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Maybe we can a pool our wisdom and become wiser,
but seriously, I have learnt something really important in the last few days.
While fying back from russia(and helping to kill the earth)we encountered a thunder storm, very ,very scary, and I realised(it was obvious really) that I could die at any time so I shouldnt waste my time worrying about trivial things.
What is the most important thing/s you have ever learnt about life so far?

Maybe we can a pool our wisdom and become wiser,
but seriously, I have learnt something really important in the last few days.
While fying back from russia(and helping to kill the earth)we encountered a thunder storm, very ,very scary, and I realised(it was obvious really) that I could die at any time so I shouldnt waste my time worrying about trivial things.
What is the most important thing/s you have ever learnt about life so far?

The most important thing i ever learned is very similar to yours:

Don't worry about it.

That's my nugget of wisdom.

Ive got two

People can seldom invent behavior which they have never seen , good or bad. If youve never seen a loving long term relationship (for an example of good) or racism (for an example of bad) then you probably wont do either. Who and what a person is surrounded with has much to do with happiness.

You never really find yourself by looking, inward outward or sideward. You dont really find yourself at all in fact. You make yourself. Gradually. Everyday. By doing. Reflection and inward thought is good to find direction, but it is no replacement for doing.

Life is not a video game. There is no save point. There is no rewind. There is no reload. Get it right the first time and make sure you get what you want out of it.

Never fuck a lobster. (I assure you that's not from experience)

I don't know that I have learned enough yet. :(

Ive got two

People can seldom invent behavior which they have never seen , good or bad. If youve never seen a loving long term relationship (for an example of good) or racism (for an example of bad) then you probably wont do either. Who and what a person is surrounded with has much to do with happiness.

You never really find yourself by looking, inward outward or sideward. You dont really find yourself at all in fact. You make yourself. Gradually. Everyday. By doing. Reflection and inward thought is good to find direction, but it is no replacement for doing.

to the first, that is probably true,but can you ever avoid things like racism?you see it all around.But I do agree with you that your environment helps shape who you are.
Ro the second,that is a very wise atatement.The more you look for yourself the less you find out,less point in thinking than in doing!
nice one!:)

Never fuck a lobster. (I assure you that's not from experience)
oh really?;)

life is, life happened, it's no use saying it didnt

if theres some thing nasty one human can do to another, someone will do it

friendships and love may last, or they may not. If you dont take the chance, if you never try, if you dont put in some effort, you can be sure they won't last at all

When it's good it's great, when it's bad it's fucking awful. There is no middle ground.

When it's good it's great, when it's bad it's fucking awful. There is no middle ground.


yeah i gotta agree with that.

You never really find yourself by looking, inward outward or sideward. You dont really find yourself at all in fact. You make yourself. Gradually. Everyday. By doing. Reflection and inward thought is good to find direction, but it is no replacement for doing.
Very nicely done.

I realised(it was obvious really) that I could die at any time so I shouldnt waste my time worrying about trivial things.
Yeah, I learned that too when a friend died in an avalanche at the ripe old age of 26.

Problem is, epiphanies like that have an awfully short shelf life. It's the rare person who actually manages to act on that maxim.

When it's good it's great, when it's bad it's fucking awful. There is no middle ground.
You stole that quote from somebody, or is it a Tribes original?

Yeah, I learned that too when a friend died in an avalanche at the ripe old age of 26.

Problem is, epiphanies like that have an awfully short shelf life. It's the rare person who actually manages to act on that maxim.

I hope I can keep it in mind for as long as possible,and live my life acoording to it.I may fail,but I will try(I should probably take yoda's advice-do or do not there is no try)

It ends.

If you have faith in yourself, believe in your dreams and follow your guiding star, you will still get beaten by people who got down to earth and did something

It ends.
short but very sweet!

You cannot make yourself happy, happiness happens when you least expect it, and never when you meticulously plan for it.

*brings Not Bad a blueberry pie*

I'd have to agree with NB's wisdom about not finding yourself. For myself, I think one thing I've learned is that nothing is as scary as you think it is, if you just take a breath and do whatever you've been anguishing over, you'll be amazed at how easy it was (either that or it'll be way scarier than you could have imagined, but at least it'll be over). That, and I've learned that no one is more concerned with what you look like or how you sound than you are (except maybe your mother), so don't worry about it.

Funny, on my daytimer page for today is a quote from Satchel Paige: Age is mind over matter: if you don't mind, it doesn't matter. I hope I've learned that, too.

