Written for: Poets and Storytellers United Weekly Scribblings #54 - Hindsight is Rather Tricky (posted by Magaly) "If I Knew Then What I Know Now" In thinking about hurtful endings in particular periods of my life, would I not want to prevent ensuing pain? After the struggles and joys, the learning and loving, at some point life ends. Knowing that, I still choose to live. https://poetsandstorytellersunited.blogspot.com/
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Ornery kids get spanked? Life’s lesson # 101.
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My choice too!
I don’t think pain is the only way to learn and grow – but as we can’t go back and undo it, if we experience it we may as well learn and grow from it!
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Exactly. Took me many years to learn that.
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A friend once told me “When I meet challenges, I consider what I am to learn from this”. Good plan, but difficult to execute!
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Title taken from my Dad coming home from a losing day at the track.
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Learning to move on … I believe it to be one of life’s basic challenges … and best to do it with as much grace as possible💜
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A lot of it is uphill, but there are some lovely plateaus.
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As do I! For if we end it, then we’ll never have a change to experience the good (or mend the bad).
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Yes, we want our curiosity satisfied.
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Good for you! There’s more to life than wondering what might have been, if…
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Thanks, MMT!
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