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Wednesday, January 13. 2021

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Live life as if it's your second time around, and you got it wrong the first time.


Paraphrased from Victor Frankl.  Hmmm, really?

Posted by The Barrister at 15:12 | Comments (7) | Trackbacks (0)

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Same person, probably do the same things.
#1 Bird Dog on 2021-01-13 17:34 (Reply)
No matter how you choose to live your life you will have regrets and you would in retrospect think you should have done things differently. Make your family your priority especially when your children are young.
#2 Anon on 2021-01-13 19:31 (Reply)
Yeah, well, I prefer Hobbes. And be happy since I don't live in the Middle Ages.
And I believe in a triune God, the Nicene creed, etc.
I am a sinner, trying to be better to others.
#3 Joey Miller on 2021-01-13 21:55 (Reply)
Live your life as someone who doesn't tell strangers what to do.
Selah
#4 ccoffer on 2021-01-13 22:16 (Reply)
I don't care for the movie "The Natural" (except for the ending), but Glenn Close has some great lines that are similar and truer. At least they have been in my life.

Iris Gaines: You know, I believe we have two lives.

Roy Hobbs: How... what do you mean?

Iris Gaines: The life we learn with and the life we live with after that.
#5 T Migratorious on 2021-01-14 08:16 (Reply)
Why doe Frankl need paraphrasing? What did he actually say?
#6 Ann K. on 2021-01-14 08:28 (Reply)
Slightly differently worded:
We have two lives, and the second begins when we realize we only have one.- Confucius
#7 Portlandmermaid on 2021-01-15 11:54 (Reply)

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