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To: Jill who wrote (30481)	5/1/2005 4:08:08 PM
From: GraceZ	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 306849

I'm an optimist, I love my life, I live in paradise and it bothers me that everyone here is so cynical about life in the US. But, I'm argumentative by nature, I like to take the other side of any discussion to see what I can learn from it. I believe in the human spirit, that it responds well to adversity. I love my friends and family, I admire my husband enormously. I have a business partner whom I think is the hardest working most brilliant individual on the planet. I don't have any clients I don't respect, but they pay me to help them figure out what they need to do better. It's my job to tell them what I think they are doing wrong although almost no one enjoys having someone tell them what they are doing wrong. Even if I find the actions of my clients and friends are sometimes counter to their purpose it doesn't mean I think they are fools or even foolish. The only reason I can recognize that they are doing these things is because I've suffered from the same cross purposes myself. I'm guilty of doing the same dumb money things, only I've been able to work through (with help from others who were kind enough to tell me when I was fooling myself about something). I firmly believe that one can't resolve these things in your life that you do that are not consistent with your intent without recognizing what it is that you are doing. Most of your friends will tell you whatever they think you want to hear even if they think you are making a mistake. They say, "Oh that's great that you got the house." Later they are telling their husband, "I can't believe they are going to pay that for that house." It's not fun or easy to tell people when you think they are doing something wrong or not thinking clearly, it's no way to make friends. A real friend tells you no matter how hard it is for you to hear. This is why enemies can be better friends to you than your friends, at least you stand a chance they might blurt out the truth once in a while. I'm not here to make friends, I'd prefer that most just continue to think I'm a crank, as long as I make them question what it is that they think and they make me question what it is that I think.