[Cro Dreoilin] "Shoulds"

[sue blackmore]

It has been said that the best reason to do anything is because we want to.
So we say please, step out of our comfort zone and venerate our gods not
because we should or its polite or the gods need it but because we want to.
On Nov 20, 2011 3:08 PM, "Charlotte Blackwood" <
charlotte.blackwood at gmail.com> wrote:

> You are so cool :)  Thanks for that email :)
>
> On 11/20/11, Kelley Forbes <forbesk at astronomytower.net> wrote:
> > One interesting thing this topic of "needs" has me thinking about is the
> > place that "shoulds" have in our religion.
> >
> > In a values-based aesthetic, there are no independent "should" actions
> > or rules; there are no "thou shalts" or "thou shalt nots". Every time
> > you think of yourself as "having to" or "must" or "should do", then you
> > should be able to complete the phrase "because it will ____".
> >
> >
> > "I should open the door, because it is hospitable to do so."
> >
> > "I should say 'please', because I am acknowledging the right of the
> > person to say no, and that builds independence and community."
> >
> > "I should step out of my comfort zone, because it is courageous."
> >
> >
> > If you catch yourself having a bunch of "should" thoughts and not being
> > able to complete that sentence, then you need to ask yourself what
> > ethics you are caring around with you that are someone else's rules,
> > most likely picked up from our decidedly moral-based culture.
> >
> >
> > -- Kelley.
> >
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