Lessons Learned Late...

I would like to believe that I am adequately wise enough to negotiate most of the perplexities and complications of life.  If you live sixty-eight years on this planet, some of the wisdom of the world oughta take root, wouldn't you think?  Some.

Don't play with fire.

Oil and water don't mix.

Its not where you stand, but what direction you are headed.

If you don't know where you are you won't be able to get where you want to be.

Some journeys take a lot of courage.

Its almost always a good thing to travel with others.

Never ignore the elephant in the room.

Yeah, especially that one.

But there are some life-lessons that too often are learned late in the game;  when one is up in years rather than when one is younger...and could really, really benefit from the learning.

At least it seems that way to me.  Here are just a few:

-No trial, no error...nothing learned.

-No risk, no failure...nothing gained.

-The status quo is never, ever, the way forward.

-Play to your strengths, avoid your weaknesses.

-More often than not it is important, even essential, to love your neighbor.  And if there are some you just can't love...fake it.

-Know what is essential...and that's not a long list.

And, from Rumi, this:  "Silence is the language of God, all else is poor translation."

Yup, wish I had learned those things earlier in life than I did.