That's not a knife!

 

Is that a T-Bird?

2003.

 

“The difference between humans and animals? Animals would never allow the dumbest ones to lead the pack.”

 

A sad story. 80 plus year old wife with dementia, him with broken ribs and likely unable to care for her or himself.

 

The things you do for your kids.

 

An Asteroid Annihilated a City 3,600 Years Ago. It Could Happen Again.

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Some seconds later, a massive shockwave smashed into the city. Moving at about 740 mph (1,200 kph), it was more powerful than the worst tornado ever recorded. The deadly winds ripped through the city, demolishing every building. They sheared off the top 40 feet (12 m) of the 4-story palace and blew the jumbled debris into the next valley. None of the 8,000 people or any animals within the city survived – their bodies were torn apart and their bones blasted into small fragments.

About a minute later, 14 miles (22 km) to the west of Tall el-Hammam, winds from the blast hit the biblical city of Jericho. Jericho’s walls came tumbling down and the city burned to the ground.

 

Never regret a day in your life. Good days give happiness, bad days give experiences, worst days give lessons, and best days give memories.

- Professor Richard Feynman
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I don't regret my life but with some of the lessons learned, I do regret the experience.

 

I see regret as one's remorse about something that can't be fixed, or that can't be taken back ... and that's when self-forgiveness becomes important.

Funny thing is, at least with me, I find it very easy to forgive others but very, very hard to forgive myself. It wasn't until someone told me that I should look at myself from an external perspective (if that were possible) that I made a little progress in that area.

 

I see regret as one's remorse about something that can't be fixed, or that can't be taken back ... and that's when self-forgiveness becomes important.

Funny thing is, at least with me, I find it very easy to forgive others but very, very hard to forgive myself. It wasn't until someone told me that I should look at myself from an external perspective (if that were possible) that I made a little progress in that area.

I guess that's the problem. I can't forgive those that murder (especially woman and children) for their own selfish greed or evils because it made me want to kill them in worst ways possible.

 

I guess that's the problem. I can't forgive those that murder (especially woman and children) for their own selfish greed or evils because it made me want to kill them in worst ways possible.

Well, yeah ... that's among the most extreme of cases, and it's understandable. But one also has to understand that not forgiving, necessarily leads to hatred. And hatred takes a huge amount of time and space in one's existence. And it's never worth it because it is never profitable, spiritually and mentally speaking.

I am a firm believer in justice, though. Make the crime, do the time, I say. But close and personal revenge is bad for one's soul. It demeans us and makes us irrational and worse than animals. The rule of law through the enforcement of justice and the renouncement of revenge is one of the pillars of western culture IMHO.

 

Well, yeah ... that's among the most extreme of cases, and it's understandable. But one also has to understand that not forgiving, necessarily leads to hatred. And hatred takes a huge amount of time and space in one's existence. And it's never worth it because it is never profitable, spiritually and mentally speaking.

I am a firm believer in justice, though. Make the crime, do the time, I say. But close and personal revenge is bad for one's soul. It demeans us and makes us irrational and worse than animals. The rule of law through the enforcement of justice and the renouncement of revenge is one of the pillars of western culture IMHO.

Alas it's too late for that but I'm all right, today. At the time we were beyond hatred. I'm sure some form of justice was issued on those that were caught. That gives me comfort.

 

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Another mindset.

 

 

"Trust me. I know what I'm doing."

 

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Never regret a day in your life. Good days give happiness, bad days give experiences, worst days give lessons, and best days give memories.

- Professor Richard Feynman
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Don't confront me with my failures
I have not forgotten them
[Jackson Brown]

My failures are my regrets. Especially those I have failed.

 

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