Life Manual is missing:)

@arkaf61 (10881)
Canada
December 29, 2007 1:01pm CST
Sadly, since it is badly needed. Just living is such a complicated thing that it should exist. Actually we all should be born clutching it in our tiny hands, it would save so many mistakes. True people tend to learn more by experience than by "hear say" , and many people don't even read manuals, but it could benefit at least some. I hope you're not expecting me to write a life manual here. It's a humongous task. I'm merely thinking how it could be for everyone :) What about you, do you think it would be helpful? Can you think of something that certainly should be in this manual?
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• United States
29 Dec 07
You mean to tell me I've been reading a book I thought was the manual - and it's not??!? Dang! I thought I had all the answers right there in the book. Maybe I should look at the cover again. Oh. It'a not a manual at all. It's just my journal. LOL Certainly is big enough to be a life manual. Maybe I should think about getting it published. Now there's a thought.
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@arkaf61 (10881)
• Canada
29 Dec 07
LOL yep some of us have it but a lot don't, so maybe it would be a good idea to publish it hehehehe I like resourceful people, it doesn't exist, so let's write one LOL Have a wonderful day:)
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@stella1989 (2274)
• India
30 Dec 07
I do miss the life manual to live this life. It can become so much complicated some times. It leaves you so much confused and speechless..!!! But again that is the spice of life. And I love it that way only. Its the spark. so I don't need any manual for me. I like learning things with experiences only..!! Its much more a great way to live life. :)
• India
1 Jan 08
he he exactly..!!! Human mind is very curious about things..thats usual. That is why we tend to do the same mistake which we are already forbbiden too...!! :)
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@arkaf61 (10881)
• Canada
4 Jan 08
So true:)
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@arkaf61 (10881)
• Canada
31 Dec 07
Don't we all :) WE can have someone tells us over and over not to make a specific mistake and ... there we go falling for that exact one :) BUt then we really learn, because we experienced it ourselves.
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@whyaskq (7523)
• Singapore
3 Jan 08
I don't mind having a life manual. At least, it may help me prosper and successful in life instead of learning on the cuff. It is indeed tiring to keep reviewing what has happened and preventing what will happen.
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@arkaf61 (10881)
• Canada
4 Jan 08
Yes, I"m sure it could be helpful:)
@barehugs (8973)
• Canada
30 Dec 07
I have Great news for you! Everybody is born with a built-in life manual. This life manual is complete with every answer you will require in your lifetime, and everybody has one. To access this wonderful source of information all you need to do is, Look within. For instance supposing you have a question regarding your interactions with a family member. All you have to do to get the answer is, notice how you feel about it. Your stomach will tell you. notice the how your stomach feels and go by that feeling. Never ignore your true inner feelings. These feelings are never wrong. Don't get these feelings mixed up with religion. Religion is dictated by someone else and may not be right for you. Look within and you will never be lacking an answer.
@arkaf61 (10881)
• Canada
31 Dec 07
Yes, we do have a built- in one don't we ? But as the poster before you said sometimes it helps to have sometimes that tells up that others went trough the same situations and how they dealt with them. IN any case you make sense and I really enjoyed your response.
• Italy
30 Dec 07
I'm trying to imagine a book entitled "life for dummies". LOL Life would be simpler, sure, but lessons learned from experience are the best one and form you as a person. And sometimes it's more fun to play games without the manual :) I think I'd read only some chapters, like "How to deal with morons" "How to loose weight with a chocolate diet" "How to be the leader of the world" :) and then throw it in the bin.
@arkaf61 (10881)
• Canada
31 Dec 07
LOL I love the chapters you would look for, I think they would be the first ones I would look for myself heheheh And yes, "Life for dummies" would be a best seller :):):) No, seriously, I think I'm with you in the learning from our mistakes thing. I know that we hardly ever listen when someone with more experience tell us something, we have to go and make that specific mistake on our own. Sure, spices life up LOL
• United States
30 Dec 07
A manual on life would be helpful, especially one that inspired you to continue on thru the tough times, and was filled with stories of people who did just that. Since we are all born with our own unique personality, i feel that still even with a manual, everyone would read it and interpret things in their own unique way, and put their own twist to it. Still a manual could come in handy, as sort of a reference guide which opened your mind to different ideas and ways to handle all the situations life sends your way. Perhaps writing a journal is a wonderful idea, it could then be passed on to your children or grandchildren as sort of an insight into how you handled the good and bad of life. They in turn could add their insights and experiences to it and pass it on to the next generation.
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@arkaf61 (10881)
• Canada
31 Dec 07
Now that idea I actually like a lot. A guideline that didn't have to be followed but that we could turn to if we needed. I specially like the idea of each generation adding to it and then pass it on. It was not a rule book, just one where people could find similar situations and how they were dealt with. Sometimes it helps just to know that someone went trough the same situation. Thanks for your response.
@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
30 Dec 07
Oh yes it certainly would be very Helpful If I would have had one I think I would have not made such a mess of everything
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@arkaf61 (10881)
• Canada
31 Dec 07
Yeah, sometimes I think I would benefit from having one myself :) But hey, sometimes it helps to learn from our own mistakes - unless you're like me and repeat them freely LOL
@GardenGerty (160708)
• United States
29 Dec 07
I think the first thing is that this is the only life you will have, cherish it, take care of yourself, and make the most of it. The lessons yu learn will help you write your own manual as you go.
@arkaf61 (10881)
• Canada
29 Dec 07
That it is, my friend, and we really should remember that. It is true that our own experiences help us write our own manual but wouldn't it be handy to have it from the beginning? ON the other hand, maybe it wouldn't really make such a big difference after all.
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29 Dec 07
I tend to think if we did have a life manual only a select few would read it, a certain group who wouldn't need it and some who'd probably read and feel it was easier to ask rather than go through a manual of such.. lol Do you think it would be helpful? Of course, although I do think asking can also deliver in a good way and sometimes picking things up on your own adapts skills. Can you think of something that certainly should be in this manual? Probably effective ways of dealing with the loss of a loved one, most go into depression to easily. so hide and lose themself in the process. This would probably be one of the most important things to go into such a thing, I'm guessing that some will say parenting here but I do believe that comes naturally. ~Joey
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@arkaf61 (10881)
• Canada
29 Dec 07
You are right joey. Many people wouldn't read it. I can think specifically about one: Hubby never reads manuals LOL I am one of the people that sometimes needs to band the head against the wall to understand that we should look were we're going sometimes. I do believe that sometimes the best experience is the one I get from my own mistakes, it stays in my memory longer :) But yes, a manual could come handy even if just to help me think about some things. In my opinion your addition to the manual would be one of the more valuable and needed. Coping with such loss is something that will certainly benefit from a manual.
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@maximax8 (31046)
• United Kingdom
29 Dec 07
Yes, wouldn't it be good if each baby was born and then given a life manual. Their parents could read it until they were old enough to read it alone. Yes, experience is something that very young people don't have. I have heard people say that a old head on young shoulders would be good. People have different interests and perception of what is right and wrong. So the manual would have to have many different options in it hey.
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@arkaf61 (10881)
• Canada
29 Dec 07
I would find it really interesting to read. Doesn't mean that I would really take everything that was there, knowing me I would probably find different guidelines for this or that, but It would still be very nice if that happened :)