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Old 02-15-2018, 5:37pm   #1
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After a while you learn the subtle difference between holding a hand and chaining a soul.

And you learn that love doesn't mean leaning and company doesn't mean security.

And you begin to learn that kisses aren't contracts and presents aren't promises.

And you begin to accept your defeats with your head up and your eyes ahead, with the grace of an adult, not the grief of a child.

And you learn to build all your roads on today because tomorrow's ground is too uncertain for plans, and futures have a way of falling down in mid-flight. ..

After a while you learn that even sunshine burns if you get too much.

So you plant your own garden and decorate your own soul, instead of waiting for someone to leave you flowers.

And you learn that you really can endure;
You really are strong, you really do have worth.
And you learn, and you learn
With every goodbye you learn.
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I've also learned to turn that deep shit off once in a while and just be a shallow asshole.
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I've also learned to turn that deep shit off once in a while and just be a shallow asshole.

Ya, me too, but all the time.
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I've also learned to turn that deep shit off once in a while and just be a shallow asshole.

dude...

phhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhht......ahhhhhhhhhh

<cough> <hack> <hack> <cough>

.....that was soooooo.....................deep. Yeah, deep.

phhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhht.........ahhhhhhhhhh


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I've also learned to turn that deep shit off once in a while ....
And therein lies the battle; for the thinking man to find the mute button in a non-destructive way.

Battled that sheit all my life but finding some peace in my later years.
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And therein lies the battle; for the thinking man to find the mute button in a non-destructive way.

Battled that sheit all my life but finding some peace in my later years.
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Help me remember: George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison, and...?
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Battled that sheit all my life but finding some peace in my later years.
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Amen brother. The one thing I do enjoy with being older is the wisdom that comes with it. Nobody can teach it to you, I tried to learn it when I was young. Nothing can substitute for life experience and having a few failures along the way.
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by Veronica Shoftsall:

After a while you learn the subtle difference between holding a hand and chaining a soul.

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And therein lies the battle; for the thinking man to find the mute button in a non-destructive way.

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Where were you fukkers when I was 18?

I'd like to say I woulda written down every letter with absolute purpose. But at 18, we all know everything about everything, right?

Life dgaf about your plans or what you think is fair or right. I'll take a guess here and say we've all learned some damn hard lessons.
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I believe only two of them are left. Hard to believe Roy has been gone since '88.
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I believe only two of them are left. Hard to believe Roy has been gone since '88.
That would be Bob Dylan and Jeff Lynne who are left. One is an over-rated mumbling singer, the other is an under-rated musician who has never made it into the Hall of Fame.
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That would be Bob Dylan and Jeff Lynne who are left. One is an over-rated mumbling singer, the other is an under-rated musician who has never made it into the Hall of Fame.
Damn Spence. I see there are two of us who think the bolded. I never have been able to listen to that fukk Dylan sing. I've heard cats in heat sound better. And Jeff Lynne, I suppose, just looks at his fat bank account and sleeps well at night.
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Where were you fukkers when I was 18?
I was probably busy being 14.

In all seriousness, you are right. Some shit you have to pay the price and experience to gain wisdom.
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Where were you fukkers when I was 18?

I'd like to say I woulda written down every letter with absolute purpose. But at 18, we all know everything about everything, right?

Life dgaf about your plans or what you think is fair or right. I'll take a guess here and say we've all learned some damn hard lessons.
I'd guess I was about to start middle school or so.

When I was in my early 20s I had an old fella I used to talk to at the bus stop.
I'll never forget the day he told me, "son, life is what happens while you're busy making other plans".
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I'd guess I was about to start middle school or so.

When I was in my early 20s I had an old fella I used to talk to at the bus stop.
I'll never forget the day he told me, "son, life is what happens while you're busy making other plans".
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I've never talked about it here, but I always thought I was the only one who had to ride the bus back in the day.
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I've never talked about it here, but I always thought I was the only one who had to ride the bus back in the day.
Due to "life happening" I was homeless back when I was 30. Had to get out of the apartment I was splitting with someone who was an asshole.

Life had already handed me a few shit sammiches just before that which were totally beyond my control.
3 years later I bought my first home and 2 years after that, my first Vette.
Never looked back.

There are few greater freedoms than having been hungry and later realizing you've learned to take care of yourself and aren't afraid when life takes a wrong turn, and in a hurry.
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Damn Spence. I see there are two of us who think the bolded. I never have been able to listen to that fukk Dylan sing. I've heard cats in heat sound better. And Jeff Lynne, I suppose, just looks at his fat bank account and sleeps well at night.
If he can sleep after breaking up with Rosie Vela....
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