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| SigmaoctanusIV United States. July 10 2012 14:46. Posts 2431 | Profile Blog # |
| Amazing, and inspiring. Was that Typo in the title intentional? Last edit: 2012-07-10 15:31:36 |
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| WcOwl United States. July 10 2012 14:48. Posts 8 | Profile # | |
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| JerKy Korea (South). July 10 2012 14:51. Posts 1937 | Profile Blog # |
as cheesy as this is, huge inspiration
I have similar guilt because when I was a kid, I was careless and my brother got 3rd degree burns all over his body/face
Youre a big hero to me
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| Snet United States. July 10 2012 14:56. Posts 3557 | Profile Blog # |
On July 10 2012 14:46 SigmaoctanusIV wrote:
Amazing, and inspiring. What that Typo in the title intentional?
Unintentional. Woops.  |
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| docvoc United States. July 10 2012 15:06. Posts 3475 | Profile Blog # |
| Man, you are somebody that kids like me should look up to. You are the kind of guy that does something when he realizes he needs to, not someone who says fuck what do I do now. You are that guy who has a next step in life and man I want to become that kind of guy. |
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| DuB phool United States. July 10 2012 15:12. Posts 710 | Profile # |
I think we ALL appreciate what you do, and we appreciate you sharing your thoughts with us like this. Inspirational.
Thank you, and well done. |
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| McFeser United States. July 10 2012 15:52. Posts 2451 | Profile # |
On July 10 2012 14:56 Snet wrote:
Show nested quote +On July 10 2012 14:46 SigmaoctanusIV wrote:
Amazing, and inspiring. What that Typo in the title intentional?
Unintentional. Woops.
But your talking about mistakes  It's perfect. Don't admit it was a mistake you'll look like a genius! |
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| FYRE New Zealand. July 10 2012 17:03. Posts 283 | Profile Blog # |
Very good blog.
Inspired me to do things.
The paragraph structure in particlar was highly profound.
Thank you for opening my eyes. |
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| r.Evo Germany. July 10 2012 17:23. Posts 5208 | Profile # |
I doubt carrying the weight of any and all mistakes you made in your life as some kind of burden that you can never get rid off leads to a happy or fulfilled life. If you managed to learn from mistakes you made are able to not repeat them and, even better, can help others to not make them in the first place you already did more than enough from my point of view.
Don't let a stupid thing in the past ruin your appreciation of the present and the future. |
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| Azera Singapore. July 10 2012 19:15. Posts 3374 | Profile Blog # |
| You become a hero after each incident, Snet. As sad as that is. |
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| DarkPlasmaBall United States. July 10 2012 20:00. Posts 19998 | Profile Blog # |
Most people make mistakes and don't learn from them.
You're one of the few who has actually become a better person because of your previous flaws.
It's never exciting to make mistakes, but it's not a terrible thing if you can turn something bad into an eventual good, finding a silver lining or a just cause sometime later down the road.
Well done |
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| teddyoojo Germany. July 10 2012 20:09. Posts 2353 | Profile Blog # |
On July 10 2012 17:23 r.Evo wrote:
I doubt carrying the weight of any and all mistakes you made in your life as some kind of burden that you can never get rid off leads to a happy or fulfilled life. If you managed to learn from mistakes you made are able to not repeat them and, even better, can help others to not make them in the first place you already did more than enough from my point of view.
Don't let a stupid thing in the past ruin your appreciation of the present and the future.
I agree.
I liked your blog until the last 4 lines.
You said yourself "humans make mistakes". Dont beat yourself up over those mistakes in the last. Learn from them. Forgot them. I doubt you'll ever drunk drive again in your live. You learned from your mistake. That's more than most people can say about their mistakes. And it's enough.
Dont think about your mistakes, dont repeat them. And all is fine |
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| Boonbag France. July 10 2012 20:32. Posts 2137 | Profile Blog # |
| You're preparing yourself a very very rash awakening.. =( |
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| ggrrg Bulgaria. July 10 2012 20:58. Posts 1932 | Profile Blog # |
Your blogs are always very inspriring. I have much respect for what you do and how passionate you are about it.