Never, never, never think that you have somebody figured out.

Worry has never helped nor solved nor alleviated anything, from the dawn of human history.

Live life such that you would be still be satisfied even if it ended now.

Funny, on my daytimer page for today is a quote from Satchel Paige: Age is mind over matter: if you don't mind, it doesn't matter. I hope I've learned that, too.
I like that very much,you should post more!

I've learned that no matter how much I care; some people are just assholes.

okay, I snatched it from an email, but it's still very true.

I also have learned (although slightly less useful) that gatorade comes up the same color it went down, so in certain cases, bright blue black light responsive vomit is entirely normal.

Never, never, never think that you have somebody figured out.

Worry has never helped nor solved nor alleviated anything, from the dawn of human history.

Live life such that you would be still be satisfied even if it ended now.
I cant remember who said it, but I think it was an actress
the time to make you mind up about someone is ...never!

Life moves pretty fast. If you dont stop and look around, you might miss it.

Do not, under any circumstances, smell something which is not a flower if somebody asks you to smell it.

I've learned that no matter how much I care; some people are just assholes.

okay, I snatched it from an email, but it's still very true.

I also have learned (although slightly less useful) that gatorade comes up the same color it went down, so in certain cases, bright blue black light responsive vomit is entirely normal.

I found that romulan ale come out the other end the same way it went in(blue) and yes I have dru nk romulan ale(star trek- las vegas hilton)

Do not, under any circumstances, smell something which is not a flower if somebody asks you to smell it.
Is that from personal experience?;)

Is that from personal experience?;)
It took a few dozen times to learn this...

I found that romulan ale come out the other end the same way it went in(blue) and yes I have dru nk romulan ale(star trek- las vegas hilton)
Isn't what happens in Vegas supposed to stay in Vegas? :p

It took a few dozen times to learn this...
what happened to you?
I once smelt a flower and a bee stung my nose.It didnt help that I am allergic to beestings......
there is another one, dont smell flowers either, they are just as dangerous...

I found that romulan ale come out the other end the same way it went in(blue) and yes I have dru nk romulan ale(star trek- las vegas hilton)
I am so jealous right now..........

I wanna go!!!

Hubby went without me before we met (how rude of him)

Do not, under any circumstances, smell something which is not a flower if somebody asks you to smell it.

And if you just want them to go away and stop asking you to smell it, just put your nose over and hold your breath, then pretend that you've smelt it and it's revolting.

what happened to you?
I once smelt a flower and a bee stung my nose.It didnt help that I am allergic to beestings......
there is another one, dont smell flowers either, they are just as dangerous...
Hmm... I'll have to amend my rule.

And if you just want them to go away and stop asking you to smell it, just put your nose over and hold your breath, then pretend that you've smelt it and it's revolting.
That or run away. I use both tactics according to the situation.

what happened to you?
I once smelt a flower and a bee stung my nose.It didnt help that I am allergic to beestings......
there is another one, dont smell flowers either, they are just as dangerous...once someone walked up to me with this pretty little bottle, looked like a perfume bottle and said "smell this"

you want to know what was in it?

moose urine

ewww.......

never again will I smell anything!!!

Life is like an artichoke; You really don't know what you're supposed to do with it and when you find out, you realize how disappointing it is and that you were better off using your imagination.

once someone walked up to me with this pretty little bottle, looked like a perfume bottle and said "smell this"

you want to know what was in it?

moose urine

ewww.......

never again will I smell anything!!!

How did they collect it? :eek:

I am so jealous right now..........

I wanna go!!!

Hubby went without me before we met (how rude of him)

I so lucky.I live in wales so getting to america would have been expensive if it were not for my rich american star trek feind of a friend.I even ate ribs of targ and federation onion rings!
My friend ran around singing klingon songs and doing klingon salutes!
(two klingon jokes for you
1; 2 dead ferengy
2;what is funnier than 2 dead ferengy, 2 dead ferengy in 10 boxes!)

once someone walked up to me with this pretty little bottle, looked like a perfume bottle and said "smell this"

you want to know what was in it?

moose urine

ewww.......

never again will I smell anything!!!

hmm, lush:p
Ill never smell anything ever again....

Life is like an artichoke; You really don't know what you're supposed to do with it and when you find out, you realize how disappointing it is and that you were better off using your imagination.
Oh boy, that one rings way too true.

*walks off in a funk*

Yeah, I learned that too when a friend died in an avalanche at the ripe old age of 26.

