What lessons has life taught you ? / your life 'philosophy'

[OdaySomali]

I think it would be interesting and beneficial to share the lessons that life has taught you.

 

To write that in a few sentences is a big task but i'll give it a try:

 

 

- Change is good. Change means adaption, new experience and environments. From changing your house or car, to changing the country in which you reside and your haircut - change is good. You either enjoy it or learn from it.

 

- Mistakes, problems, setbacks are a 'good' thing - in so far as 'what doesnt kill you only makes you stronger'. This may sound cliché, but it means that there is much to learn from 'pain'.

 

- Happines is a state of mind. It really is. However, a certain level of 'detachment' is neccesary to achieve this 'state of mind'. Once you learn to use controlled detachment.

 

- Failling to plan, is planning to fail.

 

- For those who play by the rules or do things by the books, this has been and will forever be their weakness. They have fundamentally misunderstood the parameters of the game. They have failed to see that the sideline is actually a sideplank on which you can walk, if you keep your balance. It can be used to give you room for maneuvre - it is your competitive advantage.

 

- Linked to the one above: know the rules, so that you may 'cheat' effectively.

 

 

ADD TO!

[OdaySomali]

None I take it ?

[Nin-Yaaban]

OdaySomali;783193 wrote:

I think it would be interesting and beneficial to share the lessons that life has taught you.

 

 

 

- For those who play by the rules or do things by the books, this has been and will forever be their weakness. They have fundamentally misunderstood the parameters of the game. They have failed to see that the sideline is actually a sideplank on which you can walk, if you keep your balance. It can be used to give you room for maneuvre - it is your competitive advantage.

 

 

 

 

ADD TO!

So in other words your saying its ok to cheat and not play by the rules?

[BOB]

Wait for my Autobiography to come out and you shall read all about it Insha Allah.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Peace, Love & Unity.

[NGONGE]

Life taught me that all this guff is what teenagers have as their FB statues!

[OdaySomali]

Nin-Yaaban;783398 wrote:

So in other words your saying its ok to cheat and not play by the rules?

 

 

Yes ... so long as you dont get 'caught'. Why, do you disagree ?

[Chimera]

- Death is not the end.

 

- Life is not the beginning.

 

- Most women are more intelligent than most men.

 

- There is an entire universe and there is you, there will never be another one like you.

 

- Love is a beautiful thing that should be embraced, not feared, nor wasted.

 

- In the Gym you don't just sculp your body into your idea of ultimate physical perfection; the positive structural reconciliation of the mind is far greater, yet too complex to fully analyse, but the state its in is simple enough to enjoy and appreciate.

[Narniah]

I have learned the following so far❤

 

- If you have peoples back, God will have your back.

 

- Never fear a Human being, no matter what status, strength they possess.

 

- When you help someone weak, someday when you are weak someone will come for you sent by God.

 

- The best and most important lessons in life have come to me through a hardship.

 

- ^Never curse my tests in life, Say Alhamdulilah.

 

- Never follow the crowd

 

- There's nothing impossible if you work hard, and believe in it.

 

- Sit with the elderly and listen, they know it all.

 

- Learn to be grateful, as it can be taken away from you.

 

- Change is inevitable.

 

- If someone is jealous of you don't be hard on them. It just means they think you are better than them.

 

- Just say NO. Don't feel bad about it.

[Miriam1]

Life is full of disappointments, accept and trudge along.

[OdaySomali]

Always 'befriend' or at the least make the effort to get the know, if not everyong, those people whom you might need. The problem is knowing which people you might need. But safe to say:

 

- Those people who run the operations

-Those people behind the scenes

- And those people in what seem to be (at first) not-so-'highly' positions

 

This means the cleaners, secretaries (key-holders), receptionists and security guards of this world.

[OdaySomali]

- Don't make enemies if it can be avoided.

 

- Be friendly, whether you mean it is another story, to most people. Unless given a reason not to be.

[OdaySomali]

- Just smile/laugh/grin. A positive attitude attracts & inspires other positive attitudes and this creates/leads to positive & beneficial siuations.

 

- Death is not something to be feared, nor is it something that you can try to avoid. Its an inevitable fact that is beyond your control, so why worry about it or let it affect how you live your life, the decisions you make or the actions you take.

 

- Hone & have principles and live/stand by them. Have a moral compass of sorts.

 

- Reflect on life, its situations and the actions/decisions that you have taken.

 

- Learn from others' mistakes and your own mistakes.

[OdaySomali]

- Failling to plan is planning to fail. But know that failure in that specific situation is not the end of the world.

 

- Teach yourself to think methodically and systematically.

[OdaySomali]

- When you are told something, always ask why, why why?! it will save you a lot of hassle and running around later. You will also be able to sniff out whether that you are being told is accurate/genuine/true/reliable etc. Don't take statements for their face-value.

 

- Think critically.

 

- Have an enquiring mind, search out new things/information/experiences/places.

 

- Travel as much as time & resources allow you. By going to new destinations you will learn new cultures/languages, meet all kinds of people and most important learn about different/new ways of doing things, all kinds of things. Travelling is a very enriching experience and it is good for the mind and a stimulant for thinking.

[Somali philosopher]

this is a dog eat dog world. where some people die of hunger while others buy multi million dollar vacation homes.

 

NIN WALBOW NAFTAA NABIYOOW UMADAA.