With the exception of the question, "Why?" - only a handful of matters in life should be considered absolute mysteries. There are few, if any, questions or situations in life that have not been addressed previously in history, literature, or art (in all its mediums).
Unfortunately, most of us, myself included, never seem to look for the answers that have already been provided and we find it necessary to "learn the hard way." And why should that be such a bad thing anyway? At least in my case, learning the hard way has the tendency to imprint the lessons learned in long term storage as well as in an easy recall location, which sometimes results in fewer repeats of the same stupid mistakes - but not always.
It would be nice to say that that is just how life is; we're bound to make every mistake and several repeats before we learn, and hey, live with it. But the truth is, I know that's not the case - or at least, it shouldn't be. To think we are destined, required, to repeat not only our own mistakes, but the mistakes of others too, is absurd.
Who knows, I may not be the only one out there publishing this kind of 'wisdom,' - and I use the term loosely - but here it is, for all to read and learn from it as you may. And perhaps I may be my only reader, in which case, note to self: try to learn it this time around, you're getting too old to keep making some of your same mistakes again.
So, all that said, here are my first recorded insights for a new decade:
I don't read nearly as much as I would like to. Not enough of what I'd like to either.
I'm not a clean "freak" but, seriously, clutter is not my friend, and it shouldn't be yours either. If there's one thing we need less of in life, it's unnecessary junk taking up space - and not just physical objects, but emotional, psychological and spiritual too. You know what I mean, and if you don't, I'm sure I'll get into that later.
There never seems to be enough hours in the day. Actually, there are just not enough hours in the night either. Having children has helped me realize the value of time. Yet another topic for later.
There are a lot of beautiful things to see in this world. Many of them are people. It's sad to think of the things we miss seeing while hurrying to see something else. Quite possibly, no one is more guilty of such a sin as I am.
