chemistry and physics problems.
> No...
> Just loading printers and maintaining a network. True I helped
> undergraduates in their work and talked to people like Dr Welch,
> whom I
> regarded as a top scientist. But no science for me.
>
> I was offered money, but not freedom, not to cultivate science as I
> chose
> too.
>
> I think I missed the point. My psychiatrists have always maintained
> that
> they wanted me to get the maximum reward, but their treatment made
> me poor.
> If I had been allowed to become the person I had wanted to be I
> could have
> become rich. I am very disappointed, I feel cheated out of my
> life.
>
> Its been hell....!!!!
>
> Am I free now?
>
> Chris.
> http://www.chrisspages.co.uk
>
>
>
On Wed, 04 Feb 2004 23:15:55 +0000 Chris
> Hello,
>
> I wanted, when I was young, to spend my life in scientific research
> and
> studies. However psychiatry put paid to that.
>
> I wanted to find out how everything worked, how the stars shone, how
> flowers
> grew and how the Universe worked.
>
> I did not want to be troubled by the problems of building a home,
> although I
> wanted one, nor how to buy food or make money.
>
> In then end I neither lead the life of an academic nor made huge
> sums of
> money. I washed up for fifteen years - true I did quite a lot of
> teaching
> in this time, made up solutions and other low level technical work
> but no
> science.
>
> Then I found work at Kingston University - computers - I thought
> Programming, mathematics, solving chemistry and physics problems.
> No...
> Just loading printers and maintaining a network. True I helped
> undergraduates in their work and talked to people like Dr Welch,
> whom I
> regarded as a top scientist. But no science for me.
>
> I was offered money, but not freedom, not to cultivate science as I
> chose
> too.
>
> I think I missed the point. My psychiatrists have always maintained
> that
> they wanted me to get the maximum reward, but their treatment made
> me poor.
> If I had been allowed to become the person I had wanted to be I
> could have
> become rich. I am very disappointed, I feel cheated out of my
> life.
>
> Its been hell....!!!!
>
> Am I free now?
>
> Chris.
> http://www.chrisspages.co.uk
>
>
>
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