tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36128951.post8149491648373540661..comments2024-01-19T14:17:05.124-08:00Comments on The Gorman Blog: What It Feels Like to WinPeter Gormanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04010025416629344748noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36128951.post-77472533932910854852007-03-29T08:26:00.000-07:002007-03-29T08:26:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.7ft Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12745246769995673412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36128951.post-1478495057643612242007-03-29T04:12:00.000-07:002007-03-29T04:12:00.000-07:00Thanks for that. I'm glad I'm not alone. I almost ...Thanks for that. I'm glad I'm not alone. I almost took down that post because it is so self-indulgent but then it produced a response like yours so I guess I'm gonna leave it up.<BR/> The fear thing: If I could just get over it.<BR/> Working at it. Working at it.<BR/> Hit me the damned ball, won't you?Peter Gormanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04010025416629344748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36128951.post-32894293908184392242007-03-28T16:44:00.000-07:002007-03-28T16:44:00.000-07:00This, what you have described, has been perhaps th...This, what you have described, has been perhaps <I>the</I> major challenge of my adult life. Success has always seemed to fall in my lap in most any pursuit I undertake but that doesn't seem to keep me spending way too much time worrying about when the shit is all going to fall apart. With success comes an enormous amount of responsibility. I have a lot of folks at work and kids at home all counting on me to live up to my potential. The hard part is in dealing with my own self-judgment and skepticism. <BR/><BR/>Much of my dilemma and trepidation seems to be the result of wanting my life to be easy and stable. But at what cost? A Carl Jung quote I recently ran into seemed to sum up my inner conflict so very well:<BR/><BR/><I>"The nearer we approach the middle of life, and the better we have succeeded in entrenching ourselves in our personal attitudes and social positions, the more it appears as if we had discovered the right course and the right ideals and principles of behavior. For this reason we suppose them to be eternally valid, and make a virtue of unchangeably clinging to them. We overlook the essential fact that the social goal is attained only at the cost of a diminution of personality. Many -- far too many -- aspects of life which should have been experienced lie in the lumber-room among dusty memories; but sometimes, too, they are glowing coals under grey ashes."</I><BR/><BR/>I feel that if my experience has shown me anything it is that I typically only regret the things that I opted out of, and when I go for something it has a way of working out for the best, even if it is initially a rocky road. So based on that learned axiom do I have it within myself to stop being so stressed-out half the time? <BR/><BR/>So far the answer seems to be a resounding "no", but it is something that I'm working on.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12075297226562755286noreply@blogger.com