What have you learned?

[Woofer]

What is the most important thing you ever learned?

[Burgold]

It is easier to count your curses than your blessings.
It is necessary to keep you eyes open.
When confronted by hatred, silence can be encouragement.

[Johnny Punani]

God really exists

[redskins2redskins]

Not to hate,and to never give up on yourself.
Also, to be as optimistic as you can be, but at the same time always be realistic as well.:)

[Teller]

That every good thread idea eventually goes to hell in a hand-basket.


*tick tock tick tock tick tock*

:)

[Bang]

Unfortunately, not to trust most people.
A lesson hard learned, at that.

~bang

[Bang]

That every good thread idea eventually goes to hell in a hand-basket.


*tick tock tick tock tick tock*

:)


Typical neo-con/ liberal/ muslim/ christian/ atheist/ war-monger/ pacifist response.


:silly:

~Bang

[zoony]

How to learn.


....

[rictus58]

That every good thread idea eventually goes to hell in a hand-basket.

:)

That because each and every ES member knows it all. I'm surprised there are a few individuals who had to gall to lie and said they learned anythings. ;)

[Mr. S]

everything happens for the best?

never underestimate anyone, rather treat them with the same respect you expect to be given. Everyone has something intelligent to say, if given the opportunity, no matter how young/old or what career they have.

[Zen-like Todd]

The more you know, the more you realize you don't know.

[redskins2redskins]

everything happens for the best?

never underestimate anyone, rather treat them with the same respect you expect to be given. Everyone has something intelligent to say, if given the opportunity, no matter how young/old or what career they have.


I don't think that everything happens for the best at least it doesn't feel like it when it's happening.:doh:

I agree with the second part all the way.:)

[DjTj]

I've learned that the best way to get someone to help you is to give them a way to help themselves.

[Woofer]

I don't think that everything happens for the best at least it doesn't feel like it when it's happening.:doh:

I agree with the second part all the way.:)

Sometimes bad things lead to good things.

From my own recent experience, I've been through some rough times this past year. I sunk very low. The good news is, I've learned who my friends are, and made some good new friends.

[SkinsOrlando]

I've learned that some people can never be pleased.

[redskins2redskins]

Sometimes bad things lead to good things.

From my own recent experience, I've been through some rough times this past year. I sunk very low. The good news is, I've learned who my friends are, and made some good new friends.

True and sometimes bad things lead to bad things too,lol.

Congratulations on the good news. :) :cheers:

[PleaseBlitz]

That you only get each moment once, so you might as well make the best of them all.

[KAOSkins]

That it's ok to not be rich. In terms of money. If you like what you do and you've got enough to get by, that's really all you need...everything else is gravy.

[Teller]

Typical neo-con/ liberal/ muslim/ christian/ atheist/ war-monger/ pacifist response.


:silly:

~Bang

With some racial overtones thrown in for good measure. ;)

*

Seriously though. The most important thing I ever learned, unfortunately, is that I am the only person I can 100% count on. And while on the surface that sounds all whiny and depressing, it's actually empowering.

[Woofer]

With some racial overtones thrown in for good measure.

Seriously though. The most important thing I ever learned, unfortunately, is that I am the only person I can 100% count on. And while on the surface that sounds all whiny and depressing, it's actually empowering.

I know how you feel. Yes, I've made some friends lately, but they have their own lives to lead.

[DeanCollins]

In life, you only get what you ask for.

Be careful what you ask for.

Reality will meet with your perceptions, good or bad.

Always have a plan "B".

Expectations lead to resentments.

Kant is an adjustment on a ski boot

When opportunity knocks, rip the door off the hinges

Life is not a popularity contest, if everyone likes me I must be doing something wrong.

The only thing that you have the power to change is yourself

Happiness is an inside job

[Blondie]

You can't make someone love you the way you want them to love you.

Blondie

[twa]

Patience, it helps keep a few idiots down here alive .

[Teller]

Patience, it helps keep a few idiots down here alive .

