tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082887.post2908828544514110196..comments2023-10-30T07:39:04.857-07:00Comments on Random Thoughts- Do They Have Meaning?: 140 Characters- Teaching Boys To Be MenJack Steinerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16625864271071630940noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082887.post-28255937958882757442009-12-22T21:07:51.312-08:002009-12-22T21:07:51.312-08:00You may not be able to play with the Dodgers, but ...<i>You may not be able to play with the Dodgers, but you could always play with an amateur baseball league.</i><br /><br />That is a good idea. I might have to investigate that. Could be a lot of fun.Jack Steinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16625864271071630940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082887.post-16426298403322430612009-12-22T19:12:56.945-08:002009-12-22T19:12:56.945-08:00You may not be able to play with the Dodgers, but ...You may not be able to play with the Dodgers, but you could always play with an amateur baseball league. My husband is starting to do that now. Although it isn't the same as playing professionally, he still gets uber excited just to be playing again.Kikolanihttp://kikolani.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082887.post-59726661799587676442009-12-22T17:50:59.771-08:002009-12-22T17:50:59.771-08:00Sire,
I have had that very discussion with my kid...Sire,<br /><br />I have had that very discussion with my kids about cellphones. Not going to give them one until they really need it.<br /><br />Too many parents just give in without considering the consequences. I refuse to be one of them.Jack Steinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16625864271071630940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082887.post-60981620284843472002009-12-22T17:47:07.019-08:002009-12-22T17:47:07.019-08:00The problem with kids is they want what everyone e...The problem with kids is they want what everyone else has and they want it now.<br /><br />I've always tried to give my kids things that they needed more than what they wanted. They wanted a mobile phone as soon as their friend got one, but they didn't get it until they had to rely on public transport to get to high school which was years down the track.<br /><br />I've always been thankful for what I have rather than being sad for the things I lacked.Sirehttp://wassupblog.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082887.post-89282514010683412942009-12-22T17:17:02.298-08:002009-12-22T17:17:02.298-08:00(i'm gonna end up attending a Laker's game...<i>(i'm gonna end up attending a Laker's game w/ you before it's all said and done with...)</i><br /><br />Sounds good to me. I love my Lakers. Can't wait to see them repeat.Jack Steinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16625864271071630940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082887.post-50794077840442291382009-12-22T16:29:21.771-08:002009-12-22T16:29:21.771-08:00alright, i'm down. officially. can totally rel...alright, i'm down. officially. can totally relate to every word. i will say one thing, though... everytime i look into my "rearview" mirror and examine days gone by, i won't allow myself to question my path, only to celebrate my good fortune. <br />desporado, why don't you come to your senses? (i'm gonna end up attending a Laker's game w/ you before it's all said and done with...)john cave osbornehttp://johncaveosborne.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082887.post-10857330054629008312009-12-22T11:17:53.697-08:002009-12-22T11:17:53.697-08:00BMA,
I can relate. I have been a bunch of things,...BMA,<br /><br />I can relate. I have been a bunch of things, hence a "Jack-of-All-Trades." The hardest part sometimes is identifying what it is that you want to do.<br /><br />Heather,<br /><br />There are two different themes if you will in what you are saying, or at least how I interpret it.<br /><br />There is the material and the mental. The mental part is where I still try to truly push myself. That is where I try to keep slugging so that I keep learning and become better at some things.<br /><br />On the material or possession side I am working on identifying exactly what I need so that I can focus on just those things.<br /><br />And I would go back and do some things differently. No movie star ending where I proclaim that I would do it all the same way again because I wouldn't.Jack Steinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16625864271071630940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082887.post-18188151391700749522009-12-22T09:32:37.360-08:002009-12-22T09:32:37.360-08:00I'm so glad I found your blog, Jack. We are so...I'm so glad I found your blog, Jack. We are so much alike and ponder so many of the same mysteries. <br /><br />Appreciation is a key to happiness. And I like what you have to say about appreciating and enjoying what you have. That totally goes against everything I've ever been taught. To sit back and appreciate, and enjoy, I fear being enveloped by entropy and struck by stagnation. We must constantly fight to maintain even our present state of happiness. And we are losers if we don't want and demand more for and from ourselves. (This is what I've been taught.)<br /><br />But I'm beginning to really believe that happiness and joy and self-actualization lie in the inherent truth that is somehow obscured from us, that should appear so obvious upon recognition.<br /><br />If only I could go back and do it all over again, Jack, if only. :)Heather at My Coupon Coophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14429799440079596667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082887.post-20304679975510046242009-12-22T06:58:38.420-08:002009-12-22T06:58:38.420-08:00Sometimes it takes a long time to sort out what yo...Sometimes it takes a long time to sort out what you want and only by doing many differnet things do you arrive where you were meant to be.<br /><br />I tried architecture, marketing, and finance but ended up being a writer. Strange journey maybe but ultimately, I've never been happier.Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08342109839956458589noreply@blogger.com