tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4427538608110635294.post512106855825543107..comments2023-08-09T03:21:13.354-05:00Comments on Letters from Gehenna: The World on a Slant: Measure of a MedicationDw3t-Hthrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11584245136407694660noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4427538608110635294.post-26323430457920673492008-07-15T20:14:00.000-05:002008-07-15T20:14:00.000-05:00Getting off a local maxima always involves going d...Getting off a local maxima always involves going downslope for awhile.<BR/><BR/>Getting lost in the swamp is optional, but crossing it often is not.<BR/><BR/>Generally speaking, unhelpful patterns do not benefit from energy or attention; infinite effort may be consumed by the pattern. The thing is to establish some other pattern. Ideally, in a context without absolutes, because absolutes do not function on human scales. ("Fail" is often construed as an absolute; this lacks entire the helpful nature.)<BR/><BR/>Hopeful futures tend to be brick-by-brick stuff, too, rather than grand visions entire.<BR/><BR/>None of which is going to be much help right now; good luck with the brain chemistry.Graydonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09839374676813519438noreply@blogger.com