| Things You've Learned and Advice You'd Pass On Now That You're Over 40
Posted: 2/10/2006 3:29:05 AM | Hello getgo and welcome. It is fun in here and addictive. Fair warning.
I agree with so much of what everyone else has already stated, but I add a few of my own from my own experience in living with others -- working with others.
Don't yell, it does absolutely nothing but aggravate the situation.
Don't think that because you are educated, and know your subject, that the other person who may not be-- isn't entitled to an opinion.
Don't be afraid to agree to disagree and forget it. Move on.
Realize that all we meet have flaws and you must be able to see past those to the beautiful person within.
Don't take someone's else's idea/project/writing/research as your own and profit by it.
Love and be good to that person in the mirror.
If you don't intentionally hurt or offend others -- you will always sleep well.
Never pass up the opportunity to smile.
Don't give advice. Listen instead, as usually, advice not asked for, although well-intentioned, will only fall on deaf ears. | |
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| Things You've Learned and Advice You'd Pass On Now That You're Over 40
Posted: 2/10/2006 7:15:32 AM | The older I get, the less tolerant I am of all the drama in life. Everything isn't a major deal...one has to pick and choose the things that one will allow to tweak one's self. Not every person in one's life is worth making oneself crazy over and at some point, people who aren't adding something positive in one's world are dead wood (or actual leeches) and one may want to think about cutting them loose. (Proper grammar is a pain, isn't it (and it STILL may not be correct!)? That's another lesson!)
Welcome new folks! Good morning All! Happy Friday! | |
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| Things You've Learned and Advice You'd Pass On Now That You're Over 40
Posted: 2/10/2006 7:48:06 AM |
Getting up for work on Monday morning isn't any easier at 50 than it was when I was 25.
GoodDay, true enough, but try looking at it from a different perspective. At 25, getting up Mondays, you got to look forward to 30 -- 40 more long years of even more Monday mornings to get up and go to work -- 30--40 years, yawning ahead of you! And now aren't you happy that, like paying off a loan, you are nearly FREE to do what you want?  | |
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| Things You've Learned and Advice You'd Pass On Now That You're Over 40
Posted: 2/10/2006 8:00:35 AM | Well I'm not one for chit chat in a forum but ... Hi to you guys.
I learned young that if you read the rules before you play the game you will have a much better time and may piss off a few people that haven't read them but hey its only a game.
maybe that was a second point
[a game is only a game but... using modern concepts that I learned later in life ... called game theory ... all of life can be treated like a game ... bit scarey to some but fun for the rest of us.]
Damn... I sure learned how to curse .. tabernac... in more than one language.
and i learned that cursing helps you fix cars.
On a serious note: some personal quotes I devised in my university art eara.
"mistakes are the creators"
"time is an excuse not to do something"
"life is kenetic performance art"
clechés I liked and used for titles in some art videos ....
"Tomorrow Never Comes" "Forever is a Long Time"
so I learned to use the words wisely
I'm so old I'v learned so much and like that pink bunny could go and go and go but
hey I think that's enough for now.
Oh and you may get a second chance but its not as good as the first opportunity,
still its better than the third.
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| Things You've Learned and Advice You'd Pass On Now That You're Over 40
Posted: 2/12/2006 10:14:27 AM | Hi Good Day, in response to your "what you'd pass on to others...your kids or anyone else who might take another lesson."
I would say to find community where ever you are...or keep in touch with community! To know self and to realize your potential...as youth or adults....one must be a part of a larger world. | |
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| Things You've Learned and Advice You'd Pass On Now That You're Over 40
Posted: 2/12/2006 10:55:34 AM | Believe nothing you hear and only half of what you see.
"Free, Unlimited, Lifetime, Forever" ...isn't.
Credit Cards are not income. Owing money makes you weak and powerless.
Earn a college degree for enlightenment, not employment.
Blood is not thicker than water.
If betrayal bothers you, keep your mouth shut and your head down.
Knowing HOW TO THINK is more important than what or who you know. | |
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| Things You've Learned and Advice You'd Pass On Now That You're Over 40
Posted: 2/15/2006 12:03:52 PM | I've learnt never let the past get in your way. It can destroy your inner being.
What goes around comes around and man do I enjoy watching it come around.
Your children are the key to your heart, enjoy them and tell them you love them everyday.
If I could turn back time..........I wouldn't of learnt the lessons I have.
Enjoy life to the fullest it is to short to waste.
Life is a story book we each write our own page.
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| Things You've Learned and Advice You'd Pass On Now That You're Over 40
Posted: 2/17/2006 4:29:44 AM | ok....here goes:
*I have learned that taking life's problems on with a sence of humour gets you through them.
*The phrase "do you REALLY want to know what I learned in my six years as a soldier?" gets you out of fights in bars.
*That an 11 year old boy can talk more than any girl I have ever met.
Children sleep so we can remember why we love them. (c'mon...who can resist them then...you forget that they put the cat in the dryer, a piece of cheese in the vcr, and even the fact that when you buy a van so they have their own seat, they will still find something to complain about like, "she is looking out my window" lol)
*that having a boyfriend who threatens to do the "oompah loompah dance" in public is actually really funny and not so mortifying as you may have thought when you were 20.
*That people can see a triple bypass scar on your chest and be awed at how tough you were rather than grossed out by the fact life has given you scars.
*Power windows were designed not to make life easier, but to make you realize that the crank ones never got stuck down in a rainstorm. (* see notes on 11 year old boys fascinated by playing with power windows*)
*That Kegal exercises are the most valuable ones to learn and practice for a myriad of reasons.
*That I can drink rum all night and be fine, but a glass of wine can make me go "boneless" (*see....sliding out of chair in public*)
*I learned that no matter what side of the door my dog/cat is on...they want to be on the other side.
*The same people who said..."you're pregnant AGAIN? when I had my fourth child now tell me they wish they had more children.
*That when you are overweight, people sometimes act like your brain is somehow "lost in there". And when you lose weight those same people all of a sudden want to be your friend.
*That you know you are getting older when you go to the DMV and realize you actually LIKE your driver's licence picture.
*That men often think you are sexier without makeup sitting by the river fishing and baiting your own hook, than when you have spent hours on your hair and makeup.
*That knowing how to hold a good conversation lasts you whole life, while looks fade.
*That I talk too much. lmao
*That my real friends appreciate that I talk too much.
*Honesty, integrity, compassion, loyalty, ethics, faith, spontaneity, adventurousness (is that even a word?) flexibility,perseverence and humour are some of the best words to live by.
*That when you are given a second chance to live, you need to LIVE...not sit around feeling sorry for yourself.
*That you can teach people more by what they see you do, than by what you say to them. (especialy children)
*That there is nothing wrong with us "nice people finishing last" The joy is in finishing...not in being first.
*That when you lose someone, you suddenly would give anything to hear the same story you heard a thousand times...just one more time.
*That a one paragraph email written to a friend saying you are thinking about them is more appreciated than one hundred "forwards".
*That you are never too old to learn something new, and you should welcome every opportunity to do just that.
****And finally...(knowing I talk too much, even in forums) That happiness is something we choose for ourselves. No matter what anyone does for us, says to us, etc. we are only truly happy if we decide that is what we want to be. And most of all....that happiness in yourself brings the same out in everyone around you....it is contagious! | |
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