life have you learned by living? What you are told to do is not near as effective as what you have learned to do. Words do not have the impact of experience. Something you read may click, but something you have lived through, bitter or sweet, will stay with you forever.
2006-07-14 13:55:06 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
A quote by the great philospher Eric Enzyme, who was a real catalyst for change.
2006-07-14 13:59:31 · update #1
It is a question. It has a question mark and all the trappings of a real question. Why so inquisitive?
2006-07-14 14:00:52 · update #2
The lesson that our time on the planet is limited. When I was 25 my father had a triple bypass. At the time he only had a 40% chance of surviving the operation (he did survive). But spending 8 hours in the surgical waiting room not knowing what the outcome was going to be made me face mortality.
2006-07-14 14:56:00 · answer #1 · answered by genaddt 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I hate to tell you, but my own experience shows that even when you learn a tough "life lesson", you can forget it again. No lesson is guaranteed to stay with you forever. I've had experiences with friends dying, family members with cancer, a friend who went insane, tough choices about life, etc., but after a few years, especially if things are good again, the human capacity to forget really blurs the lessons learned.
Aristotle said that the one thing a person could never forget was learning the difference between right and wrong. A philosopher named Gilbert Ryle (20th C) added that, even if Aristotle was right, a person could fail to appreciate what he had learned.
I reckon Ryle is right, we might not completely forget the life lessons, but we can easily lose our appreciation of them.
2006-07-14 21:03:08 · answer #2 · answered by artful dodger 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Trying to keep a clean house with 2 young boys in it is a Sisyphean task.
2006-07-14 20:59:52 · answer #3 · answered by TXChristDem 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have learned to just get over it. sucky stuff happens and there is NOTHING you can do other than make the best of what you have. that and suppress the hurt feelings and never let them bubble up.
2006-07-14 21:01:56 · answer #4 · answered by me 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nobody will remember what you said. Everybody will remember how you made them feel.
Best wishes and God bless.
2006-07-14 21:00:36 · answer #5 · answered by bobhayes 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that living IS to learn
2006-07-14 21:12:47 · answer #6 · answered by ostrom57 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Treat others how you'd want to be be treated.
2006-07-14 20:58:54 · answer #7 · answered by m 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that tomarrow isnt promised for anyone
2006-07-14 20:59:53 · answer #8 · answered by d;lfkgmhklf,gh 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