What have you learned about yourself these past few years?

Answer 1

I learned that the older i get the bigger the list gets of people that can kiss my a**{:o)

Answer 2

1. Cope with missing a loved one
2. How to cope with bordem
3. How to cope with living alone
4. How drinking does not solve you problems
5. If your not happy where you work, move on
6. Helping others does actually help yourself, unfortuneately your're unaware of this most of the time though.
7. How to find new hobbies.
8. That if you don't take a risk, you'll never know
9. Don't act like your the center of the universe (Except your own)
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Answer 3

True Self-ishness always leads to joy, because it is motivated always by
the desire to feel as good as possible. It is only when we are Self-ish
enough to be, do and act in accordance with our desires (not someone
else’s) that it is possible to stay balanced. Energetically speaking, a
desire is a rush of life force energy, a connection to the divine inner
self, which can never result in actions that are harmful. It is only
when true desires are blocked that they become twisted and ugly. This
statement goes against the common wisdom that human nature is greedy,
violent and primitive. Human nature is precisely the opposite: we are
born knowing ourselves as powerful, eternal, spiritual beings. Petty,
competitive, churlish and violent behavior must be
overcome with suitable practice. Observe your family, friends
and coworkers. Almost all of them are good people, trying to do the best
they can. It would simply not be possible to build a sophisticated
society if human nature was so base. All successful societies are based
upon cooperation, not competition. Competition works not because it is
adversarial, but because it inspires teamwork. Ask two angry guys to get
something constructive done, it is not going to happen. All
success is based upon cooperation. That is because we live in an
attraction based universe.

These natural impulses are supposed to be dangerous because they stem
from a primitive survival instinct. But human being has a bette mind
than animals. Just look around at the mess the world is in! But that is
a delusional assertion, a denial of the basic nature of consciousness
itself. The natural impulses of human nature stem from a connection to
life force, and it is resistance to this divine impulse which causes the
selfish behavior people object to.

If you observe people you will quickly see that those persons who are
most alive are full of desire, and those who look lifeless have little
or no desire. Desire = life force. Shut off desire = selfish behavior.
It's ironic that selfish behavior actually results from self-denial.

Human nature is not a primitive, biological instinct based on survival
of the fittest, it’s a pure connection to source energy. It is divine.
It's only when that connection is closed off that selfish behavior is
demonstrated. Every one of your desires is, in its non-resisted state,
joyful and balanced, because that is an inherent property of
consciousness itself. True selfishness is allowance of desire, without
resistance, and results in the impulse to give freely to others. But it
is first necessary to allow that impulse within yourself.

http://kjmaclean.com/Selfishness.html

This is what I have learned.

Answer 4

That I am stronger than I ever thought possible.

I survived an abusive marriage, the grief of losing my parents and oldest brother.

Fighting daily to survive debilitating pain and disability of multiple illnesses.

Answer 5

that im getting too shallow and selfish and i feel like my brain is shrinking while my body is growing,so far ive learned that life is really hard and its a chain mysteries nothing more,and everytime u discover one u feel happy for a little while then you go looking for the next one !

Answer 6

That I'm growing older and that growing older is not for wusses.