Thread: The Wisdom Thread: Regrets and Appreciation

Wise man once told me:

"You're paying somebody's mortgage --- might as well be your own."

And he was right. So I went out and bought a house.

Originally Posted by greenmachine

do a year abroad in school
travel as much as possible
stick to you passions and engage them fully
don't get married in your 20s
stay out of debt
take risks
don't get a dui
be humble

my thoughts exactly.

Travel Travel Travel
Don't take on 'bad' debt' ie credit cards.
Don't drink and drive
Be humble, ask questions

Action cures fear. Anytime you dread anything...take action - it cures the dread.

The higher you get, The higher you get

Belief Creates.

see signature or basically any other quote by Jim Morrison or Fredrich Nietzche (sp?)

IF

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 imposters 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 on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe 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!

-Rudyard Kipling

If your gonna come here, act the fool, troll, run smack, and try and get your jollies fuckin w/ the maggots, for christ sakes don't post personal info on the interweb.
There are a lot of people here that you probably don't want at your door.
Some are ruthless, so cold hearted they have ice in their veins. Protect your
personal info and getting other family members involved is piss poor judgement. Better yet why not just make an attempt to be semi normal and you won't have issues. Otherwise get a mutha fukin clue.

Don't let the stress and fear of the future mutilate the present. It really sucks to look back and be reminded of how you should have shut the fuck up enjoyed yourself a hell of a lot more.

Try things that you assume you won't like just to know for sure.

Don't cut your hair after you spend over a year growing it just because it annoyed for a few days.

Live alone, and in complete isolation, for a period of time.

Eat healthy, take care of your body and try to survive as long as possible.

Always be mindful of the fact that so much of what goes on in the world is complete nonsense and that one day your going to be dead.

We are to live and to love so make that a priority everyday.
Take time each day to appreciate what you have, because you can pretty well be sure that no matter how shitty it seems
a) it will get better if you don't give up and
b) somebody, somewhere in this world has it way worse off than you do.
And last but certainly not least, don't ever take yourself too seriously.

Originally Posted by bigtrubs

Sell your VW the second it turns 10 years old, else you will spend approx. $2000/yr fixing everything that goes wrong.

Waited till year 12 on my Passat. Yep, it's the absolute truth, albeit, still cheaper than payments.

Despite her faults, that car never ever left me stranded; only broke.

the problem with forgive and forget is that most people can't manage one let alone both

Great observation, Woodsy.


Some of mine from over the years:
Anybody can start a thing; the difference is in the finishing.

Try to enjoy more and endure less.

Stupid should hurt.

Always try to leave someone better off than when you found them.

The greater the legalese, the less I trust.

Experience life like it's your first time. Or your last.

Be an experience collector.

There's no sense looking back at the spot you fell, but how you slipped.

Explanations are something your friends don't need and your enemies won't believe.

If you know in your heart that someday you will change, start on it this day.

The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.

In life, or on the road, do not fear making a U-turn.

Run towards your fears.

Avoid pooping in front of your lover because the negatives outweigh the positives.

You can always tell more about a person by what others say about him than what he says about himself.

It's better to fight for something than against something.

Your life is on loan--take good care of it.

When your run lies below you an open field of snow, be mindful of your tracks as every turn will show.

Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends with them? (Abe Lincoln)

It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards. (Baltasar Gracian)

If college is your path, don't choose where you're goin based on a girl

Originally Posted by givebackbloom

If college is your path, don't choose where you're goin based on a girl

but is it ok to choose where u r going based on the girls?

after experiencing be broke, going to war, work at the same job for 40 years, being married for 25, and going back to work i have just four words;
FUCK IT!!! WHO CARES!!!!

Don't workout. Train!

Originally Posted by abutterer

but is it ok to choose where u r going based on the girls?

I think that could be a factor.

It just depends how serious of a student you are i guess.