He wasn't going to squint his eyes to read essentially 6 point type that was handwritten. Since he had Mom on the Rolodex, it wasn't worth it to complain about it.
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He wasn't going to squint his eyes to read essentially 6 point type that was handwritten. Since he had Mom on the Rolodex, it wasn't worth it to complain about it.
When I think back, some of my own teachers were not too good at their job.
They were probably not naturally gifted for the work, but just thought they were. May have become older but not maintained their previous standard. I'm sure the training must now be better. Can hope so, anyway...
My teacher asked me to finish an assignment in second grade.....i turned it in just before leaving high school.
I'll bet those 14 years just flew by, too, didn't they?
14yrs???it was twenty five.
You might have broken my record... I didn't have the patience to pass math class, so I can't add it up to find out.
I didn't have the patients to successfully pass in medical school.
I was going to attend medical school. I passed the entrance exams and decided that I should probably choose a different vocation.
I mean, I passed out during the entrance exams and decided that I should probably choose a different vocation. Or whatever.
Well yes, it does sound as if your chances were faint.
Yep. I had to pick myself up and start anew. And I mean that I literally had to pick myself up.
Must have been an 'out of the body' experience. Bet it gave you a lift.
In the end. It was a sinking feeling at first, though.
Don't let it get you down.
I try not to. But I do feel a little flat when I pass out.
At least people will understand you're on the level.
Indeed I am. It's best to play it straight with people when you're feeling low.
It becomes harder when you find they are in the same position, just when you were thinking it couldn't get any lower....:rolleyes:
True enough. That's when you wake up, look around yourself, dust yourself off, and get back on your own feet. Only then can you help someone else in the same situation.
Absolutely. Being in a negative situation, and just looking for response from someone in the same situation, often results in a double negative, and cancelling each other out. Better to look for inspiration from someone who has something which can be admired, and then help yourself. Double positive!
People tend to look more toward another negative person when they're down in the dumps. Something about the blues makes us want to dwell in them rather than climb out. I used to bug folks at work with throwing positive outlooks at their complaints and although they appreciated my efforts, some took it to heart while others grunted and kept on complaining.
My outlook is this: At some point, you're going to get over it. It may be tonight, tomorrow morning, or early next week. If you know that you're going to eventually move beyond somebody's insult and smile again, why not just cut through the bad part and start smiling now. You'll feel better if you do. Some did just that, but most of them chose to ignore me.
Hey, whatever floats your boat is fine with me, but don't expect me to be funky just because you want to be funky.
That's exactly how I am. I can't afford to let the blues get to me, as I could well be deep down there long after the others have recovered!
Looking for someone with just the same problems is, to me, like saying you want to share your woes, but don't want to actually do anything about it. So no point in me being distracted enough to give too much time with my best, sincere opinion, if it's going to be time and words wasted.
I do think that does sound harsh but, deep down, it's honest. Best thing is to disguise it with some pleasantries, but still firmly not let the other person lead the way on their own negative terms. It just goes downhill.
'Deed it do. Some recognized what I was trying to do. A few actually managed to steer out of the pit and redirect themselves. I just think that if you're going to move on, best to move on sooner than later. Honestly, in a year, you won't remember why you were having a five-hour fit, so what's the value of having it?
I agree with your rationale...but that's perhaps not quite how it works in reality, because the emotion of the five-hour fit was indeed valid at the time. At least, to someone who has them. I suppress mine, so that's why I can easily understand and agree with your rationale. ;)
You would still have to experience the five-hour fit, and get through it, in order to live the additional year - even if, by then, you didn't remember that five-hour fit.
Life is too short. Curiously, we don't remember the 99.995% of the experience that is positive or generally not negative. We grab onto that 0.005% and never want to let it go, though. One of my cousins died late last year and was found by his brother and best friend. His brother expressed to me that he couldn't wash the memory of his death out of his mind's eye. I advised him that he had 50 years of loving memories of his brother and that he'd be cheating both of them if the only thing he carried beyond today is the most painful experience. I honestly believe that, but a grieving heart has a hard time wanting to believe that it shouldn't hurt forever.
