There is something uniquely NOW about one of the attitudes I see around the edges of this discussion-- the idea that one can and should know, before one has experienced something, how it is going to feel and what one is going to think about it. I see it often, these days, but it wasn't always the way people thought. Now, though, it's very common to hear people say things like, "I could never do such and such because if I DID, I'd feel like THIS...." as if one can pre-know all there is to know, without having to actually experience anything.

Kinda makes hindsight obsolete.

But I live by it, to a certain extent, I mean I depend on hindsight to help me do better in the future.

I betcha if Butch did an evening that really HURT someone, he'd notice that, and figure out what was happening and what to do about it.

I wish people trusted each other, more, to keep thinking and learning, instead of forming instant, permanent, irrevocable judgments about whatever little slice of reality they happen upon in someone else's life.

I wish I had a t-shirt that said, "The gross error you see me committing today will be the foundation of my wisdom, tomorrow." That would be on the front. The back would say, "Hindsight! Remember???"

I wish people could realize that the fear of a possibility does not mean one can stay safe by cutting out that possibility, and all that might flow from it.

~Susan