Comments on: Cogito, ergo doleo. Doleo, ergo sum.

By: warrior scout

warrior scout — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 15:36:10 +0000

you really echo some of my own feelings currently. i keep plodding along because all this imperfection in my life is still strides better than my life before 12 step. it’s a process. (and it’s about acceptance, too) hang in there- you’ve got plenty to work toward…

By: Alan Butterworth

Alan Butterworth — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 15:20:26 +0000

Hi from South Africa,
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Thanks
Alan Butterworth

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 14:50:29 +0000

LOL - Cognito just kind of makes sense, too. Somewhere else I read a post which used that word, kiind of a Latin mashup, and suggested it’s meaning would be “I am aware of my ego.” So it’s a good and useful word, even if it isn’t a real one.

By: Marc

Marc — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 22:30:49 +0000

I’m so embarassed I said “Cognito” instead of “Cogito. ” I knew that! (I was clearly influenced by “incognito”–which is Italian not Latin.) I believe the two verbs are “cogere” for “to think” and “cognere” for to know”

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 01:12:30 +0000

I hate it too. The irony and humor in my employment at a place that prides itself on being the place to buy “everything to organize anything” makes me nearly pee laughing

By: Mary (MPJ)

Mary (MPJ) — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 00:08:30 +0000

I hate that getting life back together requires the organizational skills I’m lacking that helped get me into the mess in the first place. Glad that DA is helping. It has helped us and things are slowly getting better.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 22:07:12 +0000

I relied on someone else’s misspelling, but ‘cognito’, which I had originally thought was correct is also incorrect due to the placement of the word in the sentence.

The correct phrase would be “Cogito, ergo doleo.”

“cogito, ergo sum.” Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. 08 Aug. 2008. .

By: Marc

Marc — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:39:42 +0000

Boy, my neighborhood has a fairly inshape mattress on the street every 20 minutes. I’m sleeping on one, in fact. Do check out the Salvation Army.
I’d say your route to manageability lies in the tight embrace of incrementalism. Taken as a whole, your challenges are overwhelming. Taken as a problem that needs to be solved at the rate of 1/365 a year, then perhaps it not so huge. If fact, taking every thing you owe and dividing it by 365 might be a pretty effective technique. Owing $20 a day is rather less intimidating, than whatever 20 x 365 is.
At the risk of being obnoxious, I am the son of a Latin teacher, so I must note that that “I think” is “Cognito” -with a “g”