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Just saw a sad story in the newspaper of a girl I dated back my junior year of high school - arrested for disorderly conduct. A lot of drug addiction, attendant health problems, more medical issues, legal issues, poverty, etc. It's sad because she could have done so much more.
Perhaps they look at you and wonder the same thing. It's best to clean your own doorstep before you start on someone
else's. Your perception of how their life turned out could be 100% different than what it appears to be to those on the inside. Learn to let it go - you will feel better.
As we get older, it's easy to look back and assess what could have and should have been, against what the situation is now. We run across friends and acquaintances from long ago and judge them, at least implicitly. I've run across various people lately I either grew up, went to college with, or was in a relationship with, and it's sad how many never did much with the potential they had. Dreams were abandoned, hopes were crushed, and people are just settling for less.
Do you ever want to tell them to snap out of it, to get back in the saddle and go after it? How do you feel about situations like this?
Its none of my business, frankly. I have enough to do with my own life and family without adding a bunch of stuff to take up space in my head about the lost potential of former friends.
As we get older, it's easy to look back and assess what could have and should have been, against what the situation is now. We run across friends and acquaintances from long ago and judge them, at least implicitly. I've run across various people lately I either grew up, went to college with, or was in a relationship with, and it's sad how many never did much with the potential they had. Dreams were abandoned, hopes were crushed, and people are just settling for less.
Do you ever want to tell them to snap out of it, to get back in the saddle and go after it? How do you feel about situations like this?
Don't think I do that or that I even would do that. I only wish them well.
Now I might assess what I should have been.
So I just don't get where you are coming from on this one.
Just saw a sad story in the newspaper of a girl I dated back my junior year of high school - arrested for disorderly conduct. A lot of drug addiction, attendant health problems, more medical issues, legal issues, poverty, etc. It's sad because she could have done so much more.
Sad, I think about it all the time, ask myself how can I contribute to this world, better my own life and help others. I'm not even 30, but I don't want to have the question of "What could have been" hanging heavy on my shoulders when I am 80.
I believe we should all take risks and chances and give things I try. If they don't work out, then no problem. Better to try and fail then to never try.
Life is short, and if a person is happy, that is all that really matters. Being a doctor, a lawyer, a high-powered businessman, or a politician is stressful. Some people just want to live and savor their life and family along the way. Maybe their potential is to make the lives of their families better. What is more important than that?
As we get older, it's easy to look back and assess what could have and should have been, against what the situation is now. We run across friends and acquaintances from long ago and judge them, at least implicitly. I've run across various people lately I either grew up, went to college with, or was in a relationship with, and it's sad how many never did much with the potential they had. Dreams were abandoned, hopes were crushed, and people are just settling for less.
Do you ever want to tell them to snap out of it, to get back in the saddle and go after it? How do you feel about situations like this?
I think it's just sad! I recognize people all the time don't know their own personal power and what they possess to change the world. They let their insecurities and fears get the better of them. I just think wow.
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