You almost start to wonder, when confronted with all that degree of angst, if it disguises something significant that the other person is concealing deep in their heart, but just isn't saying.....
I think it's simply that if we knew it was the last time we'd see a loved one, we'd take at least a moment to say or show how much we love them. Failing to do that is an opportunity forever lost. And yet, we don't learn from that mistake.
In my own experience, it's just as well that, almost always, we don't know the final moment. It could hurt too much...and because we know we have to let go, it's often easier if we just do what we must.
I'd always wish for someone to slip gently away as life goes on as usual [[as it must), without them being aware of me falling apart. It wouldn't be good to be left with the feeling of that being their final memory of me. The good memories are all that are worth keeping.
The tears shed at funerals are for the living, not for the dead. We often fail to grasp that. I don't want to know how or when my time is coming. If all works well, I'll be 120 years old when a meteor falls from space and smashes me in my sleep the day after all of my favorite sports teams win championships and all of my books have been read to conclusion.
I often wonder if I'll freak out at not being able to see how a story arc on television will wrap up next week once the doctor tells me that my time is near. It's one of the reasons that I refuse to circle calendar dates or look past today for almost any reason. I don't care if it's snowing as long as I'm blessed with another day.
See how I neatly circled back to the original thread post?
I'm never in the dumps...[i've been in the dumpster afew times]but what the hay,live is short so i just listen to good music and sip on this wonderful elixur.
Yes, it was a neat move...but also, I must say that I open the threads in which you have a permanent residency without studying the title.
The thread title registers momentarily on the new posts list, but I just look to answer it straight in, like working at a call centre. If I have to think about a response for more than,say, a minute, I don't tackle it. I only ever have a certain amount of time available, so have to be very focused [[which is good for me, as I'm inclined towards thoughtfulness and introspection) - especially on Word Association thread, which is my default priority for response. Up to and over Christmas, there wasn't time to answer some of the regular threads, but I do read them all.
Some one made a comment a while back saying they just didn't get it - that the threads went in circles and don't go anywhere - but they were overlooking the spontaneity of the responses, which takes them to their own level and destinations.
And back to topic : do you really not circle calendar dates, or look ahead past today - ?
West what you smokin brother???these threads aern't supposed to go anywhere,you tryin to get us kicked off the air?
Ahem. Excuse me, mystical Arr&bee, but I'm doing my best to keep them on the air [[I've answered so many posts today, I'm beginning to know how King Kong felt, up on top of the Empire State, fighting the airplanes. Any more, and I'll need secretaries!)
So, of course I know some of these threads are unregulated in direction.
No, it was A.N.Other member who made the comment. Wasn't it Smark21 - who was then banned shortly afterwards, and became one of ' the dear deleted' - ?
I rest my case.
Ok i'm cool.
I remember you called us something like 'good, decent people', which was nice of you.
Deluded...but nice.....
I do not. When I plan a vacation getaway [[holiday) I'm as excited as anyone else. But in my experience, looking too far ahead made me miss a lot of what was going on in the present and the anticipation of the week away was never met with satisfaction once it arrived. It always seemed like I was back at home, wondering where the time went as soon as I got there.
Besides that [[and in a somewhat darker mindset), I don't know if I'll be around in six months to celebrate an event, so it's difficult to be excited for something that I don't already have. There's a Bible parable that tells of a man who put great effort into working and saving for his future. Once he finally met his goals, death arrived and said the following: 'Thou fool. Tonight thy soul shall be required of thee. Then whose shall those things be that thou hast provided?'
It's kind of hard to explain to others, I guess. But I'm less concerned about tomorrow than today.
Hey jerry,yesterday already forgotten,today is too,is tomorrow here yet i never know,i think i'm still here but i ain't signing nothing to prove it.
Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today? Today is a gift, that's why we call it the present.
Very neatly wrapped too.
I don't blame you at all for wanting to live in the moment.
Mind you, if you don't know if you'll be around in six months, you might as well assume you will be, rather than not. It won't make any difference to you, if you're not...
Yah. Besides, looking too far ahead is silly and looking too far behind will make you want to cry. Best to look around and enjoy yourself.