by DawnC71 » Wed Jul 14, 2004 4:10 am
Mach,
You are obviously an intelligent man regardless of whether or not you finished high school bud! I don't think fgm was trying to rag on anyone of us who may not be as "educated" as some others....I just wanted to say that because you sounded a little bitter about the question he asked. You can have a 8th grade education, be learning disabled, deaf, mute and blind and still manage to be a genius in some respects ...I personally believe that almost everyone is of the same mental capacity as the next person...if you read and write then you can make your own education, as you obviously have given your eloquence with the language...Remember, a college "degree" does not a smart woman (or man) make. It is a piece of paper and many of us place much too much emphasis on it, or we feel embarrased or less than if someone has one or two more pieces of paper than we do. You know what I say...."grab the matches and break out the S'mores!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Cuz most people who manage to graduate from college only know about 7 percent more about the world than I do. Some of them know much less than that. and get this: Some cannot even think far enough ahead in the game to balance a checkbook. When i knew that college was pretty useless was when...w.ell after I began falling asleep in class....one of my political science professors declared bankruptcy...not because of lack of money really but because he could not organize even the simplest tasks like paying bills on time, balancing his funds and saying "no" when that little voice inside told him to BUY BUY BUY. So you are probably better off than you might think Mach my friend.
However, to all of you who have the staying power to go after those higher degrees though, I will say congratulations for being a more disciplined person than myself as far as studying etc.. Me, I am just too damn restless and I "daydream" (my 4th grade teacher's remarks) too much about being anyplace other than where I am in the world usually. I cannot keep a thought in my head for very long. So, staying with one subject in school was always difficult.
Oh and, also, we have ALL been through a few classes in the school of hard knocks.(I guess those are the required classes to graduate from life)..anybody who claims to have never had a difficult time is a damn fool ass liar or at the very least a hopelessly romantic Moe-ron....just as anyone who believes they have had so much more of a rough time than anybody else in the world will remain immobile and bitter and wondering all the time, "Why Me God? Whyyyyy Meeeeee?" No one persons struggles are any worse or easier than any other person's....Pain is Pain...Life is Life....so enjoy all of it cause you can bet your behind that Death is most certainly Death and when it comes knocking there is not too much you can do about the past, present, or future except hope that you survived all of it with a little dignity and tried to have a little fun while doing it. I dont think life is meant to be lived in regret about ANYTHING. I certainly dont regret anything I have ever done or, for that matter, not done so far.
You are VERY eloquent though Mach and obviously not as poorly educated as you might think. So, ease up on yourself....you are doing alright dude!!!!!!!
Cheers,
Dawn
Passion is necessity. It is not diligence, or simply being committed to a goal. Passion consumes you while you chase down your goal. Passion should always be your natural state of mind for it is what sparks momentum and sets the pace.