By Jim Selman |
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The older I am, the more I reflect on the
aphorisms all around us and wonder why it is so difficult to accept and
live with this obvious wisdom. Robert Fulghum memorialized many of them
in his bestseller
All
I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten. All of these
little ‘nuggets’ of wisdom we’ve accumulated over the years are
generally, well, wise. It is befuddling why so few people take them to
heart. Why do so many spend a lifetime learning these kinds of lessons the hard
way?[
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By Jim Selman |
Bio
Over
the course of my lifetime, I have heard many ‘bottom-line’ bits of
wisdom. For example, “the key to happiness is loving what you do”. Or,
“at the end of the day, you can either resist life or surrender and
live life on life’s terms”. These kinds of nuggets are usually true
and are certainly valid in a list of maxims and aphorisms for living.
“All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten” by Robert Fulghum
is a great example of this genre. My favorite (and the one that I have
personally found the most useful) is one I first heard in the 1970s in
something called the ‘est training’. The ultimate choice we have as
human beings, we were told, is whether we are ‘at the effect’ of our
circumstances or whether we can relate to them ‘at cause’, meaning be
responsible for everything in our lives.[
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Written by eldering at Fearless Aging
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