The Wisdom Thread

[pinkunicorn123]

As some of you may know, over the past few years i have been through a period of depression. Since then and to generally keep ontop of it, i have kept a notebook, so whenever i felt like there was no way out or whenever i was not sure where to go, i would write my thoughts down so not to be overwhelmed by them and to see them in black and white to be able to make sense of it all - because im sure i need not tell you, as you have indeed worked it out, my mind is an extremely odd place.

 

On Thursday night i lost this notebook, the last time i saw it was in an evening lecture, and it was not in my bag when i got home.

The next day i went to search high and low for it....but it was no where to be found, and im sure you can imagine the level of panic - that notebook help my deepest, darkest and inner most thoughts that i myself probably even lacked the courage to read back.

As a last resort I decided to check the unofficial lost property section. Someone had handed it in. Inside, not one, but several people, had written me notes of encouragement, telling me not to give up as well as some ideas a some phone numbers for places that could help - it made me cry, but it also got me thinking.

We always joke on here about the oldlings, or about the posts from people who have the strangest things happen to them that crop up in threads every now and then....and i thought...why not have a place for all of that.

A place for your thoughts, your ideologies, your experiences...and most importantly; the things you wish that someone had told you, and the things you wish you had listend to when you were told.

[lollipop_monkey]

As a last resort I decided to check the unofficial lost property section. Someone had handed it in. Inside, not one, but several people, had written me notes of encouragement, telling me not to give up as well as some ideas a some phone numbers for places that could help - it made me cry, but it also got me thinking.

 

 

Whoa - there really is some good left in the world, isn't there?

 

Hm, advice I wish I'd gotten?

 

"Never make a decision based on fear." The earlier you can hear that, and find a way to accept it, the better.

 

Nice thread idea!

[dcdeb]

We always joke on here about the oldlings

 

??? What do you joke about the oldlings?!

 

or about the posts from people who have the strangest things happen to them that crop up in threads every now and then....and i thought...why not have a place for all of that.

A place for your thoughts, your ideologies, your experiences...and most importantly; the things you wish that someone had told you, and the things you wish you had listend to when you were told.

 

Things I wish someone had told me and things I wish I had listened to...

 

1. Everything happens for a reason. I really believe this now, as trite

as it sounds. You don't understand it at the time, but years down the

road you look back and you see it, and realize why things happened the

way they did. Not a comfort at the moment, I know, but trust me...

there's a reason.

 

2. Don't spend so much time looking back that you can't see what's

in front of you. Honestly, it's like that saying "One door closes and another

opens." If you spend too much time looking at the closed door, you

fail to see the open one... you need to be open to new things.

 

There's actually a lot I've learned in my 48+ years, but I can't possibly

bore you all with all of it here... just those two bits are enough, I

would think

 

dcdeb

[Fmbm]

Because I'm still young (ish) and growing I don't really have any advice to give, but I will surely take some.

 

 

I think this is a very thoughtful thread. I'm glad you found your journal.

[~Mikaboo~]

i have always wished and searched for theat one person who will believe in me and all my dreams/desires......so far not one person can handle them.....the say im weird and my dreams are to bizarre......not even friends or family say dreams are possible.

 

i look for that one person who will have the highest hope for me no matter how horribly unprobable it is.....

 

im a dreamer....

[Fmbm]

i have always wished and searched for theat one person who will believe in me and all my dreams/desires......so far not one person can handle them.....the say im weird and my dreams are to bizarre......not even friends or family say dreams are possible.

 

i look for that one person who will have the highest hope for me no matter how horribly unprobable it is.....

 

im a dreamer....

 

aren't we all?

 

 

keep dreaming:thumb_yello:

[BonjourMika1990]

DARE TO DREAM

 

I live by it...

 

my quote in my sig sums up a battle... You know people are so quick to bring you down...or atleast try to. It's impossible now, because for me I realize that they don't have good intentions for me when they try and alter my perception of reality. I just don't listen.

 

People get on me because I'm a dreamer...it's become a dirty word...like a stigma...

 

But where would this world be if we didn't have people who were brave enough to dream?...even braver to go after their dreams.

 

SO STAY POSITIVE..NO MATTER WHAT PEOPLE SAY... THEIR ARGUMENTS ABOUT WHAT YOU BELIEVE ETC...stay true to who you are and never give up. I can't tell you how much (even on here... especially on here recently lol) people try to disprove me just for the sake of trying to make me realize reality. But that's the thing, I realize the reality I live in...and I have a desire to alter it. Whenever someone brings up a road block to a dream I have (and there are several) I just nod and say " I'll figure it out"... on the inside, I smile because they obviously do not know me. I have extreme determination.

