tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6393867648309125214.post4868885999132393238..comments2008-05-29T11:18:27.885-04:00LaVeda H. Masonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04452087711993638577LaVedaHMason@gmail.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6393867648309125214.post-49024241662730968522008-05-29T11:18:00.000-04:002008-05-29T11:18:00.000-04:00"...at the end of my life..."<BR/>Middle age is not the end!<BR/>The movie is just getting good...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6393867648309125214.post-77518179864275915502008-04-16T10:11:00.000-04:002008-04-16T10:11:00.000-04:00I agree that you can learn through the good times... and I do. <BR/><BR/>However, I'm saying that there are valuable lessons to be learned during adversity as well. Sometimes, those things are material ('don't lick a frozen flagpole'), and other times, those things are about yourself ('will do almost anything to avoid crowds')<BR/><BR/>I would say that my goal is, at the end of my life, to be able to see where I was happy, mature, and always learning from both my successes and failures. <BR/><BR/>Never let it be said that I *want* adversity, but since it will come to visit anyway, I may as well get something useful out of it :-)LaVeda H. Masonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13952440255140568749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6393867648309125214.post-16224367033616850382008-04-16T07:54:00.000-04:002008-04-16T07:54:00.000-04:00You *can* learn through adversity, but it's also possible to learn through the good times too. <BR/><BR/>I know which I'd rather have, looking back at the end of my life - a life where I haven't learned much, but I've been happy, rather than a life that has made me mature, but has been filled with trials and uncertainty.<BR/><BR/>Or, ideally, the best of both worlds.Grateful Guyhttp://www.thingsimgratefulfor.com/blognoreply@blogger.com