:laugh:

Nice.

(Of course, you could take a few of them out, in which case we might learn that Human Natural Selection is actually a good thing.) ;)

[DeanCollins]

You can't make someone love you the way you want them to love you.

Blondie

translation- learn to accept unconditional love ;)

[Blondie]

translation- learn to accept unconditional love ;)


Not really........learn to GIVE unconditional love.

And if you can't be with the one you love, love the one you're with.

;)

Blondie

[Henry]

What is the most important thing you ever learned?

Two things:

1) Don't sweat the small stuff
2) It's almost all small stuff

[redskins2redskins]

I've also learned as the saying goes....

It's better to have lost at love then to have never loved at all.:)

[Major Harris]

i've learned that being a dad is the greatest thing on earth, the only thing that comes close is being a kid.

[Bang]

Two things:

1) Don't sweat the small stuff
2) It's almost all small stuff

Sometimes the best advice is very little at all. Cheers to that, Henry.

~Bang

[dfitzo53]

All I'm asking for you to do
Is live by this simple creed I give to you
Just take five minutes out of your day
And rub somebody the right way
-The Rugburns

[Larry]

I'll second the comment of (paraphrasing): The only part of the World that you can change is yourself.

Mine is: A person's world view actually tells you a lot about them.

[SkinsNut73]

Joe Gibbs is a washed up bum and the game has passed him by....
Mark Brunnell sucks....
Dan Snyder's goal in life is to take every dollar he possibly can from my wallet...

Oh, sorry...wrong forum. :)



I've learned to tell loved ones how much they mean to you as often as you can before you no longer have that chance...

Life goes by fast if you let it, make sure you slow it down and enjoy each moment.

There is no greater feeling in the world than getting a hug and an "I love you Dad" from your kids each day.


Oh...and when the **** hits the fan, make sure you are not standing downwind.

[Park City Skins]

The strength we show to overcome the obstacles that life puts in our way should only be second to the strength we show to overcome those we put there ourselves.



See and accept people for who and what they are, not see and dwell on who and what they are not.

[Phantasm]

Confidence is a turn on:)

Oh, and last Saturday I (re)learned that I cannot dance, sober or drunk.

[Larry]

Erections lasting longer than four hours may be a sign of a serious condition.

:)

[redskins2redskins]

Erections lasting longer than four hours may be a sign of a serious condition.

:)

And you know people with this condition? Lucky you;) ;) Where are they?

[Drockvb]

It is not what you know.

It is who you know. :cool:

[pez]

That a new friend is right around every corner !!

Sorry... I like to take a positive approach to life.... :D

[Woofer]

See and accept people for who and what they are, not see and dwell on who and what they are not.

Wow. Good one.

[skinsmatic]

I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with catcher's mitts on both hands. Because, sometimes you've got to throw it back hard and fast.

[georgiaredskin]

God really exists
Amen to that!


All I'm asking for you to do
Is live by this simple creed I give to you
Just take five minutes out of your day
And rub somebody the right way
-The Rugburns

And you hath learned it well. :D

[ashburnskinsfan]

I'll offer two items: 'If' by Rudyard Kipling and the lighter 'My Way' by Frank Sinatra.


First Mr Kipling ...

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you
But make allowance for their doubting too,
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:
If you can dream--and not make dreams your master,
If you can think--and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it all on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!"

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings--nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much,
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And--which is more--you'll be a Man, my son!






And over to you Frank ...

And now, the end is near;
And so I face the final curtain.
My friend, Ill say it clear,
Ill state my case, of which Im certain.

Ive lived a life thats full.
Ive traveled each and evry highway;
And more, much more than this,
I did it my way.

Regrets, Ive had a few;
But then again, too few to mention.
I did what I had to do
And saw it through without exemption.

I planned each charted course;
Each careful step along the byway,
But more, much more than this,
I did it my way.

Yes, there were times, Im sure you knew
When I bit off more than I could chew.
But through it all, when there was doubt,
I ate it up and spit it out.
I faced it all and I stood tall;
And did it my way.