Problem is, epiphanies like that have an awfully short shelf life. It's the rare person who actually manages to act on that maxim.


Yeah, I learned that too when a friend died in an avalanche at the ripe old age of 26.

Problem is, epiphanies like that have an awfully short shelf life. It's the rare person who actually manages to act on that maxim.

Not bad ramblings #221

I somewhat agree. One thing I have certainly learned and retained from seeing too many friends die far too young along with my own close calls is that I am mortal. I didnt have that sense of the surety of my own mortality when younger except as a vague fact.* Once I did accept it emotionally as well as factually It was like a weight was lifted. I was freer to do as I saw fit, freer to live. I became less morbid and not more. Death and destruction no longer were anywhere near as interesting to me. This is just how it has worked within me. Others are certain to vary.















* An analogy I can draw is I knew that everyone eventually dies in the way I knew that Saturn has rings. I believed that Saturn had rings, because people who had no reason to lie told me. I had seen pictures, read facts etc. Saturn had rings, no question about it. Once I personally took a telescope outside and focussed it upon Saturn and saw the rings though I KNEW that Saturn has rings on a whole new personal level. This is analogous to the way I KNOW that some day I will perish now.

*brings Not Bad a blueberry pie*

I'd have to agree with NB's wisdom about not finding yourself. For myself, I think one thing I've learned is that nothing is as scary as you think it is, if you just take a breath and do whatever you've been anguishing over, you'll be amazed at how easy it was (either that or it'll be way scarier than you could have imagined, but at least it'll be over). That, and I've learned that no one is more concerned with what you look like or how you sound than you are (except maybe your mother), so don't worry about it.

Farny you brighten my day!:)

Life moves forward so don't look at the bad stuff that's behind you, don't repeat mistakes, and being a persistant little bastard will usually get you where you wanna be going.;)

And: "2nd place is 1st loser!"

...one of my fav motto's:D

Farny you brighten my day!:)
:)

Not bad ramblings #221

I somewhat agree. One thing I have certainly learned and retained from seeing too many friends die far too young along with my own close calls is that I am mortal. I didnt have that sense of the surety of my own mortality when younger except as a vague fact.* Once I did accept it emotionally as well as factually It was like a weight was lifted. I was freer to do as I saw fit, freer to live. I became less morbid and not more. Death and destruction no longer were anywhere near as interesting to me. This is just how it has worked within me. Others are certain to vary.









* An analogy I can draw is I knew that everyone eventually dies in the way I knew that Saturn has rings. I believed that Saturn had rings, because people who had no reason to lie told me. I had seen pictures, read facts etc. Saturn had rings, no question about it. Once I personally took a telescope outside and focussed it upon Saturn and saw the rings though I KNEW that Saturn has rings on a whole new personal level. This is analogous to the way I KNOW that some day I will perish now.

sooo true,thats why I started my post.
Until recently, I knew death was inevitable, but it never felt real,but now it feels real and near in a stange sort of way.I realised, why bother fretting about pimples and little bits of flab when I may be dead tommorow.Imagine how much you would regret spending your last day squeesing pimples and crying over flab rather than telling your parents/friends/boyfriend/girlfriend that you love them.

Not bad ramblings #221

I somewhat agree. One thing I have certainly learned and retained from seeing too many friends die far too young along with my own close calls is that I am mortal. I didnt have that sense of the surety of my own mortality when younger except as a vague fact.* Once I did accept it emotionally as well as factually It was like a weight was lifted. I was freer to do as I saw fit, freer to live. I became less morbid and not more. Death and destruction no longer were anywhere near as interesting to me. This is just how it has worked within me. Others are certain to vary.
Well, yeah, it's probably because of the bolded part. While not actually all that young anymore *sniff*, I still feel really young and immature and "unfinished" in my head - and I have sooooooooooo many things I still want to do and somehow I never do them (yet get older every day), so I constantly fail at the "Seize the day, it could be your last!" maxim and yet I'm exactly the kind of person who would profit most of it.

Rats. :(

Well, yeah, it's probably because of the bolded part. While not actually all that young anymore *sniff*, I still feel really young and immature and "unfinished" in my head - and I have sooooooooooo many things I still want to do and somehow I never do them (yet get older every day), so I constantly fail at the "Seize the day, it could be your last!" maxim and yet I'm exactly the kind of person who would profit most of it.

Rats. :(

In the perfect world what would you have seized today?

