Things We've Learned

[Lee]

Have we learned anything worth sharing? (I hope so.) Perhaps there's something we wish we had discovered much earlier in life. But to be honest, as soon as I thought of this topic, my mind went blank. So apparently, one thing I haven't learned is how to ask a question in a way that inspires profound thoughts. Heck, at this point, I'll take any old bit of advice that's marginally useful to at least one person somewhere in the universe.

[Ruth]

I'm sure I've learned lots of things. Problem is, I can't remember any of them. lol

[Lee]

Yes, if only we could learn how to remember the important stuff.

Here's something ironic - I've learned that almost everything I learned as a child isn't true. Either it never was true or it's not true any more.

[Nell]

Here's something that I learned as a child. Thunder is the sound clouds make when they bump into each other. I swear my mother told me that. Why, oh why would she have done that? Sadly, I believed her for years.

Though I also believed people who told me I had scary big muscles when I was five years old.

[Sandra]

Sometime in the past few years, I learned to quit doing things that I don't enjoy. Sure, there are times when I have to do something unpleasant (can't be avoided), but when I have a choice, I've learned to say "no." I always get that sigh-of-relief feeling afterwards, a sure sign that I've made the right decision.

[Dee]

I've learned that it's okay to let friendshipas lapse. I still have my best friend from the fifth grade, but those high-maintenence women that I clung to are gone. I have to work hard at so many things, I can't justify working hard at having fun.

[Sharon]

I posted a blog on our Boomers and Books group blogsite, where I discuss Baby Boomers and Health.

Check it out: http://boomersandbooks.wordpress.com/...