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Post by krazydiamond on Dec 12, 2006 20:08:38 GMT -5
Mark is at it again with the snowflakes and holiday virtual decorations, bless him.  i've taken advice and edited the title of this thread from "darn that snowflake" to something more in the real spirit of the thread. in the spirit of the new year, i have a question: if you could go back in time and tell yourself one thing at age 10, what would it be and do you think you'd listen? i think i'd tell myself to take oral hygene more important, i.e. take care of those teeth!!! would i listen......? probably not! KD |
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Post by docone31 on Dec 12, 2006 20:19:29 GMT -5
If I could go back and tell myself one thing, it would be that small things are important! Back when I was ten, I was getting costume jewelery and taking out the gemstones. I could get them out, but, I never even wondered how to put them in something else. Today, that is how I make my living. The irony.
I allowed my folks to talk me out of the small things, and have a desire to be the ghostes with the mostes. I watched lizards lay eggs, Praying Mantises catching flies. I was told to bypass anything like that, and go for the top. I hit the top. You can have it. From the top I hit bottom. I did not bounce, I broke and it was a good thing. Today, I love the little things.
If I could confront myself, I would tell myself the little things add up.
Living small is an exciting life. Living large I tried to shoot myself. I will take small.
Merry Christmas, KD, everyone else, and especially Mark's new addition.
It is a good life.
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Post by ladyt on Dec 12, 2006 20:20:19 GMT -5
I would tell myself to save my babysitting money. I might want it for something special someday. (Rocks) Would I listen....NO!! LOL
Tonja
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Post by joe on Dec 12, 2006 21:45:28 GMT -5
I'd tell myself to invest in Microsoft early!! sorry, just had to do that.  I'd really have to find a way to tell myself not to worry about all the petty junk I worried about for so long. Would I listen? No. |
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Post by Tweetiepy on Dec 12, 2006 22:33:32 GMT -5
10: don,t eat yellow snow
Back at age 13: Tell him you love him
17: dump him - skip the next one and settle on the one after that!
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Post by cina on Dec 12, 2006 23:25:54 GMT -5
I would have told myself to hug my Mom more because I only had 6 more years with her.
I would have told myself to slow down because once you hit 21 time takes over.
I would have told myself to rember what is was like to be 10 and hold it forever.
Would I listen hell no I was 10.
Steph
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SilverHeights
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Post by SilverHeights on Dec 12, 2006 23:46:47 GMT -5
Below are the words to a Gary Fjellgaard song.. it says it all for me about being 10 years old.
Ten Years Old And Barefoot
I'd like to share old memories and talk about my hometown
She was a good time place thru a little boys eyes so amazed at what he saw
Like an Indian man with his hair in braids and a feather just for show
His black-eyed baby at his mama's breast by the stove in the general store
You could still get stuck on main street in the spring in a heavy rain
Play hide and seek in the alley in back of the Chinaman's café
And the farmer's wives went shoppin while the men folk spent some time
At a place they called the ten cent store cause a beer just cost a dime
And a fist fight just outside that door would always draw a crowd
It never once occurred to me why the women weren't allowed
He was ten years old and barefoot he never had a care
Mother natures keepin time she don't always keep it fair
Now I've got the time to write some lines bout the happy times I knew
And being ten years old and barefoot was the best that I could do
Now the barbershop and poolroom they were one and the very same
With a board across the barbers chair you could watch them play the game
Layin pennies on the railway tracks when the passenger came thru
And I swear that a thousand gophers stared down the barrel of my twenty-two
At hockey games and cowboy shows was our chance to make some noise
And I know that every friend I had thought the girls were the same as the boys
We didn't know bib overalls would someday be in style
Boredom was a word that I wouldn't know for quite awhile
So it don't matter where you live it don't matter where you die
Stay ten years old and barefoot until your eighty five
Writer Gary Fjellgaard
Dorothy
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rollingstone
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Post by rollingstone on Dec 13, 2006 3:31:25 GMT -5
KD,
A very interesting thread at this often reflective time of year.
I think you might have a real "hit thread" if you edited your original post to make the subject line more descriptive of the actual content of the thread... perhaps "What I'd tell myself at 10 years old", or something along those lines. [[*Note added later... I see you did modify the post title, and I'm flattered you used a phrase from my post! - Don*]]
Anyway, if I could go back and meet myself at age 10 and give a word of advice, I'd tell myself to join some kind of team sport. To put this in context, both my wife and I come from families that considered that there were much better ways to spend your time than with team sports. It's not that I was encouraged to be lazy, far from that, but things like road hockey and general running around were encouraged, team sports were not.