As you said everybody makes mistakes, but you cannot beat yourself up about them all your life. The point is to realize them, never repeat them, and avoid similar ones. Nothing good can come out of dwelling on something that is past and gone. One should move on and try to improve. And you have certainly "redeemed" (for lack of better words) yourself long ago.
I have utmost contempt for people who recklessly drive drunk with no consideration of how much they endanger others. Because of this I never dared to drive even if I've only had a small glass of beer and even if it means that I have to walk for two hours well beyond midnight to return home. But once I made a similarly stupid thing... I drove a few friends of mine 50 miles to a town in the Netherlands so we could smoke weed. However, i did not have nearly enough time to sober up before having to drive back. My judgement was clouded and so it happened that on the way back I was still somewhat stoned and tired since it was already late. Everything went well until we were only 5 minutes away from home. I turned into a one-way street in the wrong direction... There was no vision to see upcoming traffic. Luckily, I was able to reach the point where I could enter the right lane again without an accident, but that was when I saw a car coming towards me. If I had made the wrong turn 15 seconds later (or a minute later, or 2 min earlier, or pretty much not at exactly one of those lucky moments) I would have probably caused a very serious accident. The next day, I finally realized how irresponsible I have been. I felt like shit for a few weeks but I felt like I have to move on. I'm trying to be a responsible driver in every situation, and I certainly will never again drive when under the influence of any substance... |
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| Perfi Poland. July 10 2012 21:01. Posts 307 | Profile Blog # |
| Snet, you are simply amazing. Thanks for that. |
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| JieXian Malaysia. July 10 2012 22:36. Posts 2398 | Profile Blog # |
What's important is what you do about it.
I bow to you and all your EMT buddies. |
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| sorrowptoss Canada. July 10 2012 23:10. Posts 999 | Profile Blog # |
I honestly think that this kind of anecdote ends up one way or another in a movie. Inspiring and humane.
The main deal here is that you have trouble forgiving yourself for what you have done, and especially what you might have done if the circumstances were aligned.
But here's the thing. It didn't happen. You did not kill anybody, you did not hurt or harm anybody by driving drunk. Yes you might have, but you did not. So now I feel like you are in anger, resentment, or self-deprecating for something that hasn't even happened! You are ruining your mental health for something that you made up! Yes, you were close to doing so, but you didn't.
So you should find a way to actually be glad that nothing bad really happened for driving drunk in your case. You are stuck in a world of "if this happened, I could have done this, and then this would have happened". Be happy that you didn't actually kill anybody. Find joy. Life is long.Last edit: 2012-07-10 23:11:37 |
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| goodkarma United States. July 10 2012 23:29. Posts 687 | Profile Blog # |
On July 10 2012 23:10 sorrowptoss wrote:
I honestly think that this kind of anecdote ends up one way or another in a movie. Inspiring and humane.
The main deal here is that you have trouble forgiving yourself for what you have done, and especially what you might have done if the circumstances were aligned.
But here's the thing. It didn't happen. You did not kill anybody, you did not hurt or harm anybody by driving drunk. Yes you might have, but you did not. So now I feel like you are in anger, resentment, or self-deprecating for something that hasn't even happened! You are ruining your mental health for something that you made up! Yes, you were close to doing so, but you didn't.
So you should find a way to actually be glad that nothing bad really happened for driving drunk in your case. You are stuck in a world of "if this happened, I could have done this, and then this would have happened". Be happy that you didn't actually kill anybody. Find joy. Life is long.
He is living his life as a way to redeem himself by bringing more order and justice into the world. The same kind of order he could have destructively taken away in a heartbeat had things gone slightly differently. I think you're overreacting a bit when you tell him to find joy, as he is finding joy in redeeming himself in his work. As far as never forgiving one's self I would say, though, to always forgive and never forget. Find what caused you to get to that regrettable action and see to it that you're never in a position to repeat it again. I think that's all that you or anyone for that matter could expect of you. My 2 cents...
Great blog post btw 5 stars |
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| GoSuChicken United States. July 10 2012 23:33. Posts 1336 | Profile Blog # | |
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