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I think a lot of people here have learned a great deal from you, Gabe
Wow, thank you, Dianna!!
I just hope that whatever I taught them is legal.
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Crossfire
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Wow, thank you, Dianna!!
*lol* hilarious...
I remember growing up hearing my dad teach me things like, "A wise man will learn from his own mistakes. A wiser man will learn from the mistakes of others".
It's been helpful.
It's been helpful.
I think everyone has the capacity to learn from others, but some end up doing the same mistakes nonetheless. A classic example is how some young people think that they would never yell and treat their own children as unfairly as their parents treated them, but catch themselves doing just that once they have kids.
One of the people I learned a lot from was a popular author and speaker from the 80's named Dr. Leo Buscaglia. He had taught a class at a university called 'Love 1A' and he wrote a bestselling book that was called "Loving, Loving & Learning". Both were inspired by the death of one of his students who was a beautiful, young woman with good grades and everything going for her, but she was empty inside. Here is Leo's own words about why he decided to teach young people about love..
(excerpt from an interview I found online)
I started my Love Class as a result of the suicide of one of my most talented students. She showed no sign of her despair. Then one day she took her life. I had to ask, "What's the good of all our learning, knowing how to read and write and spell if no one ever teaches us the value of life, of our uniqueness, and personal dignity?" So I started my Love Class. I taught it free of salary and tuition just so students could have a forum to consider the truly essential things. I really didn't "teach" the class. I facilitated it - helping the students to discover their own magic.
He made me realize that there is much more to life than just relationships, having a good job and wanting material things.
Here are some quotes from the book:
“Find the person who will love you because of your differences and not in spite of them and you have found a lover for life.”
“Don't spend your precious time asking "Why isn't the world a better place?" It will only be time wasted. The question to ask is "How can I make it better?" To that there is an answer.”
“Only when we give joyfully, without hesitation or thought of gain, can we truly know what love means."
“The easiest thing to be in the world is you. The most difficult thing to be is what other people want you to be. Don't let them put you in that position.”
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Jullianna
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I think everyone has the capacity to learn from others, but some end up doing the same mistakes nonetheless. A classic example is how some young people think that they would never yell and treat their own children as unfairly as their parents treated them, but catch themselves doing just that once they have kids.
One of the people I learned a lot from was a popular author and speaker from the 80's named Dr. Leo Buscaglia. He had taught a class at a university called 'Love 1A' and he wrote a bestselling book that was called "Loving, Loving & Learning". Both were inspired by the death of one of his students who was a beautiful, young woman with good grades and everything going for her, but she was empty inside. Here is Leo's own words about why he decided to teach young people about love..
(excerpt from an interview I found online)
I started my Love Class as a result of the suicide of one of my most talented students. She showed no sign of her despair. Then one day she took her life. I had to ask, "What's the good of all our learning, knowing how to read and write and spell if no one ever teaches us the value of life, of our uniqueness, and personal dignity?" So I started my Love Class. I taught it free of salary and tuition just so students could have a forum to consider the truly essential things. I really didn't "teach" the class. I facilitated it - helping the students to discover their own magic.
He made me realize that there is much more to life than just relationships, having a good job and wanting material things.
Here are some quotes from the book:
“Find the person who will love you because of your differences and not in spite of them and you have found a lover for life.”
“Don't spend your precious time asking "Why isn't the world a better place?" It will only be time wasted. The question to ask is "How can I make it better?" To that there is an answer.”
“Only when we give joyfully, without hesitation or thought of gain, can we truly know what love means."
“The easiest thing to be in the world is you. The most difficult thing to be is what other people want you to be. Don't let them put you in that position.”[/quote]
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