So when my own daughter, at age 7 or 8, announced that she wanted to join a soccer team, we were rather surprised, but went along with the idea anyhow. Some six years later, she now plays outdoor soccer in summer, indoor soccer in winter, and is also on the cross-country running team at her school.
For a kid with a rather shy nature, it is amazing how sports have built her self-confidence. Not to mention that she has met many pals that she would otherwise not have crossed paths with. And for her parents, we get a blast out of cheering on her team and helping the team out where we can. Plus for me, the father-daughter time spent just kicking a soccer ball around or whatever.
So, yeah, I think by ignoring team sports in my youth, I missed some good times myself, and I think my parents missed some good times also.
If I could go back in time and meet myself at age 10, I'd tell Don-boy to participate in team sports. And if I really met myself from the future, I would probably be freaked out enough to pay attention and do it!
-Don
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Post by BAZ on Dec 13, 2006 8:25:07 GMT -5
Joe beat me to it!
I would also tell myself to go talk to some dorky kid named Bill Gates and invest in his crummy software company.
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Post by hermatite on Dec 13, 2006 12:55:31 GMT -5
I'd have told myself that it's okay if not everyone in the world likes me. And I'd have said to just be patient because my life would be full and blessed in ways that I never would expect. And to not poke that kid with the pencil in the back of the neck because every time I'd seen him after that, he'd show me the graphite tattoo he still has.
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Post by Rockygibraltar on Dec 13, 2006 23:55:33 GMT -5
I've been staring at this page for about 20 minutes now thinking about all the things that I would tell myself. It would be a long story about love, hate, fear, shame, remorse, friendship, joy and hope.
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Post by Debbie on Dec 14, 2006 0:28:49 GMT -5
I would tell myself that I need to get medicated for depression starting around 15 instead of waiting until I am in my 40's. That it is ok to not have a boyfriend or get married until after highschool and college. Study hard and do well in school. That the fun stuff can wait until after school and a good steady job is had. Education is the way to go!
Debbie
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dtcmor
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Post by dtcmor on Dec 14, 2006 1:09:24 GMT -5
Great thread KD! We were talking about this at work the other day only the age was 18. It really makes you stop and think.
Debbie hit the nail on the head for me. I would have told myself to do better in school and that someday a good college degree would get me farther than just a bill-paying factory job that stinks. But, at 10 yrs old everyone was living high on life and didn't have a clue or a worry about all of those 'important' decisions that would come in another 8 years or so. I don't want to push my 4yr old too hard yet, but its never too early to help him understand and do the things I can't go back and change for myself. (Geez !?! - Now I'm starting to sound like my parents did when I was about 10!) LOL
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Post by joanna on Dec 14, 2006 4:06:28 GMT -5
I would tell myself to appreciate and learn more about those adults who were still around me, especially my grandparents, great grand father, Uncle and my Mom and Dad. It wasn't that they didn't understand or didn't care about what was going on with my life, they had 100's or other things to be concerned about, along with hearing a 10 year old whine about little petty problems. Yes, they did care and they were listening me.
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Post by Original Admin on Dec 14, 2006 11:24:56 GMT -5
Mark is at it again with the snowflakes and holiday virtual decorations, bless him. Not as many this year KD - (but I like those snowflakes) |
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MichiganRocks
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Post by MichiganRocks on Dec 14, 2006 17:05:17 GMT -5
It's kind of funny how people look at things. I would not allow myself to have a relationship with the best person I ever met, because I needed to go to college first. Worst mistake I ever made! I still think of her, and I wonder how it could have been. My education and all the money, doesn't seem so important now. Sorry to be such a downer.  Ron ps. Merry Christmas all! No matter what you decided to do with your life. |
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Post by WyckedWyre on Dec 14, 2006 18:24:44 GMT -5
What would I tell myself? Same thing my parents told me..
Stay in school. Don't get married.
Shoulda listened.
::)S
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Post by spikeict on Dec 17, 2006 20:12:49 GMT -5
Me? Then it would be stay out of law Enforcement, believing that not that everyone has to work at being good but the other way around, Go for geology. Now, wished I'd given my kids more hugs when they were little, Gone for a Geology path, Did everything I did as my five kids turned out great. All at the same time. Oh yeah, not to believe everything she told me, should have listened to the inner Policeman.
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