@jessicadazzler wrote:
Hope that answers everything ๐
Sorry Jess. not for me.
It seems you assume - by continually posting in the manner you do - most of us are unhappy with 'our lot' .
Personally I get the opposite from most posters here - all seem pretty well grounded with themselves.
Therefore in no need of additional 'aid' from an 18 year old.
To get back on topic - 
(Not referring to your post Helen)
(Sorry Helen haven't found a pic of me on the Penny Farthing yet. I know I have some somewhere packed away and if I find them, will post one)
@jessicadazzler wrote:If someone is guided by their conscience throughout their entire life, a quote won't make much difference ๐ But it might also serve as a reflection that they couldn't put into words, or as a simple reminder that they are on the right (or wrong) track to what they really want.
Perhaps those people who don't like any form of inspirational and/or motivational message are content with their lives to remain unchanged; content for seasons to come and go without any form of growth, and without any desire to better themselves. Perhaps they don't like quotes because it actually makes them stop and think for a moment that they are unsatisfied with their lives and how they themselves are dealing with it.
Perhaps those people who don't like any form of inspirational and/or motivational message don't find the messages inspirational or motivational because they aren't. The world is full of hackneyed phrases and comments endlessly recycled and it might be that SOME people don't find inspiration in cliches.
No one's life is unchanged. It may change a lot or just a little but it can't stay exactly the same. 
Growth or bettering oneself? Well, I've certainly grown - up and (alas) out. 
What on earth do you mean be bettering oneself? What a curiously class ridden statement. I am educated, have a tertiary qualification and a job. But as I'm not in management (God forbid) or don't (yet) aspire to be Ruler of the Universe I suppose I haven't bettered myself enough. 
Other people have chosen different paths than mine and all are equally valid.
Let me give you one example of where 'bettering yourself' can get you. My parents did not come from moneyed families. My father was forced to leave school at 14 and find work. He later had the opportunity to got back to school and go on to university which he did while holding down a job and marrying and raising a family. With his degree he found a good position, and also being a good worker and later a good boss (he always was very good father BTW) he rose to dizzying heights indeed. But the hours became long and the travel was exhausting. He had a heart attack at 50 and was (as was the custom in those days) forced into retirement. Seeing what happened to my father I was resolved to earn enough money to live comfortably and without debt....but I was not going to run myself almost into the grave. We can't all be 'better' (whatever that means) and some of us have valid reasons not to want it.
As for the last sentence.... Perhaps they don't like quotes because they are happy without them and frankly most of the soppy messages posted these days are probably irrelevant to their lives.
You know what messages I find have value? The ones that make me laugh. 99% of the rest belong buried at the bottom of a cereal box to be tossed out with the garbage.
@zanadoo_56 wrote:
@jessicadazzler wrote:If someone is guided by their conscience throughout their entire life, a quote won't make much difference ๐ But it might also serve as a reflection that they couldn't put into words, or as a simple reminder that they are on the right (or wrong) track to what they really want.
Perhaps those people who don't like any form of inspirational and/or motivational message are content with their lives to remain unchanged; content for seasons to come and go without any form of growth, and without any desire to better themselves. Perhaps they don't like quotes because it actually makes them stop and think for a moment that they are unsatisfied with their lives and how they themselves are dealing with it.
Perhaps those people who don't like any form of inspirational and/or motivational message don't find the messages inspirational or motivational because they aren't. The world is full of hackneyed phrases and comments endlessly recycled and it might be that SOME people don't find inspiration in cliches.
No one's life is unchanged. It may change a lot or just a little but it can't stay exactly the same.
Growth or bettering oneself? Well, I've certainly grown - up and (alas) out.
Let me give you one example of where 'bettering yourself' can get you. My parents did not come from moneyed families. My father was forced to leave school at 14 and find work. He later had the opportunity to got back to school and go on to university which he did while holding down a job and marrying and raising a family. With his degree he found a good position, and also being a good worker and later a good boss (he always was very good father BTW) he rose to dizzying heights indeed. But the hours became long and the travel was exhausting. He had a heart attack at 50 and was (as was the custom in those days) forced into retirement. Seeing what happened to my father I was resolved to earn enough money to live comfortably and without debt....but I was not going to run myself almost into the grave. We can't all be 'better' (whatever that means) and some of us have valid reasons not to want it.
As for the last sentence.... Perhaps they don't like quotes because they are happy without them and frankly most of the soppy messages posted these days are probably irrelevant to their lives.
You know what messages I find have value? The ones that make me laugh. 99% of the rest belong buried at the bottom of a cereal box to be tossed out with the garbage.
Yes, my dad left school at 16 because his parents wouldn't (not couldn't) pay for him to go to college or anything. He worked his way up the ranks and eventually became manager. Now in his 50's he is undertaking his first BA degree. Because of that, my sibling was encouraged to complete his education while he was younger, because it's just so much harder when you have a family and work on top. So my sibling did a BA and is now at college, all because dad inspired him to study before settling down ๐
I'm glad you are inspired to have a better work/life balance because of your father ๐
@jessicadazzler wrote:I think smilies & use of emoticons helps prevent the message from being misinterpreted. If it's meant to be happy, I'll use a smilie; sad, a sad face; sarcastic, a
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Sometimes the use of smilies is to disguise the real intent of the written word...we have all seen them used like that.
Yes, I agreed with someone (maybe it was you, sorry, I'm terrible at remembering who is who) about this. Everything seems to be made into a quote these days, but I don't think all of them are unneccessary or unhelpful.
Fair enough...that is your opinion but as has been pointed out several times not everyone agrees with you, but rather than just accept that people think differently you seem determined to prove them wrong.
Sarcastically speaking...
When I read a motivational quote and it doesn't make sense to me, I think "That must be aimed at other people, and How Do I Become One Of Those Other People?".
Because obviously those people Matter - I mean, they must, right?
They're the ones getting Motivationals written at them.
I Want To Be One Of Them.
Then I too will be beautiful and popular and socially adept and liked and all that good stuff.
