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Hey, boys and girls, was anyone else as completely CLUELESS as I was in high school? ?? (honestly, my cluelessness lasted far longer than BHS . . . mistakes were made.)  The only real advice I heard was from my dad, "hang tough" and "boys only want one thing."  Yeah, well, sometimes that was beneficial and sometimes not.  I'm certain far more advice was made available . . . apparently little was absorbed and that's on me.    Seems to me I was in my 30's before I was truly capable of leaving the house unsupervised with some clarity.  Life has brought lessons and I'm grateful.  Because my head is concrete (you can bet I heard THAT all of my life from more than one source!) when awareness is revealed, I'm all in.  I'm fond of the phrase "clear eyes, full heart" -  my heart is enduringly full but the eyes, gotta admit typically still  not clear.  I've told co-workers and friends, do not be SUBTLE with me, just tell me!  Working in the district attorney's office raised my level of awareness about much but still . . . sigh 

Here's a list of advice from the movies.  Any strike a chord, good or bad?  Let's have some conversation in the Message Forum.  Talk amongst yourselves. 

Carrol Reneau Jeffers

1.  "Try not.  Do - or do not.  There is no try."  The Empire Strikes Back.

2.  "It's not the years, honey.  It's the mileage.  Indiana Jones" Raiders of the Lost Ark

3.  "Hope.  It is the only thing stronger than fear.  A little hope is effective.  A lot of hope is dangerous."  The Hunger Games

4.  "It's not who I am underneath, but what I do that defines men." The Dark Knight

5. '"Get busy livin' or get busy dyin'." The Shawshank Redemption

6.  "Life moves pretty fast.  If you don't stop and look around once in awhile, you could miss it."  Ferris Bueller's Day Off

7.  "Keep your friends close but your enemies closer."  The Godfather: Part II

8.  "As I enter the school for the first time, I will visualize what it would be like on the last day of my senior year." The Perks of Being a Wallflower

9.  "That's my secret, Captain:  I'm always angry."  The Avengers

10.  "We've all got both light and darkness inside us.  What matters is the part we choose to act on.  That's who we really are." Harry Potter: The Prisoner of Azkaban

11.  "Fish are friends, not food." Find Nemo

12.  "I always tell the girls, never take it seriously.  If you never take it seriously you never get hurt.  If you never get hurt, you always have fun.  And if you ever get lonely, just go to the record store and visit your friends." Almost Famous

13.  "I figure life's a gift and I don't intend on wasting it.  You learn to take life as it comes at you, to make each day count."  Titanic

14.  "The seaweed is always greener in somebody else's lake."  The Litte Mermaid

15.  "No journey is too great when one finds what he seeks."  Coming to America

18.  "Because a man who doesn't spend time with his family can never be a real man." The Godfather

19.  "All you can do in life is try to solve the problem in front of you." Mean Girls

20.  "There's always someone younger and hungrier coming down the stairs after you." Showgirls

21.  "Our lives are definded by opportunities, even the ones we miss." The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

22.  "Dee, when your allergies act up, take out your nose ring."  Clueless

23.  "Never give up and good luck will find you."   The Neverending Story

24.  "There's no place like home."  The Wizard of Oz

Labor Day weekend 2009