Things you have long known but need to be told/reminded of

[Blue Hills]

You know, you are pretty clever/emotionally intelligent/naturally perceptive yourself, but still need to be reminded of some things or have someone state it/restate it in simple terms - to give your consciousness a kick. In the balls/teeth/whatever.

For me, recently, this:

“The first time someone shows you who they are, believe them.”

Maya Angelou apparently. May be slightly different versions of the quote but amount to pretty much the same.

Often seems to me that once you are past the early stages life is as much about relearning stuff as learning it.

 

[Randomnerd]

Aristotle was of the opinion that we are born knowing everything, and that life is a process of scrubbing away our innate knowledge. Always struck me as apt, when you watch how young children play and then look at adults - maybe in a car park in the snow - and how they behave as though they had forgotten how to be human, bright, intelligent specimens only to be replaced by dimwits.

 

[Blue Hills]

Aristotle was of the opinion that we are born knowing everything, and that life is a process of scrubbing away our innate knowledge. .

Thanks. Interesting. Might add scrubbing away diversionary gaslighting stuff some individuals and organisations with axes to grind might try to throw into the mix.

 

[Drago]

Just about everything every day.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Things you have long known but need to be told/reminded of

I need to pay those bills.

I am not a bounce off the floor,speedy recovery cyclist anymore.

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

I am not a bounce off the floor,speedy recovery cyclist anymore.

Oh - you too

 

[Markymark]

I had this with my wife last week. I said I really don’t need reminding every 6 months about the odd jobs that need doing.

 

[byegad]

My name, the date, and what I had for breakfast.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Oh - you too

yes,10 years ago i'd come away with a bruise and a few blushes,if someone saw me fall off. Now it'd be a broken bone and "Are you ok dear?,let me phone an ambulance for you".

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

My name, the date, and what I had for breakfast.

You've forgotten your address. Just get a bar code label for it all. Or see the vet for a chip

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

I had this with my wife last week. I said I really don’t need reminding every 6 months about the odd jobs that need doing.

Thought you had staff for all that.