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General Board / Re: 1 year later....still glad u went to law school?
« on: August 21, 2008, 08:41:29 PM »
I think this entire thread is misguided. How one feels about something is a shadow of several interacting inner forces.
For example, Person A loves law school because he/she enjoy the people there, get good grades, or developed some "meaning" out of there lives in the law.
Person B loves law school because they have no loans and will open there own office.
Person C/D loves/hates law school because blah blah.
The thing is, the word "because" can be used to justify any state of mind or existence. So in one sense, person B can hate law school by changing there reaction to its stimulus from a positive one to a negative one. Instead of looking at no loans, they can focus on lost oppertunies, annoying professors, lack of time, stress, etc.
Likewise, a state of mind is in no way shaped by reasons or feelings or personalities or statistics, but by attitudes and wills.
One can will there attitude to become X, Y, or Z, as we are free to choose the frame of mind in which we interpret our existence and surroundings. X can be love of law, Y can hatred of it, and Z can be "open."
When this threads asks was is "one still glad?," it assumes that the question can be answered from emotion or experience or reason, but in reality none suffice, since the question can only be answered from one's will.
When a person's will is strong, there surroundings bend to it, even feelings of being glad or sad hold no sway ovr their choice.
For example, Person A hates everything about being a lawyer and law school very much. This person decides he will use his hatred to his advantage, so instead of dwelling on negativity, he will seek to over-come law school. e.g., "Even though I hate this stuff, I'm still going to go through it, suffering is part of life, and my suffering will be a springboard to greatness regardless fo where or why I suffer"
In essence, this question is asking what type of will do you have-- a strong one, a herd-like one, a special one, a bright one, a dark one? I have observed each answer is nonsensical, but a small few address the root of the question.
For example, Person A loves law school because he/she enjoy the people there, get good grades, or developed some "meaning" out of there lives in the law.
Person B loves law school because they have no loans and will open there own office.
Person C/D loves/hates law school because blah blah.
The thing is, the word "because" can be used to justify any state of mind or existence. So in one sense, person B can hate law school by changing there reaction to its stimulus from a positive one to a negative one. Instead of looking at no loans, they can focus on lost oppertunies, annoying professors, lack of time, stress, etc.
Likewise, a state of mind is in no way shaped by reasons or feelings or personalities or statistics, but by attitudes and wills.
One can will there attitude to become X, Y, or Z, as we are free to choose the frame of mind in which we interpret our existence and surroundings. X can be love of law, Y can hatred of it, and Z can be "open."
When this threads asks was is "one still glad?," it assumes that the question can be answered from emotion or experience or reason, but in reality none suffice, since the question can only be answered from one's will.
When a person's will is strong, there surroundings bend to it, even feelings of being glad or sad hold no sway ovr their choice.
For example, Person A hates everything about being a lawyer and law school very much. This person decides he will use his hatred to his advantage, so instead of dwelling on negativity, he will seek to over-come law school. e.g., "Even though I hate this stuff, I'm still going to go through it, suffering is part of life, and my suffering will be a springboard to greatness regardless fo where or why I suffer"
In essence, this question is asking what type of will do you have-- a strong one, a herd-like one, a special one, a bright one, a dark one? I have observed each answer is nonsensical, but a small few address the root of the question.