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When I was younger, I thought a Kohen or Levi could be called up for any aliya after the first seven. Now I know that it’s only Acharon and Maftir.
The Wolf
when I was younger I thought that if people knew they were wrong they would change. Now I realize that I was an idiot when I was younger.
When I was younger I thought top 40 music was awesome. Now I realize that it was the 90s/early 2000s music that was awesome.
When I was younger I thought I was amazing in every way. Now I realize that I was “spot on.” (The quotation marks are for you, eclipse)
When I was younger I thought that serial dramas were based on books. Now I realise that there is somebody bored enough to be able to think of new episodes for a serial that has been running for several decades.
When i was younger i thought the money you earn through work was yours to spend. Now i realize that the money you earn through work is yours and everyone else’s who doesnt work.
Miritchka
Ha.
When I was young, I thought my parents hung the moon.
Now that I am older, I realize that as far as I am concerned, I was right.
I thought the sun set behind my neighbor’s house, and was very proud to live nearby.
No, son, the sun sets in Arizona, near Falstaff. Thats why the rocks there are so red.
When I was young I thought I was the smartest person alive. Now I realize there was someone smarter alive then.
But he’s dead now.
You mean the young you was smarter than the older you?
PBA – brilliant!
Forty.
One of my favorite quotes. Also one of my son’s favorites, now that he’s twenty.
The Wolf
This is a pretty famous mussar/hashkafa saying. From one of the gedoilei oilam (r’ chain volozhin? R’ yisroel salanter?)
” I used to think I can change the world which will better my country, which will better my state which will better my city, which will better my neighborhood, which will better my family, which will better myself. NOW I realize that I first have to change myself, which will better my family, which will better my neighborhood, which will better my city, which will better my state, which will better my country, which will better the world.”
And that saying obviously doesn’t need my haskama but its clearly evident to any thinking person how true it is. We all need to work to change ourselves before trying to change others.
When I was young I thought I was the smartest person alive. Now I realize there was someone smarter alive then.
But he’s dead now.
Explain please
When I was younger, adults did and said things in front of me that they assumed was fine because I wouldn’t understand. Now that I’m older I still remember some of those things and I do understand. They would be mighty embarrassed if they knew.
As a teenager I was concerned about what others thought of me, only doing things that portrayed a good image (peer pressure).
In my 20s I decided I couldn’t care what others think of me – I will do my own thing.
Now I realise nobody isn’t/wasn’t even thinking about me!!!!
(Heard from Rabbi Yissochor Frand shlita)
By the way, what year DOES middle age officially start ANYway? “
Isn’t it obvious? For Jews, that would be age 60!
When I was younger, I had unique opinions but I took it on faith that other people were smarter and I was often wrong. Now I realize that I was right all along.
i thought peaches were fuzzy nectarines. now i realize that there are no rules.
…I thought the sun set behind my neighbor’s
house, and was very proud to live nearby.
ROTFL!
When I was younger I thought my parents were SO ancient. Now I realize that “young” me is now even older than they were then…
I dont about 40 they say 40 is the new 30
oh eclipse that is so true. I always used to think emes would win out. And even if the truth doesn’t win, I never thought evil would continue to prevail even when it was discovered and revealed (NOT talking about predators, just the regular evil). It’s been hard life lessons. Hashem decides, He also waits til the last moment so people can do tshuva.
The good guys do not ALWAYS win….
Explain please
It’s pashut. Popa is the smartest person in the world.
When I was younger I thought that when we kids argued about whose relatives could overpower whose I was the only one lying and the other kid’s grandfather was really Superman.
@rebyidd23 – But my grandfather really IS Superman. Why would I lie about something like that? o.O
When I was younger, I thought I should search for really old threads from CR in order to bring them back to life. Now I realize I can just wait for others to do that for me.
When I was younger I used to think that other people can divorce you from your spouse, sort of like your boss can fire you from your job. I now know it does not work that way 🙂
When I was younger, I used to think that money grows on trees in your backyard. Now I realize that it only grows in the backyard of the white house.
HP, I get the feeling you were here before. True?
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