8-11-2011...THOUGHTS ON THINGS I'VE LEARNED
Over the years I have learned a lot of things. I certainly have learned that I am hard headed and stubborn. I'm sure not proud of that fact but it IS' a fact. I'd like to think that I've learned lots of more worthwhile things. Like knowing that it is much easier to laugh than it is to cry. I learned by doing, by seeing,by listening, but most of all by experiencing. I've learned that if I failed it was not my Parents fault or anyone else' for that matter. There is a song by Johnny Cash vowing that Mamma tried.
Mamma and Daddy taught me right from wrong and gave me the tannings if I didn't listen. So Whatever has gone wrong is MY' fault.
Some of the things we face now were so much easier in my youth if in fact they were faced at all. Things have gotten so complicated now and I still cling to the things that were so much more simple. Our philosophy was slow down and live life, smell the roses because they are here a short time just the way we are and it would be such a shame to miss that sweet fragrance. Now some seem to live on the plan or get them before they get you. How sad.
I have pity parties at times. I know they are a waste of my time as well as anyone else' time but I still find myself knee deep in them. Good Grief! How stupid is that? Sometimes it is heartbreaking to remember my past but most time my heart is warmed by it. When I face something now that I think is impossible I just have to stop and remember the difficult times my parents had and I realize how easy I've had it. Boy I get off my pity party fast.
The love my Parents gave me sustained me through many times when it felt like no one loved me. They taught me my self worth, and that No one is better than me but I am better than no one. When I was under the teaching and example of my Parents it was easy to see the good in everyone now it is hard to find good in some people. I am ashamed to say that there are some that I have never found any good in no matter how hard I try.
Trying to tell the youth what we have learned from experience usually falls on deaf ears. I didn't always listen either it just doesn't seem like I had as much to learn as youth do now. I learned so many things the hard way even with my Parents right there to guide me.
I am not as fast or alert as I once was so I've learned to slow way down so I don't make so many mistakes. Age does that to you don't ya know!
There are not enough words in the dictionary to express how very much the people who have been in my life have meant to me. My Parents, My Brother Norman, My sweet Son Richard who gave me so much Joy. To my friends that have come and gone throughout my life and left a part of them with me. My Friends of here and now who are so very important to me. All I can say is Thank you for being there. Thank you for being such a vital part of my life. I appreciate you all more than you'll ever know!!! My Parents taught me to tell everyone that are close to me, I Love You every chance I get just in case one time is all I've got. SOOO!! I LOVE YOU!!!
