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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=460639" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>0168Letter to a Troubled Youngster</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">you come from a family that –<br>well, I’ve known better and, <br>I’ve certainly known worse..<br>but all you want right now<br>is to get right away from them, <br>live your own life, make<br>your own mistakes.. and<br>half of you is looking forward to<br>doing just that, and<br>half of you’s not sure..<br>OK so far? I’m trying to be fair…</div><div style="margin:10px 0">now here are some sketches of<br>what life may hold: </div><div style="margin:10px 0">there’s the random, no-plan plan –<br>life happens; no plan, no control; </div><div style="margin:10px 0">or there’s the existentialist view: <br>I make my own life, I’m in control, <br>and then I live it; that’s it, <br>I’m strong.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">or there’s the Indian view: <br>that in some timeless way<br>which may be, how you played it<br>in a previous life; or right now, as outside time; <br>you’ve set yourself this scenario which<br>you’ve got another chance, now, <br>to improve, resolve, in order to..<br>live fully? be your own real self? <br>be happy? help the world? ..<br>fill this one in yourself</div><div style="margin:10px 0">or there’s the view that God, <br>the gods, the Fates (fill this one in, too<br>or leave it blank for later) , anyway<br>Someone Up There or<br>Someone In Here<br>has – as the Stoics believed –<br>set your life as a series of<br>lessons to be learned. The right answers<br>that you may or may not have got right<br>may or may not be at the back of the book<br>but with a bit of luck, you’ll have a pretty clear idea<br>with this in mind, of how it’s going</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But whichever, the great thing is –<br>treat all the hurdles as<br>challenges to overcome; even, <br>if you’re that strong, look forward every day<br>to what may happen; and when it does, <br>be glad, whether it seems ‘good’ or ‘bad’, <br>give it your full and glad acceptance, ’cos<br>that’s how it’s going to be, anyways..and<br>you may learn more that way</div><div style="margin:10px 0">and have a lot of fun in the sense<br>of freedom, that this view will, shall, bring</div><div style="margin:10px 0">and sorry if all this is trite.. it’s the best that<br>I can do; have sometimes done; <br>and no, I haven’t always followed<br>my own advice..</div><div style="margin:10px 0">so enjoy, and good luck.. for, who knows, <br>it may not be just luck</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Michael+Shepherd">Michael Shepherd</a><div class=q>
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well, I’ve known better and, 
I’ve certainly known worse..
but all you want right now
is to get right away from them, 
live your own life, make
your own mistakes.. and
half of you is looking forward to
doing jus..."></div>
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