Comments for RobertCountryman.com http://robertcountryman.com The author writes Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:57:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on Love Story by admin http://robertcountryman.com/?page_id=74&cpage=1#comment-4 admin Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:57:39 +0000 http://omnipotus.com/countryman/?page_id=74#comment-4 I'm working on my first real book now, and I guess I'm calling that my "story". My other books are collections of these short stories and poems. I’m working on my first real book now, and I guess I’m calling that my “story”. My other books are collections of these short stories and poems.

]]> Comment on Love Story by Bridgett Allen http://robertcountryman.com/?page_id=74&cpage=1#comment-3 Bridgett Allen Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:42:13 +0000 http://omnipotus.com/countryman/?page_id=74#comment-3 That was awesome!! Not awesome that it is real to you and the feelings of loneliness that you felt, and painful for me to read about someone I consider to care for on a accquaintance level, but it really kept me in suspense and wanting to read on...so this is a short story? Do you have something that continues? That was awesome!! Not awesome that it is real to you and the feelings of loneliness that you felt, and painful for me to read about someone I consider to care for on a accquaintance level, but it really kept me in suspense and wanting to read on…so this is a short story? Do you have something that continues?

]]> Comment on So… what happened? by Patrick http://robertcountryman.com/?p=173&cpage=1#comment-11 Patrick Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:10:15 +0000 http://omnipotus.com/countryman/?p=173#comment-11 Saw your comment over at my blog. I was on facebook for about 1 week, immediately saw its potential to eat up my life, and got the hell off it. Good luck with your writing. I've also got to knuckle down. Saw your comment over at my blog. I was on facebook for about 1 week, immediately saw its potential to eat up my life, and got the hell off it. Good luck with your writing. I’ve also got to knuckle down.

]]> Comment on Thank you for thinking by admin http://robertcountryman.com/?p=157&cpage=1#comment-6 admin Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:51:03 +0000 http://omnipotus.com/countryman/?p=157#comment-6 This is what I get for being raised by my mother. This is what I get for being raised by my mother.

]]> Comment on Thank you for thinking by birdog http://robertcountryman.com/?p=157&cpage=1#comment-5 birdog Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:45:26 +0000 http://omnipotus.com/countryman/?p=157#comment-5 If a man buys a woman flowers, he might expect her to be happy, excited, or whatever. But the reality is she might interpret the gift quite differently than he expected. *woman thinking* "What did he do?", "What does he want?", "That cheating bastard!" We experience an event, interpret it, and a consequence ensues. We live our lives based on our interpretation of stimuli. If it doesn't affect us physically, it is up to us as to how we react. Nobody can dictate how a message is received, only the manner in which it is delivered. Marcus Aurelius once said "If thou art pained by any external thing, it is not this thing that disturbs thee, but thy own judgment about it. And this you have the power to revoke at any moment." If a man buys a woman flowers, he might expect her to be happy, excited, or whatever. But the reality is she might interpret the gift quite differently than he expected.

*woman thinking* “What did he do?”, “What does he want?”, “That cheating bastard!”

We experience an event, interpret it, and a consequence ensues.

We live our lives based on our interpretation of stimuli. If it doesn’t affect us physically, it is up to us as to how we react.

Nobody can dictate how a message is received, only the manner in which it is delivered.

Marcus Aurelius once said “If thou art pained by any external thing, it is not this thing that disturbs thee, but thy own judgment about it. And this you have the power to revoke at any moment.”

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