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	<title>Comments on: Are you happy?</title>
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	<description>Mandy writes music. Mandy leads worship. Mandy loves Drew.</description>
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		<title>By: pluckyuppie</title>
		<link>http://mandythompson.com/2009/02/02/are-you-happy/#comment-33739</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 19:20:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Um, I&#039;m a girl and I would totally react like Drew. Unusual? Perhaps. There&#039;s a wide range in BOTH genders =)]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Um, I&#8217;m a girl and I would totally react like Drew. Unusual? Perhaps. There&#8217;s a wide range in BOTH genders =)</p>
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		<title>By: lovewillbringustogether</title>
		<link>http://mandythompson.com/2009/02/02/are-you-happy/#comment-21316</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 03:14:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;Asking a guy what he is feeling is like a guy asking his dog if he wants to go skiing!&quot; ( Jeff Mack)

You know the dog is keen to go where you&#039;re going but he just won&#039;t be able to handle it at all well!

Scooby-doo might look cute in ski goggles  and holding onto ski-poles... but it just ain&#039;t gonna happen in the real world.

The distinction between men and women starts from birth - our society generally is geared to making women focus on their emotions/feelings while making men focus on the practicality of providing for a family, working towards a career.

Typically, women are &#039;taught&#039; to focus on their emotions, while men are taught to focus on their actions.

Break the chains.

&lt;B]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Asking a guy what he is feeling is like a guy asking his dog if he wants to go skiing!&#8221; ( Jeff Mack)</p>
<p>You know the dog is keen to go where you&#8217;re going but he just won&#8217;t be able to handle it at all well!</p>
<p>Scooby-doo might look cute in ski goggles  and holding onto ski-poles&#8230; but it just ain&#8217;t gonna happen in the real world.</p>
<p>The distinction between men and women starts from birth &#8211; our society generally is geared to making women focus on their emotions/feelings while making men focus on the practicality of providing for a family, working towards a career.</p>
<p>Typically, women are &#8216;taught&#8217; to focus on their emotions, while men are taught to focus on their actions.</p>
<p>Break the chains.</p>
<p>&lt;B</p>
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		<title>By: kristiapplesauce</title>
		<link>http://mandythompson.com/2009/02/02/are-you-happy/#comment-21297</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:05:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dang it...I seriously think my husbands name is Drew...I married your husband. Or maybe you married MINE. They are exactly the same. For reals.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dang it&#8230;I seriously think my husbands name is Drew&#8230;I married your husband. Or maybe you married MINE. They are exactly the same. For reals.</p>
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		<title>By: lovewillbringustogether</title>
		<link>http://mandythompson.com/2009/02/02/are-you-happy/#comment-21268</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 07:17:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[if you want to be happy Mandy - remember...

Ignorance is Bliss!

If you want a life of perpetual suffering - then Constant Awareness of your own feelings - and those of others.

If you want a life of complete and perfect spirituality then Constant &#039;seperation&#039; from your feelings - merely observe them and let them pass - just like you are watching a fairly uninteresting tv show with ( human, earthly) you as the main character in &#039;your&#039; life.

Let your body have them but don&#039;t &#039;identify&#039; with them!

That last one is what we find the hardest to put into everyday practice all the time - we become way too &#039;involved&#039; with our own feelings for our own &#039;good&#039;.

I suspect that, in terms of total lifetime, Drew is going to be happier than you if things remain as they currently are.

Of course that is up for debate - like  if he never sees something &#039;important&#039; coming his way that his feelings might have told him about in time to reverse if he had had constant awareness, like you.

Those things tend to happen to men when they least expect them whereas they happen to women who&#039;ve been expecting and anticipating and worrying about them for years and done little effectively to avoid.

Neither is a perfect way to live in my opinion.

&lt;B]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>if you want to be happy Mandy &#8211; remember&#8230;</p>
<p>Ignorance is Bliss!</p>
<p>If you want a life of perpetual suffering &#8211; then Constant Awareness of your own feelings &#8211; and those of others.</p>
<p>If you want a life of complete and perfect spirituality then Constant &#8216;seperation&#8217; from your feelings &#8211; merely observe them and let them pass &#8211; just like you are watching a fairly uninteresting tv show with ( human, earthly) you as the main character in &#8216;your&#8217; life.</p>
<p>Let your body have them but don&#8217;t &#8216;identify&#8217; with them!</p>
<p>That last one is what we find the hardest to put into everyday practice all the time &#8211; we become way too &#8216;involved&#8217; with our own feelings for our own &#8216;good&#8217;.</p>
<p>I suspect that, in terms of total lifetime, Drew is going to be happier than you if things remain as they currently are.</p>
<p>Of course that is up for debate &#8211; like  if he never sees something &#8216;important&#8217; coming his way that his feelings might have told him about in time to reverse if he had had constant awareness, like you.</p>
<p>Those things tend to happen to men when they least expect them whereas they happen to women who&#8217;ve been expecting and anticipating and worrying about them for years and done little effectively to avoid.</p>
<p>Neither is a perfect way to live in my opinion.</p>
<p>&lt;B</p>
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		<title>By: alece</title>
		<link>http://mandythompson.com/2009/02/02/are-you-happy/#comment-21264</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 04:57:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[one of my highlights of our reunion weekend was watching you and drew interact. i love it.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>one of my highlights of our reunion weekend was watching you and drew interact. i love it.</p>
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		<title>By: Dan</title>
		<link>http://mandythompson.com/2009/02/02/are-you-happy/#comment-21260</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 03:20:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[feelings?  what are those things?  Drew hit it right on the head!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>feelings?  what are those things?  Drew hit it right on the head!</p>
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		<title>By: edfromct</title>
		<link>http://mandythompson.com/2009/02/02/are-you-happy/#comment-21239</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 22:31:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I like to think the trick is to make our minds such a beautiful place we have no need to get out of them.  Except to get into someone else&#039;s beautiful mind.

My guess is that men are just as emtional as women, but we be less willing to express ours, as least in American culture.  Even that I am sure of.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I like to think the trick is to make our minds such a beautiful place we have no need to get out of them.  Except to get into someone else&#8217;s beautiful mind.</p>
<p>My guess is that men are just as emtional as women, but we be less willing to express ours, as least in American culture.  Even that I am sure of.</p>
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		<title>By: mandythompson</title>
		<link>http://mandythompson.com/2009/02/02/are-you-happy/#comment-21238</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[mandythompson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 21:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[drewthompson.wordpress.com

But, he&#039;s so sporadic that I don&#039;t even pimp him here.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>drewthompson.wordpress.com</p>
<p>But, he&#8217;s so sporadic that I don&#8217;t even pimp him here.</p>
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		<title>By: ZacharyThomas</title>
		<link>http://mandythompson.com/2009/02/02/are-you-happy/#comment-21237</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ZacharyThomas]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 21:42:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh and what is your husbands blog URL? Can&#039;t have one without the other]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh and what is your husbands blog URL? Can&#8217;t have one without the other</p>
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		<title>By: ZacharyThomas</title>
		<link>http://mandythompson.com/2009/02/02/are-you-happy/#comment-21236</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 21:38:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HAHAHAHA, that is awesome....i&#039;m not sure where i&#039;d fall, i&#039;m constantly stuck inside my own head, and then there are other times i&#039;m stuck outside it   :D]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>HAHAHAHA, that is awesome&#8230;.i&#8217;m not sure where i&#8217;d fall, i&#8217;m constantly stuck inside my own head, and then there are other times i&#8217;m stuck outside it   <img src='http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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