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This is a great exercise in self-realization, and personal growth. It can be as simple, or difficult as you make it. Don’t over think, just write whatever comes to mind.
Let’s enjoy reading your comments and learning about one another, and maybe even a little about ourselves.
Finish The Sentence:
When I was a kid, I thought ___________________, but the older I get, I realize ______________________________.
Thank you for commenting your entry, and please share this post, so we can read your fabulous realizations!
Happy Weekend,
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About Christine Macdonald
Christine Macdonald is a Los Angeles based author from the island of O’ahu.
Through her writing she uses her voice, a unique blend of cutting truth and self-deprecating humor to inspire others to release their shame and tell their story.
She is public about her struggles with clinical depression and PTSD from childhood abuse.
Her forthcoming book of essays about surviving addiction and a career in the sex industry will be published in 2020.
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my parents were wrong and dumb
How right and intelligent they were.
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Oh, I am familiar with this. 😉
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Here’s me:
When I was a kid, I thought being different was a bad thing, but the older I get, I realize our differences make us who we are – and that the flaws are the best part.
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When I was a kid, I thought I deserved all the greatest things in the world, but the older I get, I realize I earn every single thing I get, and this knowledge keeps me driven, humble, and appreciative.
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This is fantastic, Adam – thank you!
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When I was a child I thought things happened to me…now I realize I make things happen.
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VERY true! LOVE this!
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I would not live to the age of 16, I did!
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Ha! So true! Remember thinking “40” was sooo old? Oh dear! 🙂
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When I was a kid I thought who do I want to be when I grow up? But the older I get I realize, I should continue to ask myself that Question.
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Los, I just love you. And this is perfect. Really makes you think about never giving up on Dreams. 🙂
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When I was a kid, I thouight grown-ups knew everything, but the older I get, I realize that it’s kids who are far wiser.
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Nail. Head. Perfect. x
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When I was a kid I thought I had all the answers, but the older I get I realize, I only have more questions 🙂
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You and me both, sister. Thanks so much for playing – miss you!
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When I was a kid, I thought that I was the only gay kid on the planet, but the older I get, I realize there are alot of us out their.
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Oh, how many people will you help with this comment?! Love that – thanks, lovely. Love you tons. x
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Beautiful exercise…
When I was a kid, I thought
– everything had always existed (buildings, schools, my house, society as we know it);
– I was special;
– I was a boy and my parents were mistaken;
– if I lick every slice of bacon, I’ll get to eat every single one;
– everybody loved me, but just often simply forgot about me;
– witches and monsters and goblins really existed;
– every country was like Canada, with a duality (we had French and English) and assumed every single person in the world was bilingual like me and often asked my mom about other cultures such as “Mom, what’s Australia’s English side?”
– there was nothing in the world I couldn’t do if I simply tried hard enough
but the older I get
– I realize we’re all in the same boat and nothing is permanent
– there isn’t enough time in my short life to do everything I want to do
– the less bacon I want to add to my love handles…
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Cracking up, girl! I share the same bacon plight. We ARE all in the same, boat, sailing the calm, sometimes, choppy seas, aren’t we?
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When I was a kid, I thought I was older, but the older I get, I realize I am always younger.
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This belongs on a birthday card. So true!
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When I was a kid, I thought being a grown up would be awesome because I stay up as late as I wanted to. Now I realize I want to go to bed at eight, but there’s too much stuff to get done 🙂
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Oh, how I can relate!
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because I *could* stay up (forgot ‘could’)
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When I was a kid I thought I wanted to live in a tent in the woods, now I realize I’m more of a comfy bed/air conditioning kind of a person!
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Me too, sister!
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When I was a kid, I wished I was shorter………but the older I get, I realize my height is what gives me these great legs.
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Atta girl!
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When I was a kid, I thought things got better as you get older, but the older I get, I realize they will if you have a good attitude.
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Attitude is everything, isn’t it!? LOVE this. Thanks for reading and commenting. x
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When I was a kid, I thought that doing the right thing was easy, but the older I get, I realize that the right thing for me may be the absolute wrong thing for you.
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Wow. Powerful! Thanks for this. x
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that I needed to be absolutely fucking perfect at everything or the world would end.
that perfection doesn’t exist… and if it does? I don’t want anything to do with it. I’m much more interesting than that.
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Yes!
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When I was a kid, I thought I was worthy only if I was perfect. As I get older, I realize perfection is impossible. The beauty in life is in embracing imperfection. (However, I DID have to go back to the original question to make sure I was answering it “correctly” so I am, as always, a work in progress.)
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You are just thorough! Love this, thanks for commenting.
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When I was a kid, I thought that summer vacation was so long and would last forever, but the older I get, I realize life is so, so short…shorter than we sometimes imagine it to be!!! Love those close to you like there is no tomorrow…you just never know!!!
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This is soo good – thank you! You’re right! You just never know!
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When I was a kid..I thought that magic was waiting for me and that some day I’d feel like it was all worth it. The older I get, I realize that I was lucky to have that type of faith.
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How did I miss this Jennifer? Thank you for this! SO GOOD!
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