Over the Shock - Detaching and GALing 3

[Thinker]

I think I have modified my parents wisdom "If you don't have something nice to say, then don't say anything at all" to read "If you don't have something to say that you think will elicit a positive reaction, then don't say anything at all"

add to that:

"If the request you want to make might elicit a negative reaction, then don't make the request"

and

"If the thing you want to do might garner a negative reaction, then don't do it"

I know when I say it like that, it sounds pretty lame, but then these aren't my overt intentional thoughts - just my identification of the deeply set life strategies that have directed a lot of what I do.

I have identified the "snake" now I have to kill it.