tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post6646491966120021946..comments2024-03-28T08:01:34.001-07:00Comments on The Forty-Five: Changing A Small ThingToirdhealbheach Beucailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14872794169534403463noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-48162326131135295282021-04-14T15:33:15.489-07:002021-04-14T15:33:15.489-07:00Leigh, that is a good one. Looking back, there ar...Leigh, that is a good one. Looking back, there are many times where I could have been more supportive or positive than I was.Toirdhealbheach Beucailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872794169534403463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-65133407470584369292021-04-14T02:57:16.195-07:002021-04-14T02:57:16.195-07:00Nothing specific, but I regret having withheld act...Nothing specific, but I regret having withheld acts of kindness to people along the way. I was justifying bad moods or imagined offenses at the time, and now I regret not taking control of myself and extending kindness anyway. Small things can make a big difference in the lives of others and I'd rather build people up than tear them down. Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02435811789823712254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-73980385671671631542021-04-13T15:58:08.096-07:002021-04-13T15:58:08.096-07:00Julia, that is a very good one - and very interest...Julia, that is a very good one - and very interesting. I do not know that I had a formal "mentor", either then or now. I probably would have benefited from one.Toirdhealbheach Beucailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872794169534403463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-83959822482224752732021-04-13T15:57:28.605-07:002021-04-13T15:57:28.605-07:00Just So, I understand that - especially given the ...Just So, I understand that - especially given the last few months. There are a number of things that looking back, I should have done with my father that I did not.Toirdhealbheach Beucailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872794169534403463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-49109409713217563982021-04-13T15:56:50.940-07:002021-04-13T15:56:50.940-07:00Wow Ed. That is a powerful memory. Thank you for...Wow Ed. That is a powerful memory. Thank you for sharing. And yes, for me the same (although in a much less significant way).<br />Toirdhealbheach Beucailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872794169534403463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-69108070363045508912021-04-13T07:53:18.081-07:002021-04-13T07:53:18.081-07:00I would have found a mentor. I grew up without any...I would have found a mentor. I grew up without any kind of guidance or direction. JuliaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-9144052036860632792021-04-13T06:43:31.829-07:002021-04-13T06:43:31.829-07:00When I was 17, I was helping my father paint the h...When I was 17, I was helping my father paint the house. We had finished three sides, and a group of my buddies came by asking me to go with them to the lake. Instead of finishing up, I ditched and left him to do the painting alone. Looking back, I would do anything to be painting the house with my dad again.Just Sohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12610753621455763667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-68606956409677115742021-04-13T06:36:11.619-07:002021-04-13T06:36:11.619-07:00I wrote mine down on my blog some 17 years ago.
h...I wrote mine down on my blog some 17 years ago.<br /><br />https://riverbendjournal.blogspot.com/2004/10/open-letter-to-jimmy.htmlEdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13214319366049620074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-52529833379400514762021-04-13T06:12:24.454-07:002021-04-13T06:12:24.454-07:00STxAR - It is one of those things - if you asked y...STxAR - It is one of those things - if you asked your younger self why not, your younger self would have had good reasons not to (I am sure). We always seemed to.Toirdhealbheach Beucailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872794169534403463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-51740582114697307082021-04-13T06:08:26.453-07:002021-04-13T06:08:26.453-07:00Indeed it does Anonymous.
My own choice - and odd...Indeed it does Anonymous.<br /><br />My own choice - and oddly enough for the category of "Small things that really impacted me" there is no runner up - would have not made a difference to me and possibly 4 other people that I would never meet again for something that was so incidental in the scope of things that it does not matter. But it is easily the one thing I would change in a heartbeat, even now.Toirdhealbheach Beucailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872794169534403463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-39258795016044849582021-04-13T05:25:23.235-07:002021-04-13T05:25:23.235-07:00I'd have pursued my pilot's license with t...I'd have pursued my pilot's license with the employee discount at Avtech aviation. I don't know why I didn't.STxARhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04588850178293194825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-69346403180643979302021-04-13T03:42:07.225-07:002021-04-13T03:42:07.225-07:00That is a hard choice if you can choose ONLY one. ...That is a hard choice if you can choose ONLY one. The one that comes immediately too mind would likely cause later frictions which was why I chose what I ended up picking.<br /><br />The Vulture of Remorse has a Very Sharp Beak.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com