Friday, April 13, 2012

L is for Live and Learn


     We begin life as innocent babies completely dependent on those around us for food, shelter, and love.  Hopefully we are fulfilled and can truly count on those who should love us most.  Sadly there are some who must find their way alone without the benefit of loving guidance.  Time passes and we grow, we live, and we learn.  Life isn’t always easy, but we learn from our mistakes as well as from our triumphs.


      We learn from example how to eat, mingle, play, and to dress ourselves.  From the very beginning of our lives we learn by observation everything we need to know to get through life.    We begin our formal education in kindergarten learning the magic of the ABC’s, how to count, and even more importantly how to get along with others.  Over the years we acquire more skills from reading to computation.   As time goes on each person’s individual talents and blessings come gradually to light.  Those who can sing, sing.  Those who are artistic, create.  Those who are analytical, figure things out for the rest of us and make it all make perfect sense.  Some people graduate high school and then darken the halls of higher learning.  Still others settle down, get a job, and choose to raise a family.  Still others manage to do both.




        Eventually we find our soul mate, and use everything we have learned before to embark on a life together.  Children come along, and we struggle to make ends meet.  We worry and fret, but eventually we find our way.  We travel the path of our lives learning life’s lessons as we go, doing what is our fate to do, teach what we need to teach to those who depend on us most, and then we die.  Each life is peppered with laughter, sadness, good times, and bad, and hopefully filled with happiness, fulfillment, and love.


         Each life is unique and different, and we travel down the road of the life we live and learn at our own pace until next time when I give you another glimpse into the life of a trucker’s wife.



22 comments:

  1. Nice reflective post on living and learning. The only way to learn is to get out there and experience life--however we may choose to do that.

    Cheers, Jenn.

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    1. Jenn, exactly, thank you for stopping by to read and for your kind comments!!

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  2. Introspection can be good. It is educational to list and affirm our core beliefs and principles now and again. Life is learning, for those of us lucky enough to be able to do it. Nice post.

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    1. Nerthus, I think everything in life holds an opportunity for learning if one is just aware enough to grasp it and appreciate it. Thank you for stopping in to read and for your kind comments.

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  3. Or in my case, married for 22 years to the wrong person, then my soulmate finds me and we are faced w/ starting completely over at the ages of 47 and 50. Scary, but yeah, 'live and learn.'

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    1. JoJo, I am so happy you found your soul mate!! I married the wrong person the first time but got it right in the end. Thank you for stopping in to read and for your kind comments.

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  4. Very insightful and well written post. Great job Kathy!

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    1. KAT, I am so pleased you enjoyed my contribution for the letter L. Thank you for stopping in to read and comment!!

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  5. Life is the ultimate on-the-job-training endeavor!

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    1. Word Nerd, and we never stop learning how to live. Thank you for stopping by to read and for your comments.

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  6. We are constantly living and learning. That's what makes life grand! :-)

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    1. Beachlover, life is constantly evolving with lessons hidden everywhere. Thank you for stopping by to read and for your comments!!

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  7. The paths are diverse, and the experiences unique. Nicely done post Kathy.

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    1. November Rain, thank you for your kind comments and for stopping by. I am so pleased you enjoyed my post. ♥

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  8. I love looking at how my life intertwines with others (husband, sons, family friends.) They are all so unique, yet still carry that bond of shared experiences. Great look and perspective on this one Kathy.

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    1. Amy, that is an interesting concept!! It reminds me of that movie "The 5 people you meet in heaven" and it is so true. Thank you for stopping in and for your comments!!

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  9. I take it that we've given ourselves this lesson of our unique life before we grant the earth with our presence. Blog on!

    http://francene-wordstitcher.blogspot.com.

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    1. Francene, it is highly possible. It is said that our lives are mapped out for us before we are even born or fate. Thank you for stopping by to read and for your comments.

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  10. Sometimes it takes us a long time to learn and life just keeps throwing the lessons our way. Nicely done Kathy.

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    1. Suzy, I know on some things it has taken forever to knock it into my head, but eventually light shines through! LOL Thank you for stopping by to read and for your comments.

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  11. Adorable blog. Love the dancing Boston Terrier.

    Happy A to Z!

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    1. Linda, thank you for stopping by. I am so pleased you enjoyed what you found here. :D

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