Hahah it is funny you say that Rigsy. I noticed a strange thing start a few weeks ago. I guess it may well be a function of my own advancing years. So I was sitting watching TV, well that it the TV was on whilst I was lost in some place in my head and I got to remembering some bad choies I had made in my own youth. Suddenly the wife said whats up with you?
Apprently I was making some strange barking sound? Embaresment perhaps? On Feb 16, 12:42 pm, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. 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