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would you teach something if you could
Toolbabe
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as most of us are parents ....if there was something you look back on and wish you had taken a different stance, wish you could have taught a different view what would it be??
I wish I had taught them MORE that your family is the "best" people can be to each other and you will always want to go home ....so make sure you will always get a warm welcome because you have always been welcomeing to them.
to be rude is bad but sadest to someone you love, you may be able to ask for forgiveness but who wants to be in that seat. Dont say it and you wont have to eat it
Master mess sargent RRG
Oh my God! is the beginning of a prayer, not a one liner!
We come into this life with nothing, everything after this is our treasure[:D][:D]
I wish I had taught them MORE that your family is the "best" people can be to each other and you will always want to go home ....so make sure you will always get a warm welcome because you have always been welcomeing to them.
to be rude is bad but sadest to someone you love, you may be able to ask for forgiveness but who wants to be in that seat. Dont say it and you wont have to eat it
Master mess sargent RRG
Oh my God! is the beginning of a prayer, not a one liner!
We come into this life with nothing, everything after this is our treasure[:D][:D]
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(1) The road to Hell is paved with good intentions.
(2) No good deed goes unpunished.
A sampling of my favorite little truths:
We judge ourselves by our intentions -- others rightfully judge us by our actions.
If you want to know the truth from someone, bypass what he is saying and watch what he's doing. People put their actions where their truth is.
The time payment plan is an evil trap which should be avoided with rare exceptions. Mob loan sharks were the only people who used to demand over 5% interest on loans. People who charged 25% went to prison when caught, because such rates caused their victims to become desperate, indentured servants. So, if you don't have the dough jingling in your pocket, you can't afford something -- just because you think you "deserve" it.
Never pray for what you "deserve" -- if you got what you really deserved in life, you might not like it very much.
If you make a turn or change lanes in traffic without signalling, cruise in the passing lane without passing, or use your vehicle in an exhibitionist manner, you have broken the law, and everything subsequent to that is your fault.
Dating is a process of selection developed so that people could find a mate -- not an end in itself. But the other person's expectations may be different, or less healthy, than yours. You can't have healthy relationships until you learn how to end them, and move on to the next prospect, without a crisis every time.
Sex between 2 consenting single adults in a relationship is optional these days, but it no longer "means" you are getting married. Sex always bonds two people, except for sociopaths, whether they intend it to or not. If you get bonded to the wrong person each time you go out, you can waste 3 months to a year on each wrong dating partner. Also, avoid the sociopaths.
"Your ex" is no longer "yours," period. They are entitled to move on with their lives without your input, even when you share custody.
If you want to marry someone with a child from a previous marriage, you had better be willing to accept and parent that child, or else you are NOT a good match to marry that child's parent -- because it exists in the home before you, and deserves to be loved and cared for by any step-parent -- regardless of the additional parenting it may get from the biological parent during visits.
Family is important, but you also have to leave the nest. "You can't go home again" only because home as you remember it keeps changing, but "home is the one place where, when you need to go there, they have to take you in." And they probably will, even if it's not all that healthy for you or them. At least, they will until the folks pass away, and by then you better d*** well be self-sufficient or you will finally learn how the hard way.
Drunks & addicts don't have any rights. Cops, nurses, doctors, judges, spouses and employers decide what becomes of them at the end of the day. The only question is how often the drunk will volunteer for this surrendering of his rights.
"The homeless" are the same people we used to call bums, tramps and hobos. The reason why this is scary is that many homeless people are very bright, talented people who simply had no retirement plan, or lost their safety net and had no plan B. SAVE FOR THAT RAINY DAY.
Enough? I've got plenty more.
T. Jefferson: "[When doing Constitutional interpretation], let us [go] back to the time when [it] was adopted. [Rather than] invent a meaning [let us] conform to the probable one in which it was passed."
If I had kids, I'd teach them the two most important lessons that my father taught me:
(1) The road to Hell is paved with good intentions.
(2) No good deed goes unpunished.
The story of my life.
He had children and they visited she and he.
They seemed in aw of him and being her nurse I could not help being curious about the divits in his head and was concerned for his health too.
they all lived in homes around a lake the husband of the woman had dug for her as a wedding present , thier home was beautyful but on thier anniversaray he took her away to lift her spirits, they were gone for a year...... when she arrived home she was too happy for words , he was having a house for each of her family built around the lake so she would never be without them.
she always called him brother and he always called her sister. they never had a harsh word and they saked befor doing anything if that was what they wanted.
she had a stroke one night and I was called, I got thee in 10 min. and I lifted her into the car so he could take her. I followed behind and in the waiting room He was so frightened. I stayed till morning and she was doing so well she came home in a week.
in the waiting room he told me his mother always told the children that family is just another word for love and they would always have each other to count on even when they were old and grey.....so love for a long time and try to hate never.
he and his wife had workrd hard and payed back the broyher for the house and it was such a gift to benear the rest of his syblings. his sister was always finding ways to be kind to all the brother and sister in-law's so they could have love too.
he just wanted to be sure he was in the best health possible so he could care for her till she went to heaven ,He said, Thats why I had to live!
he and his wife had been home one night late when they heard a noise 2 men broke in and killed his wife and made him watch he wanted to die but they began to hit him with tools they had found under the kitchen sink.....they thought he had money.............they told him they had alresdy been to the first house and killed them, the thought that these evil men had killed his brother in law and sister was too much
his sister found him the next morning with holes in his skull and many cuts and stab wounds.......... as the years weny by he had a heart attack and each one of his fammily was burried.
yet he didnt want his sister to be alone so when he felt sorry for himself he realized love was best when given and he wanted to take care of his sister till it was her time to go.
he said there is nothing in the world worse than to be alone when you die.
This is what I meant when I said I wanted to teach them more....families are for love
Master mess sargent RRG
Oh my God! is the beginning of a prayer, not a one liner!
We come into this life with nothing, everything after this is our treasure
You are so correct about family, although I admit I've been somewhat remiss in this. I know of a situation involving a true gentleman with a somewhat handicapped child. He has planned his entire life around this child - how to protect the child today and how to protect the child after his own death, not only financially, but with loving family members. He understands in his bones just what this man with the misshapened skull feels.
How you doin'!
A dead intruder cannot testify against you in a court of law!
If they're still moving, put another round in them!
That's why I'm working in a call center now. Boy oh boy, "math is power", they sure had THAT pegged right.....