Posted by deirdrehbrt on April 10, 2004, at 0:22:55
In reply to Re: ladies, thank you, posted by octopusprime on April 9, 2004, at 22:12:43
Naw...
Grown-ups aren't more together at all. I'll share a lesson from my godfather.
Uncle Fowler was a carpenter. He was doing some work in my parent's house, and I asked him how he knew exactly how to cut each and every piece of wood. He told me that he didn't. The carpenters who were new to the trade had to measure and measure and measure to make sure they didn't make a mistake. The experienced ones could afford to be a bit off because if they made a mistake, they knew how to fix it.
So.... how does the proverb fit into real life. When we're young, our mistakes can be devastating. One failed romance shatters our world to the core. Finding out we dressed wrong for an occasion leaves us a quivering mass in the middle of an ever growing pile of tears.
When we get older, we start to learn that none of these things will kill us. We'll survive, no matter how it feels. If we make a mistake, we learn that posture can fix almost anything. What it can't fix, it can at least subdue a bit. Say you wear the wrong thing, if you're slinking away to the corners you'll be met with lots of people wondering what's wrong. Poised though, you might say that you misunderstood how people would be dressed, and what you have on is what you've got. Let's party, or whatever. Ok, a prom gown to a pool party might be hard to cover, but then again, some fabric moves quite nicely in water, and when did you plan to wear it again anyway? Nope.... older folks continue to do strange things anyway, they just flow with them better.
Ok..... no more preaching.
Dee.
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