I’m a smart person. I consider myself very smart, actually. I don’t mean to be egotistic because I know there are hundreds of thousands of people smarter than me. But I also know that there are some who struggle with learning or are not as blessed in cognitive reasoning or conceptualization. Despite my intelligence and aptitude, I can be stupid sometimes – or, should I say, I act stupidly – and I’m the one who suffers from that behavior. I’m sure that if I acted differently I could have been or done something more with my life. Continue reading ‘Regret Lesson #2: Failing at Skool’
Monthly Archive for November, 2006
This holiday, I want to stress the need to give thanks. It isn’t often that we reflect on the past and what was done and we hardly ever look to the future and give thanks to it (I know it hard to be thankful for things and events we haven’t experienced yet). But it is important to do so lest we lose sight of what is really important in the world. I know I have many things to be thankful for and for the first time, I’m going to list them all and say a little thank you for having those that I am thankful for. For the first in this series, which will run all season long, gives thanks to and for my mother. Continue reading ‘What I’m Thankful For: Mom’
When I was in high school – or maybe jr high – I ran on the track team. I was a sprinter and ran the 100 and 200 meter dash occasionally filling in for a 400 meter relay spot and the long jump. It was the first (and only) sport I played because I don’t count the half season of freshman football I played. It was the only sport I enjoyed and the only one that didn’t require hand-to-eye coordination (something I lacked with my bad vision). I didn’t enjoy the practices so much and didn’t apply myself as I wish I had (another regret but not one that I feel compelled to write too much about). And as a young kid who was different and somewhat of a loner it still was hard to get a long with some people on the team. One person in particular was very difficult to get a long with and I often found myself at odds with him. But the conflict I shared spilled over to an innocent bystander and she got hurt and it was my fault. And that, I regret and wish I had the chance to apologize for my reckless behavior. Continue reading ‘Regret Lesson #1: People Do, In Fact, Have Feelings’
I think everyone has regrets in life; I haven’t found someone who said I did everything in life perfectly. I know I have my share of regrets that I think about everyday. Of course I wish I had behaved differently, done things another way, chosen so other path – I am sorry for those things I did or didn’t do – and regret the pain I inflicted on others or myself. But I also know my mistakes and the lessons learned from them make me who I am. But I would be remiss if I didn’t recognize what I learned.
I’m here in Boston for the weekend and had just checked in to my hotel when I felt a little hungry. So I went walking around to the area of town that is considered the south street seaport equivilent of NYC. The place my wife and I went to seemend like a nice place. It was quiet and had a good menu. But not even 5 minutes after we got there, a huge amount of people showed up.
Apparently, the 100+ people there are on a pub crawl and moving from bar to bar. I did that once or twice with my wife before we were married and remember it to be a lot of fun. Not that I’m too old to do it again, its just easier to do it when you are young and in college.
To be young again…
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