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Post by barkydog2000 on Sept 9, 2011 20:56:53 GMT -5
Those to are the ones I would be deciding between as well. I guess it depends if you get to do everything that you want to do the first day or not.
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Post by Silver on Sept 12, 2011 23:01:52 GMT -5
They say that when you turn 25, you really start to have the feeling of becoming old. Everything else before that time feels blurry. I can concur with the second part. Feels like the last five years of my life have been morphed into one.
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Post by barkydog2000 on Sept 14, 2011 14:15:41 GMT -5
They say that when you turn 25, you really start to have the feeling of becoming old. Everything else before that time feels blurry. I can concur with the second part. Feels like the last five years of my life have been morphed into one. hmm interesting. I have never heard that. I would actually say the opposite. All my years of school have been very distinct. I am not 25 yet, but I would assume that it does feel older. But with feeling older I would assume that that is when years and events start blending and blurring together. |
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Post by Silver on Sept 15, 2011 0:46:36 GMT -5
Have you ever had someone ask you on your Birthday- "How does it feel to whatever age you are?" I did for my recent Birthday and I thought back to how many times people have asked me that on my Birthday. My answer is always the same. Doesn't feel any different.
So I'm wondering if once I turn 25, will I actually start to feel my age.
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Post by barkydog2000 on Sept 15, 2011 0:51:16 GMT -5
I have been asked that. And while most birthdays don't feel different, some actually did. Like a lot of the time I did have to think about what age I just turned before I could say it because I would want to say the age I just was. But I distinctly remember some years not feeling that way. I think that is because for those years I actually felt that new age. 22 was one of those years. I am not looking forward to 2 months (almost exactly) saying I am 23.  |
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Post by Silver on Sept 15, 2011 1:15:56 GMT -5
The only distintive time I remember how much I had mtured was when I randomly listened to an Avril Lavinge song. (Forget the name of it) In her lyrics it says "That was when I was fourteen, in a little morphed ring. But it's amazing what a couple of years can bring". Originally when I did listen to that song I was 14 so I felt a bit insulted at the time. I always thought I was mature for my age. I made a mental note to myself however to think about this in a couple of years. Sure enough I randomly come back to that song a few years later and understood what she meant. Now I don't like Avril now for various reasons. But I'll never forgeth that lyric and how true it is. And how because of it I thought about how much I had changed within a couple of years.
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Post by barkydog2000 on Sept 15, 2011 1:20:53 GMT -5
mmm.. I have had that experience too. I think it is interesting how I thought I was mature for my age and so I thought I could handle a lot. But then I look at kids that are said age and think, "There is no way they can do such 'n such cause they are so young!" I actually think that most about middle school. You feel a lot older then you are in middle school. I think that is why so many middle schoolers are horrible to deal with.
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Post by Silver on Sept 15, 2011 1:26:20 GMT -5
It's a part of nature. Even animals and plants go through these stages. Teenagers and tweens honestly believe they understand how and why the world works. The only way we learn is when reality slaps us in the face to show just how naive and yourng we really are. Experience (Sometimes very painful) is the only clear vision that gives people that reality check of how much we still have to learn.
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Post by barkydog2000 on Sept 15, 2011 1:27:40 GMT -5
yup, very true.
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Post by Silver on Sept 15, 2011 1:30:43 GMT -5
I'm a sucker for psychology and philosophy!  |
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Post by barkydog2000 on Sept 15, 2011 1:32:10 GMT -5
I like those subjects too. They are fascinating.
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Post by Silver on Sept 15, 2011 1:42:20 GMT -5
Ever heard a quote that was just so profound yet it had common sense written all over it? And it will stay with you the rest of your life and you want to spread it the world?
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Post by barkydog2000 on Sept 15, 2011 1:44:45 GMT -5
All the time! I have always loved finding good quotes.
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Post by Silver on Sept 15, 2011 1:51:19 GMT -5
Have any favorites?
Here's my number one. It's a bit long. "Love is not breathless, it is not excitment, it is not the promulgation of promises of eternal passion. That is just being "in love" which any of us can convince ourselves we are. Love itself is what's left over after being in love has bruned away."
From the novel Capatin Corelli's Mandolin. Anybody who is contemplating marriage needs to read this book!
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Post by barkydog2000 on Sept 15, 2011 2:04:09 GMT -5
that is a good one!
Oh I have a lot of good quotes. It is hard just to pick a few I like more then the others. My favorites change also depending on how I am feeling. Here are a few I like though.
"If I have been of service, if I have glimpsed more of the nature and essence of ultimate good, if I am inspired to reach wider horizons of thought and action, if I am at peace with myself, it has been a successful day."-Alex Noble
"That is the hardest thing of all. It is much harder to judge yourself than to judge others. If you succeed in judging yourself, it's because you're truly a wise man" -The Little Prince
honestly, The Little Prince is one of my favorite books of all time. I know it is for children, but I don't think it is. It is so deep and philosophical.
"I honestly think it is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate." - George Burns
And have you ever heard the Everybody's Free (to Wear Sunscreen) speech? That is a great speech full of good advice!
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