“I believe when life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade...and try to find someone whose life has given them vodka, and have a party.”Why does life give lemons?
-- Ron White, author, 2009/2010 U.S. Memory Championship
It sounds trite, but to teach you how to make lemonade. Life is about learning, and failure is one of the best ways we learn. If life was always rosy, what would you ever learn about the hard stuff? We learn to make tough decisions and choices. We learn all about life, this life, so we are better prepared for the next.
When you had everything but felt poor, was 'everything' money or something else?
I think you can have “everything” except money and still have an incomplete feeling. Family, friends, security, don’t necessarily bring you real happiness. If none of this is selfless, if mentoring isn’t selfless, if none of this is giving to those in need selflessly, If you’re not helping those trying to have security, willing to work for the security you enjoy, one might feel emotionally poor.
Is Quality Matters a Lot?
Absolutely! If you substitute quality for any reason, your clients and customers will notice this in short order. We have a restaurant here in my little town that does gang-buster business. During COVID they have cut back due to social distancing guidelines. This cutback was not well thought out. Waitstaff took forever to come around for orders, drinks took forever to arrive, as did the meal and the check. And, yet, there were half the customers. The food was still fine, but the drop in quality of service was painfully evident. We opted to stop frequenting the establishment until after the pandemic.
“Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.”
-- Henry Ford (1863-1947), industrialist, business magnate
If you could pause everything and spend a year doing whatever you wanted, what would you do?
Assisting with an archeological dig in the SW desert, or a cook aboard a small Coast Guard boat.What should I do if I need longer to figure something out than everyone else?
Take longer. You determine how long it takes you to fully understand an issue. You may have to look into the past to compare circumstances, or to understand decisions. History is something that escapes most people today, and yet it plays a large part in making informed choices and decisions. People love to listen to the media and let the media make choices for them, not realizing the media does not have their best interests at heart. Do your own research, even if it takes a bit longer to really understand. Don’t fall prey to other people judging you for being thorough. Do what you need to do and educate those who don’t.
What can I do if I know what I really want but it is impossible?
Brain surgery might be impossible for someone with no hands to achieve with today's technology. There really are unachievable goals due to technology or your own inabilities. This is one reason we have the old saying, “Those that can, do. Those that can’t, teach.” This provides a way, for those that can’t, to make a difference in the field they might find otherwise difficult to participate in. You might be the one to create the technology that enables everyone who desires to excel in something to do so.
“It is impossible to escape the impression that people commonly use false standards of measurement — that they seek power, success and wealth for themselves and admire them in others, and that they underestimate what is of true value in life.”-- Sigmund Freud (1856-1939), neurologist, founder of psychoanalysis
If this was all a futuristic dream and you woke up in the past, what would you do?
Before you go getting your panties in a bunch, it is essential to understand that this is just an opinion site and, as such, can be subjected to scrutiny by anyone with a differing opinion. It doesn't make either opinion any more right or wrong than the other. An opinion, presented in this context, is a way of inciting others to think and, hopefully, to form opinions of their own, if they haven't already done so. This is also why, occasionally, I will present an "opinion" just to stir an emotional pot. Where it may sound like I agree with the statements made, I'm more interested in getting others to consider an alternate viewpoint.
Invest heavily, and then go back to sleep. I either dreamt it was all a dream, I have precognition and end up wealthy in the long run, or I end up losing my investments and am more broke than I was. I will continue to be happy always, regardless of the outcome. The choices are mine to make.
Is a person always thinking of success? What happens if it does not become true?
In Winnie the Pooh quotes, how lucky am I?One would hope so, for happiness or for business. It doesn’t always work out, however. In football vernacular, you “fall back and punt.” You make the best of it, or you learn from your failure and come at it again. What you do all depends on the choice you make. The choices and decisions we make define each of us for our attitude, tenacity, and our moral ethics.
“Pooh Philosophy” is the bright spot in an otherwise poopy day. If you take it to heart, the fact you can see makes you lucky; the fact you can read makes you lucky; the fact you understand what you read makes you lucky, and the fact you can see the moral behind the story makes you lucky. And, the fact you have friends and the chance to love makes you lucky. Be happy always!
“How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.”
-- Winnie the Pooh
What is the bravest thing you've seen a person do that you would never do for a million dollars?
Jumping out of an airplane wearing only a wingsuit and landing on a narrow length of stacked boxes. I think he was doing 85 MPH, thereabout, when he hit that narrow target. Missing would have been a painful mess. Brave and stupid. Not on a bet, and not for a million dollars.
What is something you felt was very important when you were in high school, but seems childish or unimportant now?Jumping out of an airplane wearing only a wingsuit and landing on a narrow length of stacked boxes. I think he was doing 85 MPH, thereabout, when he hit that narrow target. Missing would have been a painful mess. Brave and stupid. Not on a bet, and not for a million dollars.
Beauty in women and good looks in men. How shallow is that? We are what we are, but it’s what’s on the inside that truly defines us. On the outside, dress like you own the world and take care in grooming what you have, whether attractive or not it shows a humble pride in oneself.
What should I do? I am 18 (m). I have no clue what I want to do with my life but have this raging fire to succeed but have no idea where or how to start. I have 2k saved currently.
Go to college. Get a part-time job or join the military. Work and study. Stay out of debt. Then, when you’re all grown up (around 24 to 26) and have 20–30k saved up, ask this question again… of yourself.
When you're 18, 19, you think you know everything, but you have no clue about anything.
-- Patrick Kane, National Hockey League, Rt Winger/Alt Capt
Before you go getting your panties in a bunch, it is essential to understand that this is just an opinion site and, as such, can be subjected to scrutiny by anyone with a differing opinion. It doesn't make either opinion any more right or wrong than the other. An opinion, presented in this context, is a way of inciting others to think and, hopefully, to form opinions of their own, if they haven't already done so. This is also why, occasionally, I will present an "opinion" just to stir an emotional pot. Where it may sound like I agree with the statements made, I'm more interested in getting others to consider an alternate viewpoint.
It is my fervent hope that we keep open and active minds when reading opinions and while engaging in peaceful and constructive discussion, in an arena of mutual respect, concerning those opinions put forth. After over twenty years with military intelligence, I have come to believe engaging each other in this manner and in this arena is the way we will learn tolerance and respect for differing beliefs, cultures, and viewpoints.
We all fall from grace, some more often than others; it is part of being human. God's test for us is what we learn from the experience, and what we do afterward.
Pastor Tony spent 22 years with the United States Air Force Intelligence as a planner, analyst, briefer, instructor, and senior manager. He spent 17 years, following his service career, working with the premier, world-renowned, Institutional Review Board helping to protect the rights of human subjects involved in pharmaceutical research. Ordained 1n 2013 as an "interfaith" minister, he founded the Congregation for Religious Tolerance in response to intolerance shown by Christians toward peaceful Islam. As the weapon for his war on intolerance he chose the pen, and wages his "battle" in the guise of the Congregation's official online blog, The Path, of which he is both author and editor. "The Path" offers a vehicle for commentary and guidance concerning one's own personal, spiritual, path toward peace and the final destination for us all. He currently resides in Pass Christian, Mississippi, where he volunteers as a chaplain at the regional medical center.
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