What could you have done better?
For me, I learned patience, forgiveness, love.
I would have educated myself more, and traveled more.
Hey, I still plan to.
2006-12-08 06:50:53 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
I am in the Army, deployed to Iraq for my second time. I have learned that it is so easy to take the good things in life for granted. I love my wife and my children so much, but it wasn't until I was separated from them with the thought that I may never again be with them, that I realized how much I had taken for granted. It started with thinking about them and then branching off into other areas of my life. People naturally get sidetracked in life and become the people that they never thought they would be.
Understand how precious life is and never take it for granted. Seeing first hand all of the life being taken away so much here in Iraq is so heartbreaking. The people of Iraq do not deserve to be going through what they are dealing with each day. I will be very cautious to not take things in life for granted any longer.
2006-12-08 07:42:28 · answer #1 · answered by Jeremy S 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
In the course of my 27 years of existence, the following are some of the greatest lessons I have learned:
:: You reap what you sow.
:: Respect for others will ALWAYS go a long way.
:: Anger begets anger.
:: Joy is what we should all have because joy does not depend on our circumstances and situations.
:: Life is ALWAYS worth living when you're living it not for your glory but for the glory of your Maker.
:: Love that is pure and real TRULY encompasses ALL.
:: When you have self-control, the following will be harnessed in you as well: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness and gentleness
2006-12-09 03:40:06 · answer #2 · answered by Alias G 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That I can learn something from every person I meet.
Since I can't go back in time and the experiences I have had are mine whether good or bad and since I have learned from past experience, I would say there is nothing I could have done better. I tried. At least I tried. And my past makes me who I am.
2006-12-08 07:01:25 · answer #3 · answered by Misha 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Don't be so self-centered. I would keep in touch with the friends I made, not just the one's who I thought were important or the one's that could help me with my career. I would love more, laugh more and realize not everyone that is in the world is going to have to conform to my way of thinking. I keep learning and growing in order to stay young, but I still keep my opinions, so that I can remain true to myself. And lastly, if something or someone is important to my very being NEVER let someone take it from me.
2006-12-08 06:58:32 · answer #4 · answered by Maggie P 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
remember gandhi's quote...i tend to quote him on everything
" live as if you were to to die tomorrow, learn as if you were to live forever."
that is the greatest leason i have learned.....this is an excellent question your learned lesson will take u far if u practice it and in everything u do there is always present the possibility of improvement. that is what i have learned. patience forgiveness and love are the highlights of the idealistic human being. pleace practice ur beliefs! u will be an exceptional human being! they can set one free from the shackles of prejudice and vegeance on morality
i beleive toleration is yet another ideal characteristic
2006-12-08 08:42:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
My day replaced into super! I worked on the barn this morning commencing at 9am, and ended at 2 o'clock, then I have been given my well known horse- the only Im leasing, and we went for an remarkable experience. i desired to do flat artwork, at present when you consider that I even have leaping lesson the next day, so she replaced into working amazing on the bit; she has the trot and walk down pat (on the bit I advise) and have been engaged on getting that physique on the canter, yet at present she placed her head down extra once I asked and picked up slightly, so shes coming alongside. common, an remarkable day with horses=]
2016-10-14 07:00:53 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To say "I LOVE YOU" to those who are living. I learned a few years back when an older friend of mine died suddenly that I had never told him that I loved him. I did love him and I made up my mind from that day forward to never hesitate to say "I Love You".
My Mom recently died, she had been sort of a hard liner most of her adult life, in the end she needed round the clock care which I gladly gave her. I wondered during her last days as she looked helplessly to me if she had regrets that she hadn't said "I Love You" nearly enough. I know that she did, but I would have liked to have heard it more.
2006-12-08 07:37:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love, and be loved in return.
I also believe that learning to be happy with yourself and your life is a very great lesson.
2006-12-08 08:33:08 · answer #8 · answered by Liz 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My greatest lesson learned is undoubtedly forgiveness and the love of Jesus for me no matter what I may do, say, or think, He still loves me.
2006-12-08 07:47:34 · answer #9 · answered by Lewis P 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would learn that the most of the things in my life that I was so concerned with and put so much energy and time into, were not really important at all.
2006-12-08 06:54:57 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