Monday Mar 22, 2004

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"Parents should never try to teach us life; for they only teach us their life" (Rilke). It is up to each of us to discover our own life.
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signalnoise:
i think the last thing i need to tell my wife is that my "internet friends" think she is wrong. that's like just asking for an ass whooping wink

nice quotation today - but then it raises the next question: apparently the job of a parent is to help you discover life, but how is that done? it sounds really hard....
tryst:
I have received much wisdom from my parents; however, my life looks nothing like theirs and has taken a very different direction. It's how you use the wisdom that matters, and the ability to seperate actual wisdom from personal opinion.

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