What life lessons have you learned the hard way?
A life is both a journey and a destination and along that journey we learn, always through experience, sometimes others but often our own. I’ve been recording moments and things of interest of our family for 5 years now and we have learned a lot of lessons along the way: lessons about parenting, marriage, moving, friendships, churching, etc. Some of those lessons came at just a little cost while others have been rather expensive, whether money, time or other resources. And usually it’s the expensive lessons that you learn the best and forget the least. A great example of this is the time I posted a comment on Facebook that someone misunderstood, took offense to, and then decided they were no longer my friend. One comment made, one friend lost. Lesson learned, be careful what, how, and when you post comments on Facebook. Another one would be to not make a joke about having “special brownies” at the church “High Tea” ladies meeting. One joke made, last time I was ever allowed to make an announcement during church. Lesson learned, stick to the script.
Anyway, it just got me thinking, what lessons have you learned the hard way?
Ha Ha! I’d forgotten about that infamous announcement. Classic Kentino!
Yep, classic Kentino…. open mouth, insert foot, repeat if necessary.
I still think it was actually a funny (if somewhat inappropriate for place and audience) joke.