Never fuck a lobster. (I assure you that's not from experience)
Never kiss a guy whose eating chicken! Not the most pleasant experience! The things some people do when theyre drunk :rolleyes:

In the perfect world what would you have seized today?
CARPE DIEM
Seize the Day

CARPET DIEM
Seize the Carpet

CAR PAYMENT DIEM
Seize the Checkbook

CARPE DIARRHEAM
Seize the Toilet Paper

CARPE DUH
Seize the Idiot

CARP DIEM
Fish of the Day

CRAMPY DIEM
Seize the Midol

CARPE DIET
Seize the Rice Cakes

CARPE DIG'EM
Seize the Sugar Smacks

CARPAL DIEM
Seize the Knuckles

CARNAL DIEM
Seize the Smut

CARPE DIPLOMAM
Seize the Sheepskin

I got a list similar to this on a birthday card some years ago and have kept it always.

In the perfect world what would you have seized today?
Today? Well, I would have gotten a whole bunch of unpleasant stuff done - none of which would even exist if I hadn't been procrastinating my life away for the last I'm-not-even-gonna-say-how-long.

So I guess the "Seize the day" thing would include not only fancy vacations and whatnot, but also things you don't necessarily want to do, but the doing of which will still help you avoid the nasty fallout that would ensue from not doing them. (sorry for the weird sentence structure there)

Today? Well, I would have gotten a whole bunch of unpleasant stuff done - none of which would even exist if I hadn't been procrastinating my life away for the last I'm-not-even-gonna-say-how-long.

So I guess the "Seize the day" thing would include not only fancy vacations and whatnot, but also things you don't necessarily want to do, but the doing of which will still help you avoid the nasty fallout that would ensue from not doing them. (sorry for the weird sentence structure there)
I'm right there with you! When I said that about just doing it and not anguishing, I should have added that I have to struggle with that everyday.

"Life is like a box of chocolates, you never what you're gonna get"

That is so true. Also why plan cos you can never plan for the future

CARPE DIEM
Seize the Day

CARPET DIEM
Seize the Carpet

CAR PAYMENT DIEM
Seize the Checkbook

CARPE DIARRHEAM
Seize the Toilet Paper

CARPE DUH
Seize the Idiot

CARP DIEM
Fish of the Day

CRAMPY DIEM
Seize the Midol

CARPE DIET
Seize the Rice Cakes

CARPE DIG'EM
Seize the Sugar Smacks

CARPAL DIEM
Seize the Knuckles

CARNAL DIEM
Seize the Smut

CARPE DIPLOMAM
Seize the Sheepskin

I got a list similar to this on a birthday card some years ago and have kept it always.

Crape diem

bad day

Crepe myrtle diem

arbor day

Crape diem

bad day

Crepe myrtle diem

arbor day
Arrgghh ... ahem ... crepe suzette diem (French food day?)

Don't look to Monty Python to help shape your outlooks on life, Fight Club all the way.

Today? Well, I would have gotten a whole bunch of unpleasant stuff done - none of which would even exist if I hadn't been procrastinating my life away for the last I'm-not-even-gonna-say-how-long.

So I guess the "Seize the day" thing would include not only fancy vacations and whatnot, but also things you don't necessarily want to do, but the doing of which will still help you avoid the nasty fallout that would ensue from not doing them. (sorry for the weird sentence structure there)


Is everybody around you too nice and laissez faire?
Will no one kick you in the butt to get you going when you need it?
Sometimes those friends who speak plain and have size 13 boots are the best to have. Sometimes after Ive procrastinated myself immobile I need a boot or a nag to get me moving. Once im rolling I keep rolling pretty well. I blame Isaac Newton for this.

Don't look to Monty Python to help shape your outlooks on life, Fight Club all the way.
Oh, I don't know, I think "Run away!" is pretty good advice. Maybe not in every circumstance, but there are quite a few.

Is everybody around you too nice and laissez faire?
Will no one kick you in the butt to get you going when you need it?
Sometimes those friends who speak plain and have size 13 boots are the best to have. Sometimes after Ive procrastinated myself immobile I need a boot or a nag to get me moving. Once im rolling I keep rolling pretty well. I blame Isaac Newton for this.
Uhm ... NB? Newton's dead.

Arrgghh ... ahem ... crepe suzette diem (French food day?)

Carborundum Diem

The daily grind

Carborundum Diem

The daily grind
*smirk*

Don't look to Monty Python to help shape your outlooks on life, Fight Club all the way.

