The year is almost over. We've had our ups and downs. Good things and not so good thing have happened in our lives. Is there one thing, one lesson, one experience you could have done without? One lesson you didn't need to learn?
by 
RosieGHM Jetpacker
ANSWERS: 11
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Need to learn, yes, I did - want to...no - The Power of Ignore.
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No. Much like YARNLADY I may not have wanted to learn them or wanted to be reminded of others I've learned over the years but I think I needed to learn them. I recently rediscovered a great song that sums it up for me. Alanis Morisette. - You learn. You live you learn You love you learn You cry you learn You lose you learn You bleed you learn You scream you learn You grieve you learn You choke you learn You laugh you learn You choose you learn You pray you learn You ask you learn You live you learn
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Hello beautiful Rosie, long time no see- i have missed you! Once again, another great question... One thing i didnt need to learn was actually last christmas... When i didnt see any of my family. I was with my partner and his family, but it wasnt the same. I dont like that experience and doubt it will happen again...
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Hello Rosie darlin'! ((((hugs))) what a great question... the one lesson i could have done without is realising that every day is a precious blessing, and that we should live every day as if it is our last.. we never know what is around the corner. We tend to take people for granted way too often, without thinking that one day that person might not be there for us.. ive learned the hard way - but you just have to pick yourself up and get on with life! Happy Thanksgiving Rosie to you and of course Jim xxx
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The one thing I did not need a reminder of is how cruel people can be.Last March on my way home I saw someone throw something from their car on the highway. It turned out to be a elderly dog. I rushed him to the vet, Thank god he let me pick him up in order to do so. He did not have broken bones but was full of cancer.The vet suggested putting him down but I asked if he could come home with me for a few days first. I think that was the best week of that dogs life. My dogs were so good to him. He was treated like a king. I cried like a baby when I had to put him to sleep the next week because of his illness. But I hope he died knowing he was very loved by someone. And no the human animal who dumped him was not caught. But I think that person will get what they deserve one day!
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I could have done without one experience. Life would have been much easier. I wouldn't have changed and perhaps not grown. Some lessons don't come easy but I can't think of even one lesson that I didn't need to learn.
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2008 is the year I learned - again - but more strongly - that "life is too short". I almost died .. literally. That changed you. It changed me. Went into the hospital for a 3 day stay. Wound up there for 10 .. and indeed, the "make the phone call" time came. A pretty darn close call .. right out of nowhere .. not at all expected .. and all about nothing I went in with! So you just never know. But our relationships .. our lives .. are they in order .. have we said what we need to say to everyone in our lives ... yes, right out loud .. do we live each day AS IF it were our last .. do we appreciate what we have and do and know .. do we allow ourselves to truly love .. and live .. and so much else. I am well used to caregiving - and being an advocate - and looking out for others. I was not at all prepared to be the one "in need" in the hospital bed .. struggling. I lived. I'd never been close like that. I'll never be the same. Yeah ... 2008 was a very different sort of year.
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This is the first I have been on AB today and I found these very nice notes. Thank You all but really I did not do anything that you or someone with at least half a heart would have done. I want to extend a Happy Thanksgiving to you all and (((hugs))) to each of you too!!As heartbreaking as that experience was it was truly amazing how my dogs accepted him without a problem.And Rosie I am a firm believer in Karma also. James
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Nice question, really. What happens always happens in the present moment. Everything that happens in the present leads us perfectly and naturally into the next moment. I have no lesson or experience that was not perfectly tailored and perfectly suited to my level of consciousness and comprehension.
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There was a lesson or two I wish I hadn't have had to re-learn...
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I think the hardest lesson/experience I could have done without was learning that no matter how much, as a mother, you want to protect your children, sometimes there's nothing you can do. It seems trivial, with the other stories, but my son had his first true breakup of a relationship. The young lady blindsided him with the "we're done" conversation, and he went through a period of near-suicidal depression. It didn't help that this was just a few days after my husband and I got married, and were in that lovey, honeymoon-induced romantic state with one another (which we curbed immediately for his benefit). And no matter how much I wanted to go rabid-pit-bull and yank this girl's chain up short and demand to know why she hurt my son, obviously that's not possible. No amount of hugs and being there for him can take away that pain, and that's a tough one for a mom to cope with.
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