Thursday, October 30, 2008
1st Topic of the day: To trust or not to trust?
Trust is a relationship of reliance. A trusted party is presumed to seek to fulfill policies, ethical codes, law and their previous promises.
Trust does not need to involve belief in the good character, vices, or morals of the other party. Persons engaged in a criminal activity usually trust each other to some extent. Also trust does not need to include an action that you and the other party are mutually engaged in. Trust is a prediction of reliance on an action, based on what a party knows about the other party. Trust is a statement about what is otherwise unknown -- for example, because it is far away, cannot be verified, or is in the future.
for full reading: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trust_(social_sciences)
Why am i writing about trust, reason because i am having trouble understanding it. How to trust a person? Should i do it willingly? Or wait till the person shows that i can trust him? If possible, somebody give me an answer? I'm leaving comments on for this post.
2nd topic of the day: Independence
Definition:
| 1. | not influenced or controlled by others in matters of opinion, conduct, etc.; thinking or acting for oneself: an independent thinker. |
| 2. | not subject to another's authority or jurisdiction; autonomous; free: an independent businessman. |
| 3. | not influenced by the thought or action of others: independent research. |
| 4. | not dependent; not depending or contingent upon something else for existence, operation, etc. |
| 5. | not relying on another or others for aid or support. |
| 6. | rejecting others' aid or support; refusing to be under obligation to others. |
| 7. | possessing a competency: to be financially independent. |
| 8. | sufficient to support a person without his having to work: an independent income. |
| 9. | executed or originating outside a given unit, agency, business, etc.; external: an independent inquiry. |
| 10. | working for oneself or for a small, privately owned business. |
| 11. | expressive of a spirit of independence; self-confident; unconstrained: a free and independent citizen. |
| 12. | free from party commitments in voting: the independent voter. |
| 13. | Mathematics. (of a quantity or function) not depending upon another for its value. |
| 14. | Grammar. capable of standing syntactically as a complete sentence: an independent clause. Compare dependent (def. 4), main 1 (def. 4). |
| 15. | Logic. | a. | (of a set of propositions) having no one proposition deducible from the others. | | b. | (of a proposition) belonging to such a set. | |
| 17. | (initial capital letter ) Ecclesiastical. of or pertaining to the Independents. |
–noun | 18. | an independent person or thing. |
| 19. | a small, privately owned business: The conglomerates are buying up the independents. |
| 20. | Politics. a person who votes for candidates, measures, etc., in accordance with his or her own judgment and without regard to the endorsement of, or the positions taken by, any party. |
| 21. | (initial capital letter) Ecclesiastical. an adherent of Independency. |
| 22. | British. a Congregationalist. |
—Idiom | 23. | independent of, irrespective of; regardless of: Independent of monetary considerations, it was a promising position. |
reference link: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/independent
So yea, what about being independent? So many definitions, guess only the 1st few definitions apply in this case. Well, i feel we are independent in our own ways, only seeking aid and support in the areas that we are weak in. As you can see, my weak area is controlling myself in a relationship. Many will say "don't let relationships bother your studies", but that's not what i meant. I meant it as a relationship alone, my studies is another thing, because i don't like to mix those 2 together. Haha. I was told to be independent, but in what way? I've been quite independent in my own ways (well, not independent in doing housework, shucks, i don't like), but otherwise i think i am ok. To my friends who knows me for a long time, how about some advice? =)
3rd topic of the day: What is love?
Love is any of a number of emotions and experiences related to a sense of strong affection.[1]love can refer to a variety of different feelings, states, and attitudes, ranging from generic pleasure ("I loved that meal") to intense interpersonal attraction ("I love my girlfriend"). This diversity of meanings, combined with the complexity of the feelings involved, makes love unusually difficult to consistently define, even compared to other emotional states. The word As an abstract concept, love usually refers to a deep, ineffable feeling of tenderly caring for another person. Even this limited conception of love, however, encompasses a wealth of different feelings, from the passionate desire and intimacy of romantic love to the nonsexual emotional closeness of familial and Platonic love[2] to the profound oneness or devotion of religious love.[3]interpersonal relationships and, owing to its central psychological importance, is one of the most common themes in the creative arts. Love in its various forms acts as a major facilitator of interpersonal relationships and, owing to its central psychological importance, is one of the most common themes in the creative arts.
For full reading: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love
Alright, got to go. Need to prepare. My cousin's wedding tonight (this is the 2nd wedding of the month, everyone seems to be getting married), so i got to go dress up XD and get ready to go off when my dad comes home. Oh i miss my distant cousins...only get to see them once a year!! =(
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