 

Thus, my advice to anyone...especially someone wanting to venture off at a young age... is to look fear in the eye...confront it head on and do not let it conquer you.

 

If I get accepted to NYU (eventually I'm going to NYC to live anyway) I'll move a thousand miles away... IT'll be the hardest thing ever to do. And there have been moments when I think "Uh...well maybe I should just stay here for a year and than move out there..." BUt you know what, I always pull myself back into my head and remember who it is that I am and who I want to become. That thought, the constant reminder that I should not let fear dictate who I will become has gotten me through alot.

 

FEARING something is wasted energy... if you fear defeat and suffering...when it comes you won't know how to handle it. It's better to take risks and embrace the struggle than to be afraid of it.

 

*sigh*

 

That's my two cents

[Haley & Megan Meyer]

We are definitley dreamers and someday want to move to Chicago or someplace we love. We want to earn enough money to travel and go to the places we've always dreamed of.

 

We got our Associate In Arts degree a few months ago and took a semester off. We'll plan on going to more college in the summer or fall. We feel to be more educated. We someday want to make it big as cartoonists and maybe someday have our own comic strip in the funny papers. That would be a dream come true, to make people laugh with our humor. We are the "black sheep" in our family and we feel like we have to make it big. We want to be famous and have everyone know us in the world. We love to make people laugh. Maybe at first glance one might think of us as 16 or 17 year old girls that are "a little bit shy". But once you get to know us one whould find our that we're almost 22 with a sense of hilarious humor. Sometimes we get our family so laugh happy that out aunt has wet her pants many a time. We're sure if she saw this she wouldn't be pleased. Teehee.

 

Sometimes we get sad thinking what if we don't make it or don't succeed. We love submitting art on here and gives us a chance to show off our work to you all and you've all be most kind hearted and we thank you for all the compliments because it's those compliments that make us push forward and to let us think that we still have chances. Our family wanted us to be a nurse, secretaries, graphic designer, etc. but we don't want to do that. We want to do what we do best. And we know sometimes our family thinks that what are we going to do with our lives. They want us to have a fall back. Which we also think is wise, like interior decorators, or art teachers, if by chance that making it in the world as cartoonists doesn't work out.

 

Well........there is our novel about our feelings. Hope we didn't bore you.

 

Love Love to you all!!!

The Meyer Twins

Megan and Haley

[lilmot]

Hmmm....I say, Believe in yourself, believe in your dreams. Don't be afraid to work very hard for your dreams.

 

But most importantly... be open to receive whatever gifts the universe might decide to hand you on a day-to-day basis. They might not always seem like gifts, they might not be what you expect or wanted. But those gifts are usually *exactly* what you need. It seems to me that once you start to enjoy and cherish these *specialized* gifts then your life becomes a rather joyous adventure and your truth becomes your dreams (or vice versa).

 

Or....you could just Love Today?

 

(my humble opinion)

[pinkunicorn123]

2. Don't spend so much time looking back that you can't see what's

in front of you. Honestly, it's like that saying "One door closes and another

opens." If you spend too much time looking at the closed door, you

fail to see the open one... you need to be open to new things.

dcdeb

 

Actually i said something similar to someone in a blog recently....i cant remember word for word but my choice to put it was that if you spend too long looking for the doors that will open for you...you will miss the ones right in front of you.

 

Or....you could just Love Today?

 

 

*Rolls eyes*...Well...someone had to....

[Wendi]

"If life throws lemons at you, make lemonade"

 

Things can happen that hurt, and scar you for life - but you

take the positives, and find a way to use even the negatives

to YOUR own advantage - not easy - but its a life long learning

process, and no-one is going to have it all good!!

I don't turn the other cheek - I make enough room that the next

"swipe" is not going to hurt me!!

[pinkunicorn123]

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=2469638

 

^^ Play a song called 'sooner or later' and then play 'kings in castles' they are an acoustic/pop version of the ideas i am trying to bring here....

[pinkunicorn123]

Bump....everyone go out and by michael tolcher's album *nods*

[FREDDIESDOUBLE]

So nice that people wrote things in , the world has a heart

[pinkunicorn123]

So nice that people wrote things in , the world has a heart

 

If you have a heart...you will buy michael's album

Especially since i helped write some of the lyrics....