What are your talents

Chucky wrote:I would have no issue giving up my life to save another. If, for example, a relative of mine needed a heart, then I'd give mine to him/her. In my view, my work here on Earth has already been done. I feel like I have already lived a lifetime, given how much stress and depression I have had. I am just 26 years old.

Yo, Elf, you still have not responded with a talent that you have. Please try hard to think about something. I know that you're a wonderful person.

Why, just because you feel you're life is already fulfilled, and over, in a sence, would you feel obligated to save someone else? What makes their life worth giving yours up for? I don't understand where this obligation to save another, purely based on the fact that we're of the same species comes from.

-Eric_lee

Wou! This is an interesting topic!

@ Eric_Lee: 1) you needn´t to apologize for writing a long post. I love listening or reading what people says, especially if it´s an interesting topic.
2) There is no doubt that your ability has a double side. But I can´t believe that anyone had never surprised you.

3) I share your opinion that human is not good by nature, as Rousseau´s theory. But, I don´t believe human are necessarily dark creatures. We only are social and domesticated animals. But this last part is what makes of us a difference. I think all of us move by our primary instints: survival, sex and prestige (call it selfish), even whe we are helping someone or trying to help him/her, there is a feeling of satisfaction in our inner recalling us that we can be better. Anyway, there is a possitive point, as soon as these primary necessities are satisfied we can act on an upper level.

@ Chucky, I don´t understand you when you say at your twenties that your life is culminated. I understand when a person risks his life to help someone else (emphathy and because he is not realicing that this act cold be a sure death for him/her) or the act that parents could do to save their children´s life, or a woman to save her man and viceversa. This is love. Or perhaps, is another selfish act? Who suffer more the one who continue alive or the one who die?

Eric_Lee wrote:

Zahra wrote:

Eric_Lee wrote:My talent is being able to read, and fully understand people with little information. (in person, this does not work over the internet). More of a curse than anything.



-Eric_lee

A holy man of the church, when held at gun point will do the exact same thing as a convicted con, he will do anything to save his own life.



-Eric_Lee

I didn´t understand this last sentence, specially the expression "held at gun point". Sorry, it´s my lack od English knowledge.

Zahra wrote:

Eric_Lee wrote:

Zahra wrote:

Eric_Lee wrote:My talent is being able to read, and fully understand people with little information. (in person, this does not work over the internet). More of a curse than anything.



-Eric_lee

A holy man of the church, when held at gun point will do the exact same thing as a convicted con, he will do anything to save his own life.



-Eric_Lee

I didn´t understand this last sentence, specially the expression "held at gun point". Sorry, it´s my lack od English knowledge.

I ment it as a situation in which, both people have their lives at steak.. so, no matter what up bringing you have, be it that of murder and crime, or a holy man, whos house is his church and such, both will do the same thing.. which is try to save their own lives, or, as someone else pointed out, maybe save their love ones.

And, i have been surprised by things like, in movies.. when somthing jumps out or somthing.. What i ment was, when certain people do things, that most people would be super surprised by, along the lines of somthing that people would think this person would never do, such as maybe a store clerk beating his wife or somthing.. I would have most likely already suspected it, for a long time. I just have a tendancy to see the very worst of what people are capable of.. it works the same way with good things. I'll often be able to pick out the people that will buy me lots of things out of the good of their heart.. I choose my friends carefully based on that, i have yet to pay for a meal.. in about 2 years now i think.

Its a useful thing.. but as i said, it has its downsides, just as everything else in this world. Everything good has a bad side.

-Eric_lee

Eric-Lee, thanks for your fast replay. And in relation to the last part , I suppose you´re being sarcastic. What restaurant are you gonna invite me? I´m broke, ok! and I don´t like hamburgers

Zahra wrote:Eric-Lee, thanks for your fast replay. And in relation to the last part , I suppose you´re being sarcastic. What restaurant are you gonna invite me? I´m broke, ok! and I don´t like hamburgers

I wasn't being sarcastic, lol. And i'm never the one who pays, i'm the free-loader . So, we have to find someone who will pay for us both ^^

-Eric_lee

Eric_Lee wrote:

Zahra wrote:Eric-Lee, thanks for your fast replay. And in relation to the last part , I suppose you´re being sarcastic. What restaurant are you gonna invite me? I´m broke, ok! and I don´t like hamburgers

I wasn't being sarcastic, lol. And i'm never the one who pays, i'm the free-loader . So, we have to find someone who will pay for us both ^^

-Eric_lee

Well, with a bit of luck, perhaps we can do a long runaway out of the restaurant, at the end of a good meal

Zahra wrote:

Eric_Lee wrote:

Zahra wrote:Eric-Lee, thanks for your fast replay. And in relation to the last part , I suppose you´re being sarcastic. What restaurant are you gonna invite me? I´m broke, ok! and I don´t like hamburgers

I wasn't being sarcastic, lol. And i'm never the one who pays, i'm the free-loader . So, we have to find someone who will pay for us both ^^

-Eric_lee

Well, with a bit of luck, perhaps we can do a long runaway out of the restaurant, at the end of a good meal

Haha, i used to dine and dash all the time at this one resturant, the one bathroom had a huge window that was always open. They eventually caught my face, and barred me from the resturant. I'm one of those people you never remember the face of ;D

-Eric_lee

The key is in not repeating the same restaurant. This is not only boring but dangerous.

Zahra wrote:The key is in not repeating the same restaurant. This is not only boring but dangerous.

Eh, the worst they can do is maybe press charges, but unless they have video survailance, of you actually leaving without paying, they can't do $#%^, its your word against theres. Most shops just try to scare people into paying.
-Eric_lee