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@@ -43018,3 +43018,36 @@ elements into enlightenment by means of that connection.   
 ~
 Never admit defeat.  Just move the front.
   -- fred t. hamster
+~
+down came eddy from his heady,
+where he dwells often unsteady,
+you see he gets so high,
+mind expanded to sky;
+real world grokking just not ready.
+  -- fred t. hamster
+~
+    Generally speaking, when we are too desirous of something in life, we’re
+less likely to attain it.  Success seems to increase in direct proportion to
+the diminution of our desires.  The same logic applies to our need for
+recognition.  We might want to be appreciated and respected, but we have only
+a limited ability to influence how other people respond and we can’t make
+somebody show us gratitude any more than we can force someone to love us.  If
+we show love without expecting it to be reciprocated, we will have more chance
+of finding love than if we simply yearn for it.  Likewise, doing something
+without expecting gratitude is more likely to elicit appreciation for what we
+do.  Whether someone can acknowledge our actions or not should be no concern
+of ours.
+    We simply commit ourselves to doing things to the best of our ability and
+in as thorough a manner as possible without sloppiness.  We should never think
+that other people are indebted to us or obligated to help us in return.  We
+should simply do things because we love doing them, not because we want other
+people to feel indebted to us.  Shantideva says:
+
+        The work of bringing benefit to beings
+        Will not, then, make me proud and self-admiring.
+        The happiness of others is itself my satisfaction;
+        I do not expect another recompense.
+
+  -- Traleg Kyabgon, from "The Practice of Lojong: Cultivating Compassion
+     through Training the Mind", published by Shambhala Publications
+