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Old 09-11-2011, 11:51 PM   #22
Benjamin Mehner
Dojo: Salt Lake Aikikai, Zen Bu Kan
Location: Midvale, Ut
Join Date: Apr 2010
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Re: Problem with another aikidoka.

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Mario Tobias wrote: View Post
You can't please everybody. Try and you will fail. If you are not friends, at least you are not enemies.
"...it's all right now, I learned my lesson well.
You see, ya can't please everyone, so ya got to please yourself..."

I always think of this piece of lyrical wisdom when people make such statements. My father would call it hedonism, a Zen master (not calling myself one, I'm not) might call it truth.

Let silence be my mantra.
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