Ive loved, Ive laughed and cried.
Ive had my fill; my share of losing.
And now, as tears subside,
I find it all so amusing.

To think I did all that;
And may I say - not in a shy way,
No, oh no not me,
I did it my way.

For what is a man, what has he got?
If not himself, then he has naught.
To say the things he truly feels;
And not the words of one who kneels.
The record shows I took the blows -
And did it my way!

[Burgold]

Great thread. Almost healing.

Interesting note. Sinatra's My Way was orignally a French song written by Lyricist: Gilles Thibault, the English version we knew was adapted by Paul Anka

[Mass_SkinsFan]

A Couple Things I've learned in Life:

- Life Sucks. It always has and always will.
- Don't trust anyone. The only person who cares about you is you.
- Always bring a gun to a knife fight.
- Know your friends well, and your enemies better.
- A Smith & Wesson beats 4 Aces.
- Never underestimate the stupidity of human beings.
- No woman is ever worth the trouble or inconvenience.
- It's better to die or fail with your values than to live or succeed by giving them up.

[G-Prime]

1. Don't hate, but if you must do so equally.
2. Women need constant attention. Unless it's time for sex.
3. Putting buttered bread on the back of a cat and throwing him out a window to test a theory doesn't work... for the cat.
4. Dogs are smarter.
5. Nothing in the world beats a good woman, a good cigar and a good drive.
6. Redskins have sucked for nearly 50% of my lifespan.
7. The New Trilogy was a good idea done badly.
8. I never use algebra.
9. Disciplining my kid myself is much funner then having the government do it for me.
10. If I wasn't already married.. Blondie and I would be in Europe on our honeymoon ;p.

[Mr. S]

I don't think that everything happens for the best at least it doesn't feel like it when it's happening.:doh:

I agree with the second part all the way.:)

it's iffy, I mean, I feel nothing ever goes right in my life. But it's all subjective, if you think it's that bad, then it will be, and vice versa. I guess I just believe that there is a reason why things happen is all, that may make you stronger or enlighten you as to who you are and what you want, etc....

I could give numerous examples, but one is I probably won't be going to a great law school based on my LSAT score, but I hope to excel at whichever school I end up in. I was always rediculously lazy in high school/college, I pulled good grades w/o trying, but I felt if I tried, I woulda had a higher gpa and whatnot, had more extracarriculars, made more contacts, etc.... I don't want to repeat that when my future career is on the line.

[pez]

A Couple Things I've learned in Life:

- Life Sucks. It always has and always will.
- Don't trust anyone. The only person who cares about you is you.
- Always bring a gun to a knife fight.
- Know your friends well, and your enemies better.
- A Smith & Wesson beats 4 Aces.
- Never underestimate the stupidity of human beings.
- No woman is ever worth the trouble or inconvenience.
- It's better to die or fail with your values than to live or succeed by giving them up.

Another thing I am learning.....

Don't live life by MSF's teachings... or you will wind up alone and miserable...

[Mass_SkinsFan]

Another thing I am learning.....

Don't live life by MSF's teachings... or you will wind up alone and miserable...

Better to be alone (but definitely not miserable) than to have lots of friends and adultation because you've lived a life with no morals or values.

Oh, and one more for my list:

- Speak softly and carry a thermo-nuclear device (MSF's Law of Negotiation)

[pez]

Better to be alone (but definitely not miserable) than to have lots of friends and adultation because you've lived a life with no morals or values.

Oh, and one more for my list:

- Speak softly and carry a thermo-nuclear device (MSF's Law of Negotiation)

You can have many friends, and still abide by good judgement and morals... they are not mutually exclusive...

[G-Prime]

Better to be alone (but definitely not miserable) than to have lots of friends and adultation because you've lived a life with no morals or values.

Oh, and one more for my list:

- Speak softly and carry a thermo-nuclear device (MSF's Law of Negotiation)

Yo man you Taliban or something?

