Senseless sarcasm : Fractured wisdom
Contrary to popular belief, I’m not a know-it all.
I’m a know-it-some.
Intelligence is highly overrated. Being intelligent and choosing to be ignorant is far worse than being unintelligent and trying to learn.
I think highly of a janitor who worked hard to learn that skill, and have little use for a man with an IQ of 160 who lives in his parents basement playing video games.
We could learn a lot from cats. They have the intelligence of a rock, but they understand how to mesmerize the human: purr loudly, meow softly, and sleep cutely. If your human is untrainable, look for another one. After all, there’s a sucker born every minute (my apologies to P. T . Barnum).
If I had a dollar for every mistake I’ve made in my life, I’d be living here:
Question: If there were a contest to decide who’s made the most mistakes in life, who do you think would win?
My choice: The universal mind. Anything that could create Adolf Hitler, serial killers, pedophiles, stinging nettle, wasps, and mile-wide tornadoes can’t be right in the celestial head.
If I don’t wake up tomorrow, it meant the the universal mind was not happy with my choice.
Make your choice in the reply section below. Have fun with it; after all, no one lives forever.
I’ve made quite a few mistakes. Some of the stuff I know isn’t even true.
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I often wonder how much we “know” is really true. What “truths” do we hold today that will be laughed at in 100 years?
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I don’t think anyone can stand up , hand on heart and say they have never made a mistake! I certainly can’t ! 💜
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You’d be surprised the number who won’t admit to making a mistake.
My first husband was a good example. He worked 1 full week during our entire marriage. When I asked why he couldn’t keep a job, he said it was because I was working and it made him feel like less of a man.
I pointed out that if I didn’t work, we wouldn’t have a place to live. Just before I left him, I found out he was doing mechanic work for beer and drugs.
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I agree so many people never admit to being wrong and bluster blindly on!
Your first hubby sounds a real beaut …. not!
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I know quite a bit. I’ve learned from my mistakes.
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Somedays it feels like we’re nothing more than a reality show for beings from other galaxies.
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I made mistakes and learnt a LoT from it, but that doesn’t count much, maybe my future mistakes would teach me more lessons 😅. I should swear I will not make mistakes 😂 so I knew I will definitely make mistakes 😜.
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That seems to be the way it works: We swear never to make the same mistake again, and the situation comes at us in another form.
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ha ha so true! 😅
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Well, I don’t think anything beats your answer! Btw, 👍🏼 love that answer.
Sadly and with a heavy heart I’d have to say my oldest who recently passed would be my answer. And honestly, he would agree. In fact, it was a little over a year ago when he and I had a similar conversation. It’s crazy how often he would say…..
“Mom, you are always right about…”and “How do you always know what’s going to happen beforehand”….
Of course it took 20+ years for him to realize you should always listen to your mother…I wish I could laugh about that….I just miss him so much.
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My heart goes out to you.
I lost my 2nd husband to diabetes (It took his sight, then his kidneys), and then my father died a year later (in his sleep). No matter how long or short it took to die, Both were mourned.
I remember thinking that no matter how much it hurt, nothing in this world could be worse than losing a child. From interactions with friends and acquaintances who have expressed similar feelings and regrets, it’s true.
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