>Peter,
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>*s* is like < s > (a smile - without spaces) I had forgotten if the angled brackets caused formatting troubles here as I haven't been around for a while.
Ah, thanks for explaining. <s> is not causing formatting trouble. Neither <g> and some others. However, chuckle between brackets is causing trouble.
>I'd prefer we not get off on a tangent. My intent was to a) explain as succinctly as possible 'What mattered' to me and b) demonstrate just how easily it was to get folks like Dragan to respond *BG*.
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>As I mentioned in a subsequent post, the whole idea is to have a goal in life that is larger than one's self. I can say that without provoking the militant anti-God folks but it is SO much more fun to provoke them. And easy too. *chuckle*
Okay, let's indeed stick to the original topic. I'm not against the idea that one should have a goal in life that is larger than one's self. But does it have to be on the top of one's list? My personal #1 is flow (
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1283471). Compared to yours it might be called an egoistic motive.
Is it okay with you that someone has an egoistic motive on #1 and an altruistic motive on #2 or perhaps even lower, let's say on #5? Or should #1 be an altruistic motive?
Groet,
Peter de Valença
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