I did and didn't enjoy and was reminded over lunch by a friend about all the real fun we had had- but we were in a strata of parties, dances, balls, and were popular young ladies- with boundaries of the times. It was pretty shallow in many ways, I guess, and many picked unwisely when engaged and married then on to kiddies and another set of social expectations. The '60's dawned with a shock! We had to discover angst and rebellion through books and movies and had no political thoughts beyond the outward charm of the Kennedy's until we could not avoid the bad news of the times. But our parents kept us in this bubble- maybe they thought they were doing us a favor. A male friend recently remarked our chief mission was to be pretty! (He's an engineer.) When my daughter was a teenager, she envied the boundaries I had had but she is happily married and content but that is not always the outcome of her age group, either.
Anyway, I would not wish to repeat any act of my little drama of life though I am sometimes tempted to re-arrange the plot to suit my later understanding and I still react with a sigh when reminded of a poor choice. Maybe it is distress that I made a dumb move! :-) That I trusted untrustworthy people, etc. Well, it's all part of growing up and learning through experience and unfortunately many lessons have to be learned the "hard way" (so we don't forget?). Cheers to you. On Feb 15, 11:17 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > Heh without fully comprehending what choice you are talking about I > can't really answer that one. > > Me i fully enjoyed my teenage years, well once I had gotten older than > 16 I did anyway. I realised that things where not 'so unfair' and > ceased thinking that 'everyone is against me'. > > Heh I would not do it again though, so I retract my previous > statement, I did not fully enjoy my teen age years. > > On Feb 15, 2:49 pm, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Wouldn't that choice be relative to shifting values and ideas- or it > > could be moral relativism to justify behaviors- or decisions made with > > little info or arbitrary moods and desires. > > > What teenager truly has enjoyed their youth? :-) > > > On Feb 15, 6:45 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > Hey Rigsy, > > > > Yes yes indeed. The youth do certianly think differantly from those > > > who have alrady enjoyed their youth. As I am constantly telling my > > > wife, don't worry babe, he thinks as a teenager thinks coz he is a > > > teenager, this will change. > > > > Absolute truth is a difficult thing to find, in religion it can only > > > be 'Sat sri Akaal!' 'God is true. > > > > As to politics then surly the proof of the pudding...... > > > > Indeed we are forced to pick and choose, and it is the manor of such > > > picking and chooseing that interests me greatly. Many years ago I > > > used to say that 'There are no truths, only what you belive to be true > > > and what I believe to be the same' It seems I havn;t quiet shifted > > > this beliefe of mine. > > > > Cheers, > > > Lee, > > > > On Feb 12, 1:06 pm, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > It's all "downhill" from birth! :-) We move towards obsolescence in > > > > our final years- not only our bodies but our ideas/views can be > > > > trapped- a disconnect might be a better way of expressing this idea. > > > > Ancient writers complained of youth's behavior in their time so I do > > > > think there is a generational struggle that has to be considered- or > > > > ignored. And there is constant upgrading and inventing to accomodate. > > > > > The speed and wide scope of information sharing is a new reality. How > > > > do the opinions of others affect one's truth? Are there absolute > > > > truths in the soft areas of knowledge- like politics, religion and the > > > > arts? Yet there are some truths that survive regarding human behavior- > > > > so I do think there is a universality we can relate to despite the > > > > obvious differences. > > > > > We really have a short life span to experience and be open to all > > > > possibilities. We are forced to pick and choose. > > > > > On Feb 10, 5:58 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > Ahhh realised truths! Or epitheny's. > > > > > > The problem being how to confirm the truth of such things? Mankinds > > > > > mind changes throughout the ages, and we can see that these 'realised > > > > > truths' of only a centuray past are now out of date. > > > > > > How long then before what we belive to be true is proved otherwise? > > > > > > On Feb 6, 3:09 am, Ash <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > On 2/4/2011 3:12 PM, bjdowling wrote:> I've finally understood the > > > > > > metaphoric. Exciting stuff for sure. As > > > > > > > the human race-well-many of us anyway-came to this time of > > > > > > > electronic > > > > > > > media which was meant to disturb us so to make us > > > > > > > question-because we > > > > > > > never had-our in tact belief systems held sway over us. It is > > > > > > > through > > > > > > > the metaphoric-which lies just below the surface-we have begun to > > > > > > > understand ourselves and all our experiences here have brought to > > > > > > > us. > > > > > > > I've come to also understand that we're as pre-programmed software > > > > > > > applications-so wonderfully timed-our lives unfold every part of > > > > > > > every > > > > > > > moment as we understand what to do next and finally-why? > > > > > > > How horrific is it's beauty. Cold crystalline ice resonating at the > > > > > > full > > > > > > spectrum of creation it is like a blast of arctic wind in the face > > > > > > held > > > > > > for an eternity experienced in a moment.- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
