I didn't write this, but I definitely feel this is a perfect way of describing what we're all going through.
1.You will receive a body. You may like it or hate it, but it’s yours to keep for the entire period.
2.You will learn lessons. You are enrolled in a full-time informal school called, “life.”
3.There are no mistakes, only lessons. Growth is a process of trial, error, and experimentation. The “failed” experiments are as much a part of the process as the experiments that ultimately “work.”
4.Lessons are repeated until they are learned. A lesson will be presented to you in various forms until you have learned it. When you have learned it, you can go on to the next lesson.
5.Learning lessons does not end. There’s no part of life that doesn’t contain its lessons. If you’re alive, that means there are still lessons to be learned.
6.“There” is no better a place than “here.” When your “there” has become a “here”, you will simply obtain another “there” that will again look better than “here.”
7.Other people are merely mirrors of you. You cannot love or hate something about another person unless it reflects to you something you love or hate about yourself.
8.What you make of your life is up to you. You have all the tools and resources you need. What you do with them is up to you. The choice is yours.
9.Your answers lie within you. The answers to life’s questions lie within you. All you need to do is look, listen, and trust.
When I started this blog I truly didn't expect that anyone would actually read it I rarely glimpse at my statistics other than the stats that tell me overall numbers so you can imagine my shock when I popped into my statistics page and decided to see exactly who my readers are and discovered this wee little blog is popular mainly in the USA and Canada which I'd expected but the #3 spot in popularity is South Korea and #4 would be Denmark #5 is the UK and so I must say to all of my international readers Welcome Aboard the Tooth Fairy Express and please remember to lock your tray table place your seat in the upright position secure your belongings and prepare for a (sometimes) bumpy ride
Recently a teacher kicked a student out of his class when the student said he didn't ''accept gays'' Another student stood by him and also was asked to leave The teacher was suspended 1 day without pay for violating the student's right to free speech This made me think that even though the student was parroting his religious and parental upbringing he did have the right to say what he did if it was done in a respectful and thoughtful manner I was wishing the instructor could have had a ''teaching moment'' at that time to combat ignorance but it's pretty tough to go against many generations of bigotry After much thought I realized I don't like what the student said but true freedom in America comes from allowing ALL groups to have their say not just the ones we collectively approve of
My parents lied to me Not all the time, mind you they were right when they said the monster I had envisioned in the closet didn't exist but they lied when they said if you were a good person worked hard didn't get into trouble walked the straight and narrow were responsible took care of everyone around you loved your friends and family then you would be rewarded I hate to say it but it seems the ones getting the lion's share of the pie are the ones who didn't and don't adhere to those philosophies I'm sitting here watching the mean people the screw ups the liars the users pass me by without a backward glance as I hang onto my straight and narrow branches alone
I have a little etiquette advice for people Even if you know someone wont be able to make an event you're planning due to distance work obligations short notice health reasons I highly suggest you invite them anyway because as most of us already know hearing about an event you weren't invited to is so much worse than having to refuse in the first place
The Internet is a powerful tool and even if you admit it or not we've all been guilty of doing a bit of light ''checking out'' Googling names of friends and acquaintances finding out where a lost love is now living reading marriage and divorce certificates or seeing what that mean girl in high school looks like 30 years later so imagine my shock and dismay when I found out way more than I ever should know about someone I was aghast and appalled by the information I saw The sad part of this is I can never see this person again in the same way this experience has caused me to stop looking up people because even a little bit of searching and digging no matter what you call it is really just stalking
There's a reason I don't watch much television I was walking by the TV last night there was a new reality program on it's called ''Downsized'' about a blended family (above) hit with tough economic times after losing their home to foreclosure and declaring bankruptcy they are using food stamps and are on a type of welfare program in Arizona The went to a financial planner because they couldn't meet the final $300 of the rent on their new place during this question and answer session with the planner they revealed (and defended) they were spending $500 a month eating out $5 a day on Starbucks coffee $145 a month for a child's cheerleading lessons $85 a month on cable TV Plus: every kid has a cell phone
Holy cow Do these people not get it? They are on public assistance and still spending $1200 a month on crap like this ? This show was enough to have me shaking my head and talking back to the television screen especially when the 14 year old sold his prized baseball mitt for the final $100 and they were miraculously able to meet their rent payment (albeit a week late) While I think it's great the kids are starting to understand the situation Personally if this happened to my family My God I would have sold plasma or whatever it took to have avoided putting my kid through something like that
