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<p>[QUOTE="Little Eddy, post: 3907082, member: 138805"]Awesome! I love this.</p><p>The details and insight are helpful but these golden bits are true words to live by...</p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #333333">"people who may or may not register above 80 on an IQ test"</span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #333333"></span></b><span style="color: #333333">For me it is not the level of sophisticated intellect that is of concern as much as the arrogance of ego that pushes what a person does or does not know. The love of my life is comparatively uneducated, completely naive in the ways of the world, and struggles with math equations a second grader has already mastered, but her heart is full of pure joy and kindness. She is a treasure who doesn't understand why the sun rises in the east each and every day but her attitude of life makes that sunrise so much more.</span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333">An attitude that is a projection of an inflated ego can, and does, swing both ways. I watched the movie Philomena last night and the writer who is one of the central characters in the movie is a very sophisticated intellectual, educated and worldly but who has the personality of an absolute ####### when dealing with people he sees as his inferiors. </span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333">It isn't the IQ that we need to consider as much as it is the personality and presentation of said personality that the person has. Stupid is trying and exhausting but so is the arrogance of the pompously grandiloquent who are dismissive of others. As long as we communicate and appreciate the variety of people, places, ideas and all those magical parts that make the process worthwhile, then its all good. </span></p><p><span style="color: #333333">I won't let Goober get under my skin. </span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333">Yes, I didn't think I would ever be pushing a mass of metal this fast and over such great distances...but how much of life did we really ever see coming? Aren't some of this best bits of life the things the catch us by surprise and take us to worlds we never knew existed. At one time I had real hydrophobia, then I started surfing...never saw it coming.</span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333">Thanks for your post, I love it when people share their thoughts in such a positive manner. Stay safe, if we see each other I'll buy the first cup of coffee; tell you stories of the Rummy and Phil Knight. </span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333">Little Eddy</span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Little Eddy, post: 3907082, member: 138805"]Awesome! I love this. The details and insight are helpful but these golden bits are true words to live by... [B][COLOR=#333333]"people who may or may not register above 80 on an IQ test" [/COLOR][/B][COLOR=#333333]For me it is not the level of sophisticated intellect that is of concern as much as the arrogance of ego that pushes what a person does or does not know. The love of my life is comparatively uneducated, completely naive in the ways of the world, and struggles with math equations a second grader has already mastered, but her heart is full of pure joy and kindness. She is a treasure who doesn't understand why the sun rises in the east each and every day but her attitude of life makes that sunrise so much more. An attitude that is a projection of an inflated ego can, and does, swing both ways. I watched the movie Philomena last night and the writer who is one of the central characters in the movie is a very sophisticated intellectual, educated and worldly but who has the personality of an absolute ####### when dealing with people he sees as his inferiors. It isn't the IQ that we need to consider as much as it is the personality and presentation of said personality that the person has. Stupid is trying and exhausting but so is the arrogance of the pompously grandiloquent who are dismissive of others. As long as we communicate and appreciate the variety of people, places, ideas and all those magical parts that make the process worthwhile, then its all good. I won't let Goober get under my skin. Yes, I didn't think I would ever be pushing a mass of metal this fast and over such great distances...but how much of life did we really ever see coming? Aren't some of this best bits of life the things the catch us by surprise and take us to worlds we never knew existed. At one time I had real hydrophobia, then I started surfing...never saw it coming. Thanks for your post, I love it when people share their thoughts in such a positive manner. Stay safe, if we see each other I'll buy the first cup of coffee; tell you stories of the Rummy and Phil Knight. Little Eddy[/COLOR][/QUOTE]
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