Tuesday, September 1, 2009

What I've Learned



1. At some point in your life you realize it is about you!

2. Everybody wants the world to reflect their reality. What if you're crazy?

3. I don't have a lot of big regrets but, I got little regrets that are killing me.

4. If I took the time to try and figure out my motivation for everything I did, I wouldn't have completed a thing!

5. My mother never allowed me to feel sorry for myself or to brood over anything too long. She said that once something was over and done with, pick yourself up and move on. That's how I learned to deal with adversity.

6. Never get romantically involved with anyone who has more issues than you do!

7. News is what somebody somewhere doesn't want you to know... everything else is just advertising.

8. You never begin a new life, you just continue your current life.

9. At some point in life, you realize it ain't about you!

10. If we realized how short and fragile life really is, perhaps we'd be a little nicer to each other.

In Loving Memory of Anika Harris Vines ("Nikki")
August 1, 1970 - August 30, 2009

22 comments:

Anonymous said...

RIP Nikki Harris

E.M.H. said...

LOL @ #2 and #6.....and #10 is so true!!!!! Appreciate, love, enjoy, be kind, laugh, etc......

Blu Jewel said...

You said it all right there. It's a shame that it always takes death to make us live. Hopefully, we'll all start doing and living better.

Love to live; live to love!

12kyle said...

# 3 is soooo true!

Man, I'm really gonna miss Nikki. She left us wayyyy too soon!

Toni said...

Love these "What I've Learned " posts.

Angie B. said...

I laughed out loud when I read number 6.

Vanessa said...

Number 6 is the truth ruth!

Sunflower said...

"What I've Learned" is my favorite of your recurring posts..Sorry about your friend,Nikki.

Brenda said...

I am so sorry to hear about the death of your friend Nikki..I'm sure she was very special to you.
You wrote a post about her and then dedicated your next post to her. By the way..This was a good post.

Cheryl said...

Good Post, especially number 6!-lolol.

Lisa said...

Numbers 1, 2,6 and 9 are the straight up truth Keith. Loved this post.

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Halo said...

Number Ten was special!

Captain Jack said...

Good Post Keith, I especially liked
number 10.

James Perkins said...

My condolences on the loss of your friend. She seemed like a beautiful person.

Simon Bastion said...

Sorry For your loss...This was such a nice tribute.

Grover Tha Playboy said...

Good Post..I liked number #6.

Tate 2 said...

#2 and #6 were my favorites Keith!

Swaggie said...

Sorry for your loss man...Good Post and good tribute!

Sean said...

As always, a timely post..Sorry about your friend, Nikki.

Jazzy said...

Good Post Fam! Sorry for your loss.

Rich Fitzgerald said...

Man, Life is entirely too short.

1. TRUE

3. It's always the little things

9. TRUE -- that one reminded me of Don's 10 Things I Like/Dislike Post.

10. No Doubt




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DEAR GOD: My heart is heavy with my own failures. I try to excuse them and explain to myself why they occurred, because I want to be free from the feeling that I am unworthy and incapable of being all that I can be. But I find it easier to accept your forgiveness than to forgive myself. When I try to forgive myself, it seems I only remember and re-play my failures in my mind, and a sense of hopelessness floods over me. Help me to know that my past actions are a part of my growing humanity and that even when I fail to live up to what is your will for me, every single moment can be lived anew. Remind me that refusing to forgive myself only keeps me from experiencing that newness. Assure me of the truth that by casting “my sins into the depth of the sea”, you have freed me to discard them myself and live the next moment as if it were my first, for indeed it is. I ask this for the sake of your love. Amen.









































































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