The hardest thing for me to learn is that just because you want something, doesn’t mean you’ll get it or that you are entitled to it.
This lesson is summed up in the old saying
“If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride.”
Anybody else have any hard lessons to learn?
–Gail
“Predictable, really I suppose. It was an act of purest optimism to have posed the question in the first place.” --John Cleese
You simply cannot change people; they are what they are.
So if they make you unhappy, annoy you or bore you, simply stop associating with them–just fold your tent and silently steal away. Nine times outta ten, they’ll never even miss you.
I’ll never get to do everything I want to do. (I don’t mean going to Disneyland, or stuff like that, but writing the novel, composing the opera, shooting the movie, painting the picture, etc.)
I can’t make everything better, no matter how hard I try.
I won’t post the correct answer to every General Question on the SDMB. (I’d settle for posting correct answers every time I try, but that’s not going to happen either!)
“And comb London’s teeming millions for him? Had we but world enough and time.”
Dorothy L. Sayers Murder Must Advertise
UncleBeer, your answer is the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard. What’s the matter with you? I am going to whoever runs this thing and recommending your immediate dismissal for such a dumb post. Geez.
(Just kidding…'cause his post was about not arguing, and I’m arguing…haha…ha …get it?)
The IQ of a group is equal to the IQ of the dumbest member divided by the number of people in the group.