QUESTION #6 - March 19, 2008
So consensus says that posing new questions at two-week intervals works better for everyone. More time to ponder without feeling overwhelmed or obligated. So I'm going to try every other Sunday, today excepted. As for my answer to the last query, I have for a long time envisioned myself contributing to the world of disenfranchised souls around the globe. I have imagined foregoing all the everyday trappings to plunge into life at an orphanage afar, and I have fantasized having the right means and resources to build and oversee a big plot of beautiful land a few hours outside of New York City where all the lost, homeless, fractured and in need adults and kids alike can create a new family. We'll see.
As for QUESTION #6 -- IF YOU COULD GIVE ONE PIECE OF WISDOM TO SOMEONE SPECIAL IN YOUR LIFE WHO IS 10 YRS YOUR JUNIOR, WHAT WOULD YOU TELL THEM THAT YOU YOURSELF DIDN'T KNOW THEN AND DO KNOW NOW?
As for QUESTION #6 -- IF YOU COULD GIVE ONE PIECE OF WISDOM TO SOMEONE SPECIAL IN YOUR LIFE WHO IS 10 YRS YOUR JUNIOR, WHAT WOULD YOU TELL THEM THAT YOU YOURSELF DIDN'T KNOW THEN AND DO KNOW NOW?
Even though I have been learning this lesson for the past 30 years or so, it rings true now more than ever:
Do the bold thing. (But do temper it with love and consideration for your loved ones.) Take the bold stance, do what your heart cries out to do, take the scarier, but more rewarding path. Don't let the whimp in you define and determine the outcome of your days and your life.
The times that I have failed to make the bold choices are the times that I regret. So listen to your heart. Years are short, but memories are enduring. The bold things are exactly what make your life beautiful. Not the meek things.
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I would tell them that whatever they do in this life, make sure they make a difference in someone else's. I personally have been so touched and inspired by others as I've grown up and older and I now live my life accordingly. One day standing before God, I hope to hear the words "Well done my good and faithful servant"
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DON'T DRIVE DRUNK!!! I stopped years ago. I've known 6+ people in the past few years who've been popped.
Even an expensive two-way cab ride is cheaper than a DUI.
Driving drunk is selfish, dangerous & life-debilitating. Like life doesn't suck often enough when you do have a driver's license?
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Don't be afraid of open your heart everytime;just because you been hurt before,lied before,betrayed before;doesn;t mean you;ll deprive youreself of meeting someone wonderful and be happy,everybody is deferent,everybody can teach us something,life s about learning; hopefully for the best
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my advice: Enjoy the fish while you're reeling it in; because once you get it in the boat, it's over.
To me this means life is full of hard work. Achieving goals takes hard work. Whether you are at your job, painting your house or washing your car - Enjoy the pain and sacrafice. If a sacrafice is worth making, it's worth enjoying. If you don't enjoy putting the time in, it becomes work.
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I've learned this longer than 10 years ago.
1) Be authentic to yourself and others.
2) Some times, the slow passings of time, are truly those that give the greatest reward.
3) There is a great difference between "want" and "need".
4) Always count, and be grateful for, your blessings.
5) Give to others with a full heart and without the need for recognition.
6) Laugh a lot.
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I wish that with one touch I could ease your pain, and protect you from its future grasps, but, this would change your intended destination, restrict you from knowing your own power, and deny you the opportunity to find the person you are meant to become.
Rather than just offering you my advice and limiting your adventure, I will share the essence of my experience, and hope that this will lead you to your own answers.
Every situation in your life is neutral in origin, giving you the opportunity to assign its meaning. Walk away from your books, television, journals, and stop seeking counsel from others; they are your escapes. Instead, just sit and ask yourself why you wish to seek, what you hope to find, and how you will proceed.
Before you continue, you should find peace with these answers. They will invariably determine the quality of the wisdom that will be revealed to you. Then, let them all go. If you hold them too tightly, you will miss the point of the ride, and the many answers to questions you never even thought to ask.
If you wish to only experience joy, love, and peace, then this is not your path.
But, if in your heart you know that to fully appreciate and comprehend these emotions, you must also explore pain, fear and confusion, then this road will lead you to understand the purpose for all of these in your life.
As these feelings dance around you, let yourself get caught in their magical rhythm. Do not let your head judge these feelings, but instead ask your heart to embrace the intensity and understand the meaning of each. Learn about them all. If you know more about a few, then you know less about the others, and less about yourself.
If you devote yourself entirely to recognizing and distinguishing each emotion, you will see that these are your tools. They will help you remove the layers of restrictions that you have placed upon yourself, and ensure that your wings and life's work will be exposed.
Even with all of this, in the end, the experience of searching and finding is unexplainable and unimaginable until you dive naked into its arms, shouting for retribution, gratitude, expansion, and mercy.
If you do decide that this is what you wish to do, just live the questions and you will live your way to the answers.
Then I would sit back and listen to them, as invariably, they teach me more about life every day.
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If you have a vision in life and you are sure of it, don't waist too much time to fulfill it. And make sure you enjoy it.
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I would tell them...you are 19 years old...you have the world ahead of you...don't have regrets...do whatever you want to do as long as you aren't hurting yourself or someone else in the process. Remember life isn't always fair so if you are going to be dumb you better damn well be tough and try to stay as healthy as possible. You are the only you that you have and are not easy to replace.
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Always wear a helmet when I tell you.
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