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Blah blah self pity, blah blah sick, blah blah not eating, blah blah useless words.
Instead:
"I talk because I feel, and I talk to you because I want you to know how I feel.
My statements are requests.
My questions are statements.
My trivia is an invitation to be friends.
My gossip is a plea: Please see me as incapable of that. Please respect me.
My arguments insist: I want you to show respect for me by agreeing with me. This is the way I say it is.
And my criticism informs you: You hurt my feelings a minute ago."
Hugh Prather, Notes to Myself
Instead:
"I talk because I feel, and I talk to you because I want you to know how I feel.
My statements are requests.
My questions are statements.
My trivia is an invitation to be friends.
My gossip is a plea: Please see me as incapable of that. Please respect me.
My arguments insist: I want you to show respect for me by agreeing with me. This is the way I say it is.
And my criticism informs you: You hurt my feelings a minute ago."
Hugh Prather, Notes to Myself