{"id":3512,"date":"2015-04-21T23:09:43","date_gmt":"2015-04-22T03:09:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/?p=3512"},"modified":"2015-04-22T10:11:42","modified_gmt":"2015-04-22T14:11:42","slug":"the-big-learn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/?p=3512","title":{"rendered":"The Big Learn."},"content":{"rendered":"

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One of my biggest life lessons is this:\u00a0 I still have a lot to learn.<\/p>\n

Dag nab it.
\nLord knows I try.
\nBut around every bend comes a new thing, a new situation, one that I possible couldn\u2019t have seen coming.\u00a0 I\u2019m not talking about monumental, life-altering experiences.\u00a0 No. Those deserve a Month-of-Sundays-of-Blogs.<\/p>\n

I am talking about Little Things. When I say something stupid, or when I commit to doing something\u2026 which I later regret.\u00a0 It is about how I react when my teacup gets rattled.\u00a0 Or losing my entire Cool-Whip over tiny things. \u00a0 You know…. times when the packing tape gets all stuck together, or when an entire dozen of chicken eggs drop on the floor.<\/p>\n

I guess my biggest glitch, is that I get stuck on it. Whatever that \u201cit\u201d may be.\u00a0 Yes.\u00a0 I have a lot to learn.\u00a0 Oh, that Frozen<\/em><\/span> Movie said it again, and again, and again, and again\u2026 and\u2026\u2026 \u2026. well\u2026 you know.\u00a0 The song is so burned in my mind… I can’t even say it out loud.\u00a0 I have to SAY it in Pig Latin….. Et-lay It-tay oh-gay.
\nBut…. …. Emerson did it better.<\/p>\n

\u201cFinish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/span>
\n\u2015 Ralph Waldo Emerson<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

So the important thing, I suspect, it to truly make amends when we need to.\u00a0 With others, and with ourselves.\u00a0 And then get back to the seeing the bright side of life.\u00a0 I defer to Ms. Browning\u2026..<\/p>\n

\u201cEarth\u2019s crammed with heaven\u2026 But only he who sees, takes off his shoes.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/span>
\n\u2015 Elizabeth Barrett Browning<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Yep. Take your shoes off and stay awhile.\u00a0 Colo<\/strong><\/em>r with crayons.\u00a0 Sing a happy song.\u00a0 Spin around in circles.\u00a0 Eat ice-cream.\u00a0 Roll down a hill.\u00a0 Laugh.\u00a0 Be Alive.\u00a0 Notice.<\/p>\n

\u201cGenius is nothing more nor less than childhood recaptured at will.\u201d<\/strong><\/em>
\n\u2015 Charles Baudelaire<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  One of my biggest life lessons is this:\u00a0 I still have a lot to learn. Dag nab it. Lord knows I try. But around every bend comes a new thing, a new situation, one that I possible couldn\u2019t have seen coming.\u00a0 I\u2019m not talking about monumental, life-altering experiences.\u00a0 No. Those deserve a Month-of-Sundays-of-Blogs. I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nowyouseeit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3512"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3512\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3520,"href":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3512\/revisions\/3520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}