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Voltaire to Nielsen:               "Common sense is not so common." “One may reasonably ask: Why do people cling to the values and practices of the past, when they so obviously no longer work? Long-standing thought patterns are hard to overcome because they often appear to serve the interests of the individual, and old ways of thinking are simpler and easier to handle. In a two-valued way of thinking, as in good and bad, right and wrong, love and hate, cause and effect, very little logical analysis is involved.” “I don’t get upset if people think I’m crazy. If you go to a mental hospital and someone calls you a name, would you get upset? Of course not. Well, that’s the way I think about the world. They don’t know any better.” Jacque Fresco  (March 13, 1916 – May 18, 2017), The Best That Money Can't Buy

Follow your heart, have good intentions, and don't mislead others.  But we must be careful and listen to our sixth sense, watch what they do not what they say. Don't be surprised if suddenly the person you trusted manifests itself in an entirely different beast. In my case, the facts got rid of all of the guesswork. High hopes and low expectations lead to fewer disappointments. It takes courage to trust and even more courage to love one more time.  However, sometimes we can't find common ground even if we still trust and love the person, but when the trust is gone is time to bite the bullet and burn that bridge forever.  Unless you are looking for unnecessary drama, endless problems, emotional pain, and suffering, that bridge is the invitation.  Say goodbye, wish them the best of luck, but that is as far as I would go.  Save your respect for real friends and honest enemies and forget the false friends .

Those who know the truth are not equal to those who love it. To know what you know and what you do not know, that is true knowledge. The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort. The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life.                                               Confucius

Our highest endeavor must be to develop free human beings who are able of themselves to impart purpose and direction to their lives. The need for imagination, a sense of truth, and a feeling of responsibility—these three forces are the very nerve of education.                                           Rudolf Steiner                      Waldorf Education - Anthroposophy

When a person should be spoken with, and you don’t speak with them, you lose them. When a person shouldn’t be spoken with and you speak to them, you waste your breath. The wise do not lose people, nor do they waste their breath. Learn advidly. Question it repeatedly. Analyze it carefully. Then put what you have learned into practice intelligently. Confucius

One who does not know enough to know should not jump to conclusions. The ability to face the consequences of that realization will make a difference between damned and redeemed. Ivica Mijatovic

Our days are just specks of dust in the dust storm. Embrace your past, cherish scars, and stride forward with a smile.  Life is too short to be unhappy, the clock is ticking, and sand will escape from end to the other end the hourglass, whether you want it to or not. Darkness and sunshine are both equally important, we should learn from it, feel it, enjoy it. Rolling back the clock is not an option.  

“My counsels to you are of that nature that they are sometimes not good for me to give, but are always good for you to follow.”                 Demosthenes to the Athenians  384 – 322 BC

“Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested: that is, some books are to be read-only in parts, others to be read, but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.”  Francis Bacon, The Essays P.S. People are like books, use your time wisely, there are so many people and so many books. When tomorrow comes today will be gone forever, we got only so many days, wasted time can not be recycled.