Lessons from Primary One

One of my favourite books is Robert Fulghum's "Everything I Really Needed to Know, I Learnt in Kindergarten". Very slim book, very easy read, very wise life lessons. I've had a copy on my office desk for many years, which I still dip into once in a while when things get unecessarily complex. Anyway, check it out if you've never read the book.

So I'd like to start what might be an interesting discussion in the same vein. Think back to Primary One, if you can remember those early years. For some of us, that would be St Joe Primary One. For others, it might be at another school. Doesn't really matter where.

What did you learn in that formative year that has served you well in your later life?

Life Lessons Learnt

I thought I'd start a more reflective post today. As we all hit 50 this year*, it can be considered a "half-way" mark in our life journey. It's probably a good to time to pause, stand back and review our life so far. I would guess that your life, as with most everyone else's, would be like the road shown above - with its bright and dark spots, its smooth and rough patches, its ups and downs, its main route and side paths .... But all throughout the journey, we live and learn.

What are some of the memorable life lessons that you have learnt in our life, that you might want to share with other form mates and friends? Another way of putting it is: what do you know now that you wish you knew 30 years ago when you were just starting out? Yet another way to put it: what would you want your child or grandchild to know so that he/she doesn't have to learn it the hard way that you did? Or perhaps you might have formed some views on life that you just want to check with the others to see if anybody else sees it the same way?

These reflections can be in any sphere of life ... work, career, business, professional, family, social, personal etc etc. No boundaries at all. It's totally up to you.

Go on. Share freely your pearls of wisdom.

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* For other honorary members of this group not from the Form5 (1976) classes, who haven't quite hit the Big 5 yet (and you know who you are & 50 is probably akan datang pretty soon anyway), please feel free to also share your lessons learnt.