Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more: it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
-- Macbeth, Act 5, Scene 5
Sonny Gianette That is a good philosophy. People called me "fatty" when I was a kid but I wasn't fat. However I believed them and got fat instead of looking at the truth.
Pretty much all of them. I can't seem to learn anything in an easy way. And I am still batting myself in the head over listening to my own truth and ignoring someone else's "shoulds."
Many of my life's lessons were learned the hard way. I think I have become much more empathetic as I have aged, finding when I judged others I was usually wrong or over simplified things.
So many things. Too many things. I am a slow learner, and seem to need to 'do it self'. A biggie? Some day this will seem insignficant. And there are 'traumas' from my yoof which definitely fall into that category. (And some which don't).
No, I haven't been to a real cabaret either, but I was using it as a euphemism for a good time. I've learned that life can be full of hard times... maybe that's how we can tell the difference.
To not judge a book by its cover.
ReplyDeleteLynn
ReplyDeleteAnd how did you learn this lesson? Were you judging someone? Surely not:)
ReplyDeleteNo matter how many times something is said and no matter how many are saying it, I need to decide for myself if its TRUTH to me.
Sonny Gianette
ReplyDeleteThat is a good philosophy. People called me "fatty" when I was a kid but I wasn't fat. However I believed them and got fat instead of looking at the truth.
Pretty much all of them. I can't seem to learn anything in an easy way. And I am still batting myself in the head over listening to my own truth and ignoring someone else's "shoulds."
ReplyDeleteOlga, and there in lies the rub.
DeleteThat you can't make someone love you who won't.
ReplyDeleteLisa, that is a very hard lesson for all of us.
DeleteThat what I think of myself is more important than what other people think about me.
ReplyDeleteJeanie, isn't that the truth!
DeleteNo - but I've heard it done often enough. :)
ReplyDeleteLynn, somehow I believe you have come across someone you thought you knew from their outer appearance and found out you were wrong.
DeleteMany of my life's lessons were learned the hard way. I think I have become much more empathetic as I have aged, finding when I judged others I was usually wrong or over simplified things.
ReplyDeleteTabor, you are right about that.
DeleteWhere do I begin?
ReplyDeleteThat if someone tells you little lies, they're hiding much bigger ones.
Riot Kitty, so very, very true!
DeleteThat I can't please everyone, no matter how hard I try.
ReplyDeleteSparkling Red,
DeleteIf only it was possible to do.
I know there's a lot I had to learn the hard way, but at my age... sorry to say... I can't remember.
ReplyDeleteKay, that is funny!
DeleteThat life is a cabaret. It's not really; it's not even close.
ReplyDeleteCube, I have never been to a cabaret, have you?
DeleteSo many things. Too many things. I am a slow learner, and seem to need to 'do it self'.
ReplyDeleteA biggie? Some day this will seem insignficant. And there are 'traumas' from my yoof which definitely fall into that category. (And some which don't).
Elephants Child, are you being wishy-washy?
DeletePretty much all of them. I kind of have a Missourian mentality. Show me.
ReplyDeleteArkansas Patti, my Oklahoma roots seem to require the ssme.
DeleteNo, I haven't been to a real cabaret either, but I was using it as a euphemism for a good time. I've learned that life can be full of hard times... maybe that's how we can tell the difference.
ReplyDeleteCube, I knew that:-)
ReplyDeleteSometimes a bridge that you burn, stays burned.
ReplyDeleteFather Nature's Corner
GB, I am dealing with that very thing now and it is perhaps the worse.
Deletemy greatest lesson was that i do not have all the answers and i learned it the hard way...whew!
ReplyDeleteBrite Mist, that was a tough one for Ron.
DeleteThis made me think a long time!
ReplyDeleteLying is too easy to get caught in- especially by your mother!
Plus, smoking is a foolish habit.
Snagle Tooth, I was always caught lying to my mother about smoking. Lol
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