Peace and Love: I don't know what that was all about, it's never happened before and not since then. When I clicked to enlarge the fonts the post would disappear!
If I had it to do all over again
... I think
it would be the same, with
one exception
As I raised my 3 daughters,
I sincerely attempted
to NOT DO the things that my
own mother had done
And to DO things that my
own mother failed to do.
I later came to realize
that 360 degrees from crazy
could still be crazy!
Oh Misti my dear woman
I know how very hard that is
Like a moth drawn to a flame
Only to be hurt over and over again
I spent a long time with no one,
no relationships, no boyfriends.
Not a thing, nothing but ME myself and I
I also needed some serious
psychiatric/therapist mental health
help. For I was raised in a crazy
family where I was essentially
trained to tolerate even the most
completely innapropriate behavior
without batting an eye.
Babs, isn't that the truth?
We all want to raise our kids the way we weren't raised, give them all the things we didn't get, and be the parents we think or parents should have been.
Then the circle continues in our kids when they have kids, and on and on and on!
You're right, a perfect 360 degrees.
I read an article in Dear Abby once entitled: "I'm not like my mother, but I wish I were" ... the author never thought she was like her mom, until she started maturing, and then they were like mirror images!
Setanta has sure hit the nail
on the head there, there are
way too many english speaking
persons who can't speak english
worth a fart in the wind
Granted, it is a difficult
language, but Good Grief
Charlie Brown - what DO
they teach kids in school?
Yes Misti
Isn't THAT the truth.
I have had a copy of
a book, and this is
not a new book, it has
been around for ages
and I personally have
had it in my house for
over 10 years. My own
therapist strongly
suggested that I read
it, and while I have
followed every other
suggested reading -
I have not, will not
read it!! I have started
once again, and it is
sitting there on my
nightstand, but so far
I have read only about
10 pages.
The title is:
"My Mother, My Self"
Dear London,
Hindsight is always
SO MUCH BETTER!!!
Darn, if I had done
the same as you
declare you wish you
had, I would be a
rich woman today.
But, then again:
I AM A RICH WOMAN
TODAY!! I am rich in
all the things that really
matter to me most!!
Friends
and my "own" family,
as opposed to the one born into.
castles of experience,
haylofts full of laughter,
the love of a lifetime
found in one's soulmate
in most unexpected places.
Naw - I would not change
a thing....not a white
hair on my head, not
a word I ever said
not my love for music, nor
my wanderlust for travel
my keen eye for photography
my choices in philosophy
Babs, you must be a poet, such beautiful words and rhyme! I love it!!
ACTUALLY I would like to go back to 1950 at my age THEN with the knowledge I have presently. I would make a fortune in the motorcycle field alone with all my knowledge & would not have to tamper in other areas. LOL
Smitty, I would like that too! The 50's were great years, as were the 60's and 70's ... Oh well, we can wish, huh?
You are right Misty ------- it is dreaming, but it would really be wonderful for I would only be 20 yrs of age (if put back to 1950) & so much has progressed since then, let alone the small field of motorcycling.
As I said in an earlier post on this thread, I would (or think I should) re-live it exactly as I have lived it, highs and lows. As Neitzsche put it, Amor Fati, love your destiny.
Why? Because it IS your reality, anything else is unsanity.
@JLNobody,
I would have more confidence in myself and my abilities, ealier. That's what I've learned from my life. But I would only want to have more confidence if it enhanced but didn't change anything overly drastically. I'm basically very happy with what I've done and had.
@aidan,
Good, Aidan. Congratulations!.
