The Most Important Thing. . .
The most important thing about Spaceship Earth - an instruction book didn’t come with it.
Ah, the lessons in learning continue. With and without instructions. We live. We learn. Sometimes mistakes are made. Amazingly, the lessons never end. It's one thought I am taking along with me on this upcoming ride known as 2022. All Aboard!
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You did a great early blog today. Have a great week. Next week is 2022...
Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
Good morning Michael,
I love the quote, and Liz and Bill Spear 's comment as well as the Cliff notes response. We had the opportunity to hear Buckminster Fuller speak. He made sense and also had a sense of humor. A
Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
Jim Paulson
Boise, ID
I think the most important thing, is realizing we (you, me, I, us) are NOT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING.
Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
Sometimes I wonder who is driving this bus called Earth. Since I don't want to get off I am going to make the best of this trip. I hope you are having a Happy Tuesday Michael 🙂
Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
Hi Michael - exactly correct. No instructions for many things. We rely on good sense and judgement.
Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
I guess everyone thinks what is most important to them IS the most important thing...lol
Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
Eric Bouler- thank you for the comment and I hope that 2022 is a year of many bright and exciting things happening in New Orleans for you.
Ron and Alexandra Seigel - I imagine hearing his talk was an interesting experience. Memorable too.
Jim Paulson - your comment definitely adds perspective as does your responses to the words left by Nina Hollander, Broker and Kat Palmiotti.
Eric Bouler
New Orleans, LA
Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
Kat Palmiotti
Kalispell, MT
Paul S. Henderson, REALTOR®, CRS - I like how you describe the planet as a bus rather than a spaceship. Some are definitely looking for an express trip.
Grant Schneider - I guess there are some wondering "where do we sign up for "more" of those?".
Jeffrey DiMuria 321.223.6253 Waves Realty - now, that is a pondering opportunity.
As long as you are learning from those mistakes and moving forward, you are good!
Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
Sharon Tara - well, sometimes I am in the line that takes more than one visit to "learn".
Sharon Tara
Portsmouth, NH
Michael, we have to continue learning, or we stagnate, and so ready for this New Year - how about you?
Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
Hi Micahel- loved Liz and Bill Spear's comment. We are living in the learn as you go world, aren't we! There is no one-size-fits-all instruction book but more like a personal journal where we can keep notes of what we did right and what we did that didn't go as well. Then at the end of the day, tear it up because tomorrow will begin a new day.
Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
Michael, I am working on "my list" for the day to see what is the most important for the day!
Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
Joan Cox - thank you for the comment(s). Each day brings us an opportunity to be (and do) better. And when that day begins on the first of a year - maybe that gives it a special significance.
Kathy Streib - I liked Bill's comment a lot and you added much with your thoughts too.
Joan Cox
Denver, CO
Good Wednesday morning, Michael.
Enjoy the holidays as we prepare to spread kindness in the new year.
Hi Michael Jacobs - It is so important to learn from our lessons because if we don't we are doomed to repeat our failures and mistakes until the lightbulb goes off! All aboard for 2022!
Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
Michael Jacobs - I have to agree with Liz and Bill Spear. I would add, how many people know what they are reading, skip over most of the materials, and how many make assumptions and different interpretations? To quote John Stuart Mill: "In all intellectual debates, both sides tend to be correct in what they affirm, and wrong in what they deny."
Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
Sheri Sperry - MCNE® - that train has left the terminal.
Patricia Feager, MBA, CRS, GRI,MRP - interesting quote for a person I don't immediately recall knowing. There are times when the details seem buried even when they might appear to be in "plain sight" for some. Each of us is different.
Michael love the comments and some show their true colors and don't even know it:)Endre
Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
Endre Barath, Jr. - comments can often offer insight of all kinds.
Endre Barath, Jr.
Beverly Hills, CA
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