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In English, I is written in capital letter, while u (you) isn't. Isn't "I"
more important than "u"? Any idea?

> On April 01, Hubert wrote to Kevin:
> I have been impressed with something that I heard by Earl Nightingale many
> years ago and I'll share it with you. It went something like, "If you help
> enough other people get what they want, then you will get what you want."

I think I should correct Earl's statement, "if you help enough other people
get what they want, then you will LIKELY get what you want." In many cases,
you don't get what you want. You have to take risk anyway, unless you are
sincere and expect nothing in return. Nevertheless, Buddha will bless YOU
for your good deeds.

So, how to get what exactly we want? In my opinion, we have to adopt the
right "politics" to put into practice. In this case, we take challenge not
risk. For instance, suppose USA wants big sales in his military defence
system to Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. Then he adopts the "China Threats" to
prop up the sales, whilst, China has never ever had a military expansion
history. In this regard, does he actually help others get what they want, or
only 'create' the necessity for others and to eventually get what he wants?
As you are aware, politics is more Lie Ability than Liability.

Anwar Hasim

Anwar Hasim,

"I" in English forms a word, so it must be capitalized. "u" in English
does not form a word, so it is not. Or were you making a point? If so,
I missed it.

In response to the Earl Nightingale quote, I have heard this from many
other sources (I don't believe it's original with Nightingale, but that's
not important). My understanding: Helping other people does not
directly result in my getting what I want; I never thought that was the
meaning. When I have the attitude of helping others, when I focus on
helping others get what they want, when I REALLY help them, not just
doing it to get what I want, THEN I find myself getting what I want
effortlessly. A lot depends on my attitude and motive as I am helping
others.

In other words, it isn't literally "true" but it has definitely been
true, at least in my life. I will not apply it globally, because I have
no experience, and there are too many unknowns.

Edryce

Okay, is your point that we are inconsistent? Granted, we are. Now what
do we do? What is your suggestion?

Edryce

On Sun, 4 Apr 1999 23:07:58 +0800 Narayan Pant <npant@nus.edu.sg>
writes:
>Umm, clearly the fact that "I" forms a word is not sufficient to
>capitalize
>it. For instance, "a" forms a word but we do not capitalize it.
>
>Narayan Pant
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Edryce Reynolds
>To: MG-ED-DV@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
>Sent: 4/04/99 21:40
>Subject: Re: I or i, u or U?
>
>Anwar Hasim,
>
>"I" in English forms a word, so it must be capitalized. "u" in
>English
>does not form a word, so it is not. Or were you making a point? If
>so,
>I missed it.
>
>In response to the Earl Nightingale quote, I have heard this from many
>other sources (I don't believe it's original with Nightingale, but
>that's
>not important). My understanding: Helping other people does not
>directly result in my getting what I want; I never thought that was
>the
>meaning. When I have the attitude of helping others, when I focus on
>helping others get what they want, when I REALLY help them, not just
>doing it to get what I want, THEN I find myself getting what I want
>effortlessly. A lot depends on my attitude and motive as I am helping
>others.
>
>In other words, it isn't literally "true" but it has definitely been
>true, at least in my life. I will not apply it globally, because I
>have
>no experience, and there are too many unknowns.
>
>Edryce