Quote: "First rule about Fight Club is you never talk about Fight Club" or summat like that. y'know what I mean!:p



"This is Bob.....Bob has bitch tits";)

Uhm ... NB? Newton's dead.

See what not moving got him?

See what not moving got him?
Very true.

People are stupid.

It's not worth your time to worry about what (or if) they think.

Carpe bleachem

Seize the blonde

Carpe Dime

Grab the money

Carpe bleachem

Seize the blonde

Carpe Dime

Grab the money
:headbang: What have I done?

Another thing learned in life: Do not give Not Bad such easy pun-fodder.

Uhm ... NB? Newton's dead.
I think he/she means that newtons 1st law of motion is to blame(i think its that things at rest stay at rest and things in motion tend to stay in motion-I may be wrong)

:headbang: What have I done?

Another thing learned in life: Do not give Not Bad such easy pun-fodder.
thereis another one, dont start joke crazes, it kills!

I think he/she means that newtons 1st law of motion is to blame(i think its that things at rest stay at rest and things in motion tend to stay in motion-I may be wrong)
That, too. ;) Hang out with us a bit longer, you'll see I was right, too.

:headbang: What have I done?

Another thing learned in life: Do not give Not Bad such easy pun-fodder.


What? Where else can you get high quality low brow humor on such little notice? My talent is desperately under-appreciiated here!

Ive half a mind to take back the pie truck I gave you on another thread.

What? Where else can you get high quality low brow humor on such little notice? My talent is desperately under-appreciiated here!

Ive half a mind to take back the pie truck I gave you on another thread.
Awww ...

And you're right, your high-quality low-brow humor isn't fully appreciated. Which leads me (seamlessly) to another thing I've learned in life, that life is too important to take so seriously. If you think about it, this is why fanatics of every stripe have those frown-notches between their eyebrows: from taking everything so bloody seriously. I admit I tend to joke around maybe a little too much, sometimes, but I'd sooner spend my life laughing than frowning.

another could be...youre going to die, thats all you can be certain of ,so at least die doing something fun or kinky(tee hee)

That it takes individual action to accomplish anything.

Everything happens for a reason and the reason is that things happen.

Everything happens for a reason and the reason is that things happen.

'shit happens'
I kinda like marvin from hitch hikers guide 'life dont talk to me about life loath it or ignore it you just cant like it'

A simple formula-----

When to worry and where to put your energy---

When to get upset--------

Always ask "How far into the future is this going to make a difference?"

The further into the future something will make a difference, the more important the decision and the more time and effort and fretting

For instance: Who cares if you get a Pepsi instead of a Coke? Who cares if your rare stake comes out medium? It's won't make an hour's worth of difference.

But then, having sex can make a difference over 100 years into the future. After all your grandchildren will live then. And how your children grow up will make a difference as to how your grandchildren will live. How long and how serious should the decision be?

Life will be happier and far less streesul if you worry about the correct things.

A couple of years ago my father suffered a fatal heart attack at a young age. The after effect of this taught me two things that are useful:

1) You can either laugh or you can cry after anything and you'll be a lot happier if you laugh. That doesn't mean ignore sadness and pain but just acknowledge it's existence and then choose to move on and work towards fining happiness and fun, instead of dwelling on the negative.

2) Every cloud has a silver lining. All bad brings the potential for good, look for it as often as possible because the bad will exist whether you find the good or not.

Life is never black and white.

A girl you once loved doesn't make sense. It's always.

A quote from a T-Shirt of mine that completely applies...at least for me.

"I feel much better, now that I have lost all hope."




...and I do feel MUCH better. :)

What is the most important thing/s you have ever learnt about life so far?
It sucks.

However it's still better than the alternative.

The most important thing? ...Don't stick you dick in random holes....

erm..Honestly, that everything is based on perception, or point of view. One man's evil, may be another man's good. You must first look at things theway other people see them, to understand what they face, and why they believe what they do.

A couple of years ago my father suffered a fatal heart attack at a young age. The after effect of this taught me two things that are useful:

1) You can either laugh or you can cry after anything and you'll be a lot happier if you laugh. That doesn't mean ignore sadness and pain but just acknowledge it's existence and then choose to move on and work towards fining happiness and fun, instead of dwelling on the negative.

2) Every cloud has a silver lining. All bad brings the potential for good, look for it as often as possible because the bad will exist whether you find the good or not.

two things:

1) good point, and sorry about your father :(
2) I love your name. Attila the pun...thats great..:D