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CanSocDem

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16. We all have the right...

Wed Jan 17, 2018, 09:02 AM

Jan 2018

...to live or die with our beliefs. It is our 'freedom of choice' as humans and it pains me daily to see people dying for "beliefs" that I cannot support. But since it is THEIR life and since I believe in democracy and the after-life, I'm content to let them learn things on their own.

I'm a college educated high school teacher so you might think I have 'a need' to educate like you have 'a need' to heal. But I don't- after all these years I have concluded that EXPERIENCE is the best teacher. People come to the right answer when they are ready for it and it is only frustrating to try and bring everybody up to my speed.

To be honest, as a student of western culture I'm surprised that we're not all quivering blobs of insecurity considering the massive assault of Corporate Belief Systems that we've endured our entire lives. But......

Live and Learn, eh?!

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Non-compliance is killing my patients. [View all] Aristus Jan 2018 OP

Sorry. You have my admiration. sinkingfeeling Jan 2018 #1

So Sorry For Your Frustration With Patients Who Refuse to Live in Reality-Even At Their Peril dlk Jan 2018 #2

Omigod, my dear Aristus, how horrible. CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2018 #3

I don't know... Aristus Jan 2018 #4

The answer is rather simple, people give up hope. Stuart G Jan 2018 #6

Emotions are what drive many of our actions and emotions are not logical... Locut0s Jan 2018 #12

I think the guy with gangrene is in denial LeftInTX Jan 2018 #13

He could be but frostbite is not a mild condition... Locut0s Jan 2018 #15

I'm sorry Aristus Ron Obvious Jan 2018 #5

Do they have insurance? Bayard Jan 2018 #7

I hope the balance of the day went better, Aristus ailsagirl Jan 2018 #8

If I were in his position, I would still be in shock from the horror of the diagnosis and possibly diva77 Jan 2018 #9

That sucks hibbing Jan 2018 #10

I've found non-compliance Texasgal Jan 2018 #11

My husband has an uncle who got a rose thorn caught in his finger LeftInTX Jan 2018 #14

We all have the right... CanSocDem Jan 2018 #16