Was it Thoreau who penned the lines about the mass of men leading lives of quiet desperation? There’s a lot more to that line than I’ve understood since I first read it. And it strikes me, in recalling my own experience, that I’ve been in that state of mind a lot of times in the past.

The things we do not learn are things we’re doomed to repeating. And that’s another line I suddenly remember too. And then there’s another which says “the unexamined life is not worth living”. Each one of them is a mouthful, I say. But it sums up our personal quandaries pretty well, I think.

Human thought has a tendency to clamp down on things which bring pain; to choose a point of remembrance to quit examining the thing further, to choose to disbelieve that healing can possibly come from undergoing further mental anguish.

That is how cancer progresses, I think. Hiding knots of poisonous despair inside ourselves that, over time, eventually spread to literally kill us.

Am I making sense? :)

We make mistakes with people most of the time. And it’s good if it happens and we find out early that the other person’s not really into us like we’d like, and good riddance and thank God this didn’t happen well until we’re married and had kids already. Think about all that happening to people when it’s too late already, and you’ll find yourself thankful.

That girl you were with doesn’t know what she wants. At some point in the future, she’ll get tired of what she thinks she has now and will try to beg a cuddle from you. You’d better watch that if it happens, because if you’re not strong enough, you’ll just find yourself repeating the same mistake.

You take care. Seek joy within. Let it look out of you, like the way you looked at the world below you at the top of that mountain you climbed. You don’t really need anybody special at this point in your life; leastways, somebody whose immaturity would only clutter your view. Luxuriate in what you do, that not a thousand people has been able to achieve. Love yourself a little bit more today than yesterday; it’s like yoga, you know, it takes practice. You’ll find you’ll be better soon. Good luck! :)

Nice thread. I got a few chuckles too.

I am 60 years old and I look back on my life and realize (and admit) that I was in a fog most of the time. Yes we do have awakenings! These are points in our lives when we just realize things or wonder things and learn things.

You came out of a fog. Its called a change of consciousness. I've come out of so many fogs I tend to wonder if I'm still in one. Is there more clarity to be had? I'm sure there is.

Onward and upward.

In other words, be ready for many more heart-breaks!!! (unless you're careful)

On the contrary that is NOT what I meant by onward and upward.

I mean that we go forward, and we awaken more and more with each lesson we learn.

Your heart is only broken when you expect things of people that they don't deliver and your expectations are not met.

If your spouse or girlfriend or boyfriend breaks up with you, its because they want something else. Sorry. That's just the way it is.
If you care about them for real, you will give them your blessings and wish them the best.

Instead, people tend to go into shock and feel sorry for themselves for what they have lost. They had a dream and the person they had placed in that dream left. News flash, replace them with someone else! You can have your dream, just find someone who shares the same dream. But you will have to learn to COMMUNICATE AND BE HONEST.

Stop pretending. Stop playing games.

But of course, I comprehend what you meant.
I was just trying to translate that into the sarcastic language that's more comrehensible to a young fellow who's suffered the first heartbreak (i.e. "Don't worry, the worst is yet to come!")

I would expect nothing less from you. You are the sarcastic one. LOL

Yeah, I admit I am. And I find the sarcazm as one of the most healthy attitude to adopt -- especially when dealing with a buch of Morrons! That's like LAUGHING THROUGH TEARS! (contrary to Crying from Laughter)

At the beginning, I used to get offended by various mediocre people in here, and would let them know in no umbiguous terms what I think about them. As a result, I've been suspended quite a few times. (remember Handlewithcaution?)
So, I've learned my lesson, in addition to learning the acceptable ways of affending the morrons who ask for it.

I went through a long stage in my life where sarcasm was my way of fighting back. I think I have learned to calm my inner workings a bit more and accept people for what they chose to be, -- knowing how the law of Karma and the law of attraction works.

My X-spouse used to react to people with physical violence. (Put a whooping on there ***.) I once asked him why he did not just let Karma take care of them, and he stated that the karma buck stopped at his fist. He was one of the "lords of karma." He was one of the 'effects' of the cause and effect law. LOL I had to agree. (or else.)

I could never imagine you being attracted to the physical man!