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Remembering The First Time

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Remembering The First Time

 

 

Pondering The First Time

 

 

 

 

 

Remembering The First Time 

 

I was reading the post by Jeff Dowler, CRS on his visit to Legoland with his granddaughter and family.  Memories came to the surface. Ah, the first time.  The mind jumps around.  The joys of first time experiences.  Once in a lifetime.  Never to happen in that same way - those same experiences - at least not exactly. Not Again.

 

You can probably relate to a number of "first time" experiences.  In life.  In school.  In business.  And in all sorts of things. 

 

Just think about it.  For a second.  Good.  Bad.  Encouraging.  A feeling of  accomplishment.  I pondered on that for awhile and then looked to read what others might think on that subject.  The words I found were diverse.  As were the authors/speakers of those words. 

 

When someone shows you who they are,believe them the first time. 

                                                                                                        Maya Angelou 

 

When you hold your baby in your arms the first time,

and you think of all the things you can say and do with him

can influence not only him, but everyone he meets

and not for a day or a month or a year but for time and eternity. 

                                                                                                        Rose Kennedy

 

 

 

No one can possibly know what is exactly going to happen: 

it is happening, each time,  for the first time, for the only time. 

                                                                                                       James Baldwin

 

 

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Remembering The First Time

 

 

 

Posted by

Michael Jacobs

 

CalBRE # 01165532

P. O. Box 587

Pasadena, CA 91102

Call/Text:  818.516.4393

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Sheila Anderson
Referral Group Incorporated - East Brunswick, NJ
The Real Estate Whisperer Who Listens 732-715-1133

Good morning Michael. I am taken by this and firsts too. I really like the quotes you shared too.

Jun 03, 2019 05:43 AM
Amanda S. Davidson
Amanda Davidson Real Estate Group Brokered By Real - Alexandria, VA
Alexandria Virginia Homes For Sale

Michael, the quote from James Baldwin really made me stop and think. It fits perfectly with your post. Life offers many firsts and each one is special in its own way. Thank you for making me think of a few of mine this morning. 

Jun 03, 2019 05:51 AM
Sharon Tara
Sharon Tara Transformations - Portsmouth, NH
Retired New Hampshire Home Stager

I love experiencing the firsts of my grandbabies....it is an opportunity to relive the excitement and wonder one more time!

Jun 03, 2019 06:39 AM
Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena And Southern California 818.516.4393

Jeff Dowler, CRS - thanks for writing your post that brought back many memories for me.  

End re Barath, Jr. - some firsts need not be revealed.  Ever.

 James Dray - learning a lesson or why not to do a certain thing a particular way makes each first matter.  Some more.  Some not so much.  

Sally K. & David L. Hanson - Exactly!  

Lawrence "Larry" & Sheila Agranoff. Cell: 631-805-4400 - intriguing.  Now you have me curious.  

Jun 03, 2019 10:29 AM
Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena And Southern California 818.516.4393

Sheila Anderson - thank you.

Amanda S. Davidson - that was a particular good quote for the post I thought.

Sharon Tara - and we get to share that joy when you post as an audience.  

Jun 03, 2019 10:32 AM
Sheri Sperry - MCNE®
Coldwell Banker Realty - Sedona, AZ
(928) 274-7355 ~ YOUR Solutions REALTOR®

Hi Michael Jacobs - The older we get the more importance is placed on first time events or the memories of such things.  I am fond of Maya Angelou....a wonderful quote that sticks. 

Jun 03, 2019 01:09 PM
Patricia Feager, MBA, CRS, GRI,MRP
DFW FINE PROPERTIES - Flower Mound, TX
Selling Homes Changing Lives

Michael Jacobs - Lego Land is right down the street from me but I never went inside. The only time I thought I would there was a very long line and didn't wait. It sure is a popular place.

I like your selection of quotes, especially James Baldwin. 

Jun 03, 2019 03:22 PM
Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena And Southern California 818.516.4393

Sheri Sperry - MCNE® - that might it!

Patricia Feager, MBA, CRS, GRI,MRP - I hear it's quite successful with kids of all ages.  

Jun 03, 2019 03:46 PM
Grant Schneider
Performance Development Strategies - Armonk, NY
Your Coach Helping You Create Successful Outcomes

Good evening Michael - there are many first times some enjoyable and others fearful.

Jun 03, 2019 08:22 PM
Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena And Southern California 818.516.4393

Grant Schneider - life offers many experiences of all varieties.  

Jun 04, 2019 09:13 AM
Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

I like your quote selections. 

I need to create some first time experience this week.

Jun 05, 2019 08:08 AM
Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena And Southern California 818.516.4393

Roy Kelley - there can be a lot of joy while creating first time experiences as well as an appreciation of times for the second or the twentieth time

Jun 05, 2019 09:53 AM
Debb Janes
Nature As Neighbors - Camas, WA
Put My Love of Nature At Work for You

Firsts can be quite magical. The first time I met each of my children was like a million Christmas' rolled into one.  I could go on for hours about this topic... lol

Jun 07, 2019 01:01 PM
Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena And Southern California 818.516.4393

Debb Janes EcoBroker and Bernie Stea JD - the topic beckons limitless memories/thoughts I imagine.  

Jun 07, 2019 06:06 PM
Debe Maxwell, CRS
Savvy + Company (704) 491-3310 - Charlotte, NC
The RIGHT CHARLOTTE REALTOR!

Have you ever been on a vacation or to a new restaurant and proclaim, "We have to go back again!" then, when you do, it's anticlimactic! Oh, but, as Baldwin references, even though we've been there before, there IS something new and different - maybe not better but, definitely a first!

Love Maya Angelou's quote and I have to agree with that too!

Happy Saturday, Michael!

Jun 08, 2019 05:18 PM
Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena And Southern California 818.516.4393

Happy Saturday, Debe Maxwell, CRS .  Each experience in life offers a different perspective whether that be the first or the fortieth time.  There's always a unique aspect

Jun 08, 2019 05:28 PM
Joan Cox
House to Home, Inc. - Denver Real Estate - 720-231-6373 - Denver, CO
Denver Real Estate - Selling One Home at a Time

Michael, what a topic that can lead to A LOT of pondering.  Some of those firsts were good, and some - not so! 

Jun 09, 2019 03:12 PM
Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena And Southern California 818.516.4393

Joan Cox - and that's life, right?

Jun 09, 2019 08:06 PM
Jane Chaulklin-Schott
TEAMCONNECT REALTY - (407) 394-9766 - Orlando, FL
TeamConnect Luxury Homes - Orlando, Florida, 32836

Michael, your post on Life's 'first time' experiences was a deep-thought catcher...stimulator.  Although I have flown to the Hawaiian Island exclusively way too many times to count AND ONLY FLY TO ONE PARTICULAR ISLAND,  OAHU, I recently spent two weeks on the Big Isle, Hawaii It was truly a 'first-time' experience and purposely done to make new memories.  

Jun 10, 2019 05:42 PM
Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena And Southern California 818.516.4393

Aloha Jane Chaulklin-Schott - welcome home and I am sure those new-found memories are incredible.   

Jun 10, 2019 05:47 PM