[Blondie]

1. Don't hate, but if you must do so equally.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10. If I wasn't already married.. Blondie and I would be in Europe on our honeymoon ;p.

Awwwww.

Dang those little inconveniences............like marriage. :laugh: :laugh:

Luv ya!!!

;)

Blondie

[gbear]

Things I have learned:

The loves in my life which I have enjoyed most have been those from people who made honest efforts to be there for me if every way they could. It's odd because for a while I went through the "I want the wild woman I can find stage to do crazy stuff with," and I cared for them. I suspect they cared for me as well. It's just the selfless love is one I've enjoyed receiving far more, and it's not one I'm sure many are capable of giving. It's a true gift. I try to return it whenever I can, though I often fall short of said goal.

The Shakers got a huge truth in life life correct with "Hands to Work-Hearts to God." I've always felt closer to God when I'm doing something good whether it be cooking for family and friends or tending to my little corner of the world. I have tremendous respect for the Shakers who got many things correct before the rest of our culture (racial equality, gender equality, mass produced drugs, etc). It's a shame they weren't for procreation. One of my greatest fears is reaching the point in my life where I have nothing productive left to offer.

From playing sports, it's possible to work very hard. It's possible to do everything right. In the end though, all that does is give you better chance to suceed. As a defender, I learned that at some point, you have to just be able to say "I bet you couldn't do that again." The same goes for when things in life go bad. Some times bad outcomes in life are just another opponent. You work hard and hope fortune smiles next time. In the meantime, enjoy playing the game.

From watching my daughter grow and learn: There are often more ways to do things. Maybe doing the splits from a crawling postion is the easiest way to sit up. It's not how I would have thought to teach her :D , but it seems to work. Some times the easiest way just isn't the right way for one and all.

[Mass_SkinsFan]

You can have many friends, and still abide by good judgement and morals... they are not mutually exclusive...

Actually, to a degree I think they are. I cannot be friends or anything more than casual acquaintances with people who I don't see believing and living their lives by morals and values similar to my own.


Yo man you Taliban or something?

No, though I have to say that there are parts of Shiaara (sp) Law that we might not be bad off emulating. I've discussed that in the past. One of the few good things I can say about these ragheads we're fighting is that they walk the talk with their beliefs; something that we Americans don't do very well anymore.

[Air Force Cane]

Evil flourishes when good men do nothing.

Beautiful women can actually have low self-esteem.

What happens to the Jews eventually happens to everyone else.

The United States is the best country in the world.

The older you get, the quicker time passes.

Since 1992, no matter how much anticipation for the Redskins there is- they will end up dissapointing 90% of the time.

[Henry]

i've learned that being a dad is the greatest thing on earth, the only thing that comes close is being a kid.

I second that. Nothing but nothing tops it.

Though I've been told grandkids are pretty cool too. :)

[Major Harris]

I second that. Nothing but nothing tops it.

Though I've been told grandkids are pretty cool too. :)

every now and then i look at my son and just think..."whoa, this lil' fella will make me a grandpa some day..."

blows my mind.

[Riggo-toni]

Never say nor show what you're thinking.

[Om]

There are no pockets in shrouds.

[Air Force Cane]

"That it's ok to not be rich. In terms of money."

what the?!!

Do you live in Washington?
If anything living here you learn the exact opposite lesson :cheers:

[ashburnskinsfan]

every now and then i look at my son and just think..."whoa, this lil' fella will make me a grandpa some day..."

blows my mind.

Perhaps another piece of wisdom for any parent with a daughter. :D

I came across it as an analogy for entrepreneurs talking to venture capitalists about giving up ownership in their company ...

"Every parent wants to have grandkids, but no parent wants someone to have sex with their daughter." :doh: :laugh:

[Riggo-toni]

For safety when building a guitar, always cut towards the customer

[Spaceman Spiff]

You can never have too many options. Options are the best things to have.

It's not how many times you get knocked down, it's how many times you get back up.

And...life's too short.

