tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861130.post114332105595641947..comments2023-08-20T04:40:04.843-05:00Comments on Stephen M (Ethesis): Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00219023897626648057noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861130.post-1143431058687759352006-03-26T21:44:00.000-06:002006-03-26T21:44:00.000-06:00I love that saying, "when I knew better, I did bet...I love that saying, "when I knew better, I did better." Because I've always tried to do the right thing.<BR/><BR/>Marian D. Hanks quotes a woman saying, "I've made many mistakes for which I will surely have to pay, but many were made in anguish as I was trying to do the right thing."<BR/><BR/>In Al-Anon, we say "progress, not perfection" a lot.annegbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15037271914260019842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861130.post-1143396389483936332006-03-26T12:06:00.000-06:002006-03-26T12:06:00.000-06:00How's that saying go...old enough to know better b...How's that saying go...old enough to know better but too young to care?<BR/><BR/>I know some of my troubles with thinking I knew better involved a hope that I could change someone else, like your reason #2. Adults aren't immune, though we sometimes imagine we are by virtue of age. <BR/><BR/>I've heard it said that when we know better, we do better. Admitting our lack of knowledge and accepting Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861130.post-1143333134579786132006-03-25T18:32:00.000-06:002006-03-25T18:32:00.000-06:00I've been lucky ... I've just been looking at what...I've been lucky ... I've just been looking at what has happened to others and when someone said "I realized I did not know better," this morning, it really hit me that the attitude of thinking that we know better is really a problem we all face.<BR/><BR/>So many people destroy their lives or disrupt themselves, thinking they know better.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00219023897626648057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861130.post-1143322680158661472006-03-25T15:38:00.000-06:002006-03-25T15:38:00.000-06:00A new post!!!! :) Life can be very humbling indee...A new post!!!! :) Life can be very humbling indeed. <BR/><BR/>I hope that you found compassion when you went against the advice rather than........<BR/><BR/>"I told you so!" :(Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com