tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post2196108462377324247..comments2024-03-29T07:13:00.641+11:00Comments on Notes on a Serviette: 1190 - We Never LearnJ Cosmo Newberyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04459976320205444628noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-1198403404928387562018-11-12T16:39:37.848+11:002018-11-12T16:39:37.848+11:00Sadly instead of thinking how can we survive, we t...Sadly instead of thinking how can we survive, we think "70years plus hey! How can I make a big profit out of that and damn everyone else, and what does it matter about the Earth that for my kids to work out!"Old Egghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14727444489103758018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-44136192065460752852018-11-12T12:53:04.782+11:002018-11-12T12:53:04.782+11:00I love this. What a shame humans forget so easily ...I love this. What a shame humans forget so easily the importance of learning from the pastKBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02621937316200868307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-61906449094828547022018-11-12T10:49:54.261+11:002018-11-12T10:49:54.261+11:00It is a cycle--I love the thought here and I love ...It is a cycle--I love the thought here and I love the pairing of the photo to the verse--Audrey Howitt aka Divaloungerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06854425983822589062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-9680006970127950972018-11-12T08:38:19.856+11:002018-11-12T08:38:19.856+11:00Love it! If only we could bring ourselves to cast...Love it! If only we could bring ourselves to cast the occasional backward glance. Wendy Bourkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09475940407969993348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-47881554239720275812018-11-12T07:05:27.659+11:002018-11-12T07:05:27.659+11:00So that's what happened! We model all on mist...So that's what happened! We model all on mistakes rather than on possibilities. What if we trashed all of the old structures and started over?Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05723639294340760325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-49396582059607711452018-11-12T06:48:27.900+11:002018-11-12T06:48:27.900+11:00I have been learning this hard lesson for many yea...I have been learning this hard lesson for many years now and it speaks truth in volumes....those mistakes are so necessary. I really loved this!!Donna@LivingFromHappinesshttp://www.livingfromhappiness.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-44294609977113828732018-11-12T05:17:58.737+11:002018-11-12T05:17:58.737+11:00That last line...is that a good thing? Or a cautio...That last line...is that a good thing? Or a cautionary idea?C. Sandlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15616902831506982429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-21249237551164474712018-11-12T03:47:52.150+11:002018-11-12T03:47:52.150+11:00I think mistakes will be polished to successes... ...I think mistakes will be polished to successes... but maybe it's even worse with good intentions really.brudberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12563403553536472377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-62644300718281147662018-11-12T03:03:49.276+11:002018-11-12T03:03:49.276+11:00Oh, the wonders we could build if we only remember...Oh, the wonders we could build if we only remembered to use the lessons birthed by yesterday's mistakes...<br /><br />Fantastic piece.Magaly Guerrerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18295455026184103230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-1620803586819636012018-11-12T02:25:57.746+11:002018-11-12T02:25:57.746+11:00Politically, we seem doomed to repeat the same cyc...Politically, we seem doomed to repeat the same cycles, not learning a thing. Thankfully, as individuals, we do a bit better. Loved this, Cosmo.Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-64387784646683378032018-11-12T01:10:06.607+11:002018-11-12T01:10:06.607+11:00I like this. I think it is all in how we deal wit...I like this. I think it is all in how we deal with mistakes. I like the idea of using them as blueprints to chart a new course (rather than to be drowned and disillusioned by them).Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366010389846904663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-54547284237918005292018-11-12T00:29:07.746+11:002018-11-12T00:29:07.746+11:00Interesting ending – quite a turn-around from wher...Interesting ending – quite a turn-around from where the poem appeared to be heading. Nicely done.Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-45535509302198270202018-11-12T00:26:45.101+11:002018-11-12T00:26:45.101+11:00That's wise and true .. though sometimes it...That's wise and true .. though sometimes it's not easy to accept change and move on.Sanaa Rizvihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06681404650477409830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-91031497836017528302018-11-11T21:55:44.108+11:002018-11-11T21:55:44.108+11:00True that!True that!thotpurgehttp://thotpurge.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30233877.post-57069697976874653752018-11-11T20:51:22.961+11:002018-11-11T20:51:22.961+11:00How true!
'Mistakes
Of yesteryear
Can be the ...How true!<br />'Mistakes <br />Of yesteryear<br />Can be the shadowy <br />Blueprint<br />For tomorrow's <br />Brave frontier.'Kim M. Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16668459794787447606noreply@blogger.com