[Major Harris]

And...life's too short.
so get in where you fit in. :D

[Gracelander]

"If it smells like fish, its a tasty dish. If it smells like cologne, leave it alone"

[Park City Skins]

I have learned getting done with most Christmas shopping and mailing this early is a good thing.

[Thiebear]

If your really good to people...
nothing else matters...
it all comes around.

[DeanCollins]

I've also learned as the saying goes....

Tis' better to have loved and lost, then to have never loved at all.:)

there I fixed it for you. btw here's a t-shirt you might enjoy


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[nonniey]

Time is more valuable than money.

[chomerics]

The more you know, the more you realize you don't know.

:laugh: that was exactly what I was going to post. . .what's that they say about great minds ;)

On that note, one thing I learned is that humility is the only word in the English language when used to describe oneself that automatically creates a contradiction.

As for MY rules to live by or what I have learned. . .

Learn from the past, don't dwell on it
Live in the moment and
Plan for the future.

Work like you don't need the money,
Dance like nobody is watching and
Love like you've never been hurt before. (from a poem)

You can only control YOUR actions, the decisions you make are your own, and you should blame nobody else for your errors. Own up to making mistakes and take responsibility for your actions.

Finally, live life, don't observe it.

[chomerics]

I'll offer two items: 'If' by Rudyard Kipling and the lighter 'My Way' by Frank Sinatra.


First Mr Kipling ...

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you
But make allowance for their doubting too,
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:
If you can dream--and not make dreams your master,
If you can think--and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it all on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!"

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings--nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much,
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And--which is more--you'll be a Man, my son!


GREAT poem!!!!

OM turned me to another, it was Desiderata by Max Erhmann. . .

Go placidly amid the noise and the haste,
and remember what peace there may be in silence.

As far as possible, without surrender,
be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly;
and listen to others,
even to the dull and the ignorant;
they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons;
they are vexatious to the spirit.

If you compare yourself with others,
you may become vain or bitter,
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.
Keep interested in your own career, however humble;
it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.

Exercise caution in your business affairs,
for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;
many persons strive for high ideals,
and everywhere life is full of heroism.
Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love,
for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment,
it is as perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of the years,
gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.

Beyond a wholesome discipline,
be gentle with yourself.
You are a child of the universe
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore be at peace with God,
whatever you conceive Him to be.
And whatever your labors and aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life,
keep peace in your soul.

With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.

And finally, the poem from where three of my lines were taken. . .


We convince ourselves that life will be better after we get married, have a baby, then another. Then we are frustrated that the kids aren't old enough and we'll be more content when they are. After that, we're frustrated that we have teenagers to deal with. We will certainly be happy when they are out of that stage. We tell ourselves that our life will be complete when our spouse gets his or her act together, when we get a nicer car, are able to go on a nice vacation, when we retire. The truth is, there's no better time to be happy than right now. If not now, when? Your life will always be filled with challenges. It's best to admit this to yourself and decide to be happy anyway. One of my favorite quotes comes from Alfred Souza. He said:

For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin--real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, or a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my 'life.' This perspective has helped me to see that there is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way.

So, treasure every moment that you have and treasure it more because you shared it with someone special, special enough to spend your time... and remember that time waits for no one.

So stop waiting
until you finish school,
until you go back to school,
until you lose ten pounds,
until you gain ten pounds,
until you have kids,
until your kids leave the house,
until you start work,
until you retire,
until you get married,
until you get divorced,
until Friday night,
until Sunday morning,
until you get a new car or home,
until your car or home is paid off,
until spring,
until summer,
until fall,
until winter,
until you are off welfare,
until the first or fifteenth,
until your song comes on,
until you've had a drink,
until you've sobered up,
until you die,
until you are born again
to decide that there is no better time than right now to be happy.
Happiness is a journey, not a destination.

Work like you don't need money,
Love like you've never been hurt,
And dance like no one's watching.

The last three lines appear in a lot of things, poems, songs, inspirational posters etc.