Salt of the Earth; Day222; #8 Irrational Belief-Independence

You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste (its strength, its quality), how can its saltness be restored? It is not good for anything any longer but to be thrown out and trodden underfoot by men.  Matthew 5:13 

MIT (Most Important Task)
1. 5Mile Time Trial
2. Update PerfMon with new systems ip
3. Read-Fifth Discipline, p80 [info]
4. Read-Transforming the Mind, p88 [ebook]
5. Read-Exchange2007 Training Kit, p92 [ebook]

0500, Breakfast; journal; 5Mile Bike
0600, Leave for work
1200, Lunch
1800, Back Home
1900, Dinner
2000, Read
2100, Relax
2200, Sleep

13 Irrational Beliefs p.41-43 Transforming The Mind
#8. You need someone stronger than yourself to rely on.
Dependency results in loss of individuality and self-expression. Your independent judgment and awareness of your particular needs are undermined by a reliance on a higher authority. This propitiative attitude leads to insecurity as the person is at the mercy of the other’s whim. This is dramatized in the need for a guru or religious Father figure. The rational person does not refuse to seek or accept help when necessary but strives for independence and responsibility, recognizing that risks, while possibly resulting in failures, are worth taking and that failure itself is not a catastrophe.

“Seek/accept help but seek for independence and responsibility. Avoid dependency”