Lessons Learned the Hard Way
After an incident yeesterday, I realized that no matter how many times people will tell someone else about a lesson they learned, the other person frequently must go through the experience him or herself before actually believing it. I frequently like to assume that I'm right, and often I am in my current circle of friends and coworkers, but sometimes I just do something or experience something expecting a different result or remember what they said after it happened. Anyone else?
Feel free to post up those things you had to learn The Hard Way. Here's a few of mine....
* Eight times out of ten the phrase "I can't" will be followed by the phrase "I won't" some time during the discussion.
* Teasing someone else's cat is not usually a good idea until you know if
1. they have claws
2. they bite
3. they carry grudges
* People will let you down. Period. Accept it and share your expectations with others.
* Yelling at your "co-pilot" while driving in the rain to an unfamiliar destination when only they know the directions will not get you to your destination any faster.
*If you're allergic to a food ingredient and are unfamiliar with a dish, don't kiss your boyfriend after he eats it unless you ask the server what's in it first.
and... what I learned yesterday......
* Never, ever try to get something out of your nose after slicing up Hanbanero peppers.
Not even two hours later.
Kleenex can tear and the antibacterial soap isn't THAT good.
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Here's how life works: you either get to ask for an apology or you get to shoot people. Not both. House
Quote:
Originally Posted by Plan9
Just realize that you're armed with smart but heavily outnumbered.
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The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me. Ayn Rand
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