On 2/7/2003 1:38:17 AM, Amanda Wilson wrote:

>he asked the question "Do we
>order happiness, sadness,
>irritation, excitement, or
>restlessness to come?" We may
>not order them to come
>however, we can order them to
>leave.
>Amanda Wilson

I respectfully disagree with this statement alone. I believe that we do order the aforementioned traits/emotions into our existence by our previous actions. Ex: One who saves their pennies over the long course will nonetheless be excited about it when the day comes to 'cash in'. It is a conscious choice that we all make to "order" these traits/emotions. We also sometimes "order" them out of our existance as well, and wonder why they happened in the first place. Sometimes foresight is hard to master as humans, but it can be a done. We need to look at the consequences of our actions and thus, "order" some sanity into our lives.