Posted on 12/18/2005 11:08:33 PM PST by bannie
So...what HAVE you learned in the last 25 years?
that was beautiful!!!!
Ask me again in a year...
I have learned ALL!
I am now the ALL-knowing one!
For I know that ALL is a three letter word consisting of the letters A-L-L, meaning everything (or everyone).
:-)
Taste, inclination, bias, and opinion are not wisdom, no matter how hard media pundits try to convince you otherwise.
Everyone lies.
You have to stand up for yourself, because nobody else will.
If you can't put your own neck on the line, how can you expect others to?
The more I learn, the more I learn there is to learn.
Live your life, don't rationalize it away with excuses.
If you throw the party, be prepared to clean up after.
The human race is a cowardly one. Suppress your fear and people will marvel at the things you achieve, and never understand how you achieved it.
Discipline finishes what genetics start.
No judgement of a person based on their appearance survives a decade. Either time or familiarity will blind you to the truth -- which truth one is blind to depends on the character of the observer.
A man unwilling to defend his own life has nothing worth living for. Association with such people is generally dangerous.
A foolish man thinks money buys happiness. A wise man knows that money buys freedom.
Humans are shackled by their own minds. As a corollary, these shackles are weak and easily broken.
Good wine is a bandage for the soul. As with most bandages, a fresh application once a day provides the best results.
You are too funny Jim,This whole site but you look back at your teeth.
That life is what happens when you're making other plans.
I've learned that most of the fun in traveling is getting there.
Never, ever, ever, ever let a Democrat near a foreign policy decision.
I don't understand all I know.
...and...
Don't settle.
That my Mother and Father were RIGHT!
Measure twice, cut once. :-)
Um she asked what I learned in the last 25 years, not what took me 25 years to learn. That list would be FAR to long. I would crash the Free Republic Server. Might even cause the whole 'net to go down. :-)
That Jesus is Lord, and that fun and happiness are two very seperate things.
That telling your loved ones 'I love you' pays off...
That those who deny God can't be relied on for much of anything important...
That evolutionists can never under any circumstace countenance any challenge to their particular brand of religious dogma...
That some human beings have funny ideas about just how long 'forever' is...
That while my burdens are far too heavy for me to bear, they are not too heavy for the Lord...
That no matter how much trouble kids might be, they are worth every bit of it and then some...
That, in the final analysis, the only things that really matter in this world are people and principles...
I think that your reply was pretty good, with the exception- Get away from them cats, they"re saying now that they cause Schitzophrenia- and of course many, many other diseases.
Engage your oldest relatives asap, while they are still lucid. Learn everything that they have to tell you about your own heiritage.
I'm getting better at keeping my mouth shut. But it's going to take another 10 years or so for me to really raise it to an art form.
That some of the stuff I used to eat all the time back then can did give me a heart attack now. ( 6 Nov. '05, midnight )
They all lie, and they lie all the time.
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