"Honesty is the best policy."
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"if you seek friends, show yourself friendly."
Well, I don't think it's black and white. Certainly people's personalities are what they are. I just meant that many (perhaps not most) people seem to sort of sleepwalk through life, do what's expected, without ever really asking themselves what they want and then DOING IT.
One nurse recorded the top regret of people dying in palliative care/hospice as this: "I wish I'd had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me." That's the kind of thing I mean.
"The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love, and to be loved, in return."
(I know.. I say this one often--I figure that if I say it often enough, then maybe one day I'll actually believe/and achieve it.)
"Avoid insects in general."
You get screwed over being nice all the time. People take advantage of you.
I would add, "There's a difference between kindness and niceness. Being nice means the other person is always first, no matter how you feel. Being kind means you recognize that other people are as real as you are, and you extend to them all the understanding and help you can without injuring yourself. Kindness is sustainable."
If you think about yourself a lot you're not thinking about it right
If you can't find peace within yourself there's no point looking for it elsewhere
If you can't find peace within yourself there's no point looking for it elsewhere
Do not die with your music still in you.
Oh, that is just so purrr-fect.
My biggies (that I've received):
"Never be ashamed to be smart." Any smarticle girls out there of a comparable age (40s) will know what I mean.
"You don't have to like everyone in the world, but you can always be polite."
"Be kind."
e.e.cummings' "To be nobody but yourself" was a source of great solace when I was younger:
"Never be ashamed to be smart." Any smarticle girls out there of a comparable age (40s) will know what I mean.
"You don't have to like everyone in the world, but you can always be polite."
"Be kind."
e.e.cummings' "To be nobody but yourself" was a source of great solace when I was younger:
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I think I just invented a new dance... kind of a bastardised hip-hop/ballet thing... inspired by some of the videos I posted last night. Flashdance/footloose etc)
This REALLY helped me-thank you!
You're welcome! It took me 42 years to figure that one out.This REALLY helped me-thank you!
I love that movie SO. MUCH.
Oh.. you won't see my dance, I was just doing it here in the kitchen while I was moderating.
Me too... it's what stops me from bumping him from #1... that, and The Long Way Down/Round series.