QUOTES: Don’t let mistakes live rent free in your head

Wednesday, February 26, 2025

“You don’t try to forget the mistakes, but you don’t dwell on it. Don’t let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space.” – Johnny Cash

Today is the anniversary of the worst day in my life.  While she and I always lived with the expectation it would happen, it still was metaphorical punch in the gut when it happened.

I wrote about it in my book long before it did happen.

“You can’t be afraid. It’s not right to be afraid. It’s as if you don’t trust the Lord with our lives. I’m not a big Bible Banger, but it seems rude to joggle God’s elbow. Like a little kid, who has no concept of what is happening.” — character “John” in CHURCH 10●19●62 Volume 2 Page 206

“My love, were it in my power, I would sadly grant thee this boon. But, we have to continue to follow His Plan for us. Let’s go forth and speak no more of this. Who ever is last will be last. It will be His choice; not ours. We’re but humble custodians of His temple on earth. It’s not our place to trump His plan. Whatever that plan be, know that I will be with you to my last breath.” — character “John” in CHURCH 10●19●62 Volume 2 Page 399

And each year I reflect on the thing I might have done to delay or prevent it.

“You don’t try to forget the mistakes, but you don’t dwell on it. Don’t let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space.” – Johnny Cash

I have a theory that, unless you care crazy, you always make the best decisions among the available options at the time.  Hence there are no “mistakes”.  There are only choices that worked out well and those that worked out badly.  Like in sports, doing the high percentage play doesn’t guarantee in the short run; maybe not even in the long run either.

Unfortunately, we live in the Fourth Dimension of Time. And, there’s no do overs to test other outcomes.

“… checked the Eternal Possibilities Machine, which generates all the possibilities for use in creating the alternative worlds. In all those probability lines …” CHURCH 10●19●62 (Vol 1) 978-0-557-08387-9 page 45

Wish I had that Eternal Possibilities Machine to go back and look at all the other paths possible and their results.

But, unfortunately, no such device exists.  (Yet?)

So we just have to trudge along.  “Let’s go forth and speak no more of this.”

So today ends my reflection.  I’ll put the mental folder away for next year and put one foot in front of the other on my way to whatever life has in store for me next.

Sigh!

YMMV

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POLITICAL: Perhaps Gooferment Skrules are the problem. Home schooling points the way

Wednesday, February 26, 2025

https://wokespy.com/study-homeschoolers-have-highest-life-satisfaction-better-families-least-divorce-rates-and-are-least-depressed/

Study: Homeschoolers Have Highest Life Satisfaction, Better Families, Least Divorce Rates, and are Least Depressed
By Martin Tribe / February 17, 2025

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A Cardus Educational Survey (CES) has discovered that homeschooled children outperformed their non-homeschooled peers on various psychosocial issues. Between 2019 and 2021, school enrolment declined by 2.1 million while homeschooling increased by 30%.

The trend was largely influenced by the pandemic when homeschooling was mandatory. However, many parents continued to teach their children at home even after physical classes resumed.One key finding was that homeschooled adults exhibited better mental health than their non-homeschooled peers amid the nation’s ongoing mental health crisis affecting teens and young adults.

The CES report that studied adults between adults 24 to 39 years old analyzed economic, mental health, civic, spiritual, and family formation among homeschooled and non-homeschooled individuals. 

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One key finding was that homeschooled adults exhibited better mental health than their non-homeschooled peers amid the nation’s ongoing mental health crisis affecting teens and young adults.

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While the short-term financial gains might be appealing, they are costly in the long due to depopulation which is an existential threat. The mental health crisis also requires more funds to address, resulting in the loss of otherwise productive members of society through depression and suicide. Likely, that is why nearly 60% of all “gun crimes” in the US are suicides instead of accidental shootings or homicides.

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While “home schooling” is a daunting undertaking, it does point out that the problem is Gooferment Skrules.  Mixing in non-Gooferment schools and comparing that to “home schools” confounds the data and makes Gooferment Skrules’ flaws not as obvious.

In the 80’s, I proposed a voucher solution for the Pepuls Republik of Nu Jerzee that would eliminate Gooferment Skrules over forty years.  (Enough time for everyone to get comfortable and shift the “Overton window” on “education”.  The essence of the plan was to give Gooferment Skrules to the teachers and staff of every school. In the first 20 years, 5% of the students could use their “green” voucher anywhere they wanted, while everyone else would have a “red” voucher that he’d to be used at their local school.  Each year, the 5% would grow by 5%.  (New students entering the system would get via a lottery either a “green” or “red” voucher.)  The school would get a chance to adapt to a free market.  Then in the second 20 year period, the amount of the voucher would decrease by 5% each year.  At the end of forty years, no Gooferment Skrules.  Of course, the property tax portion of real estate would decrease. School “corporations” would have to compete in the free market.

Hard to imagine what this would look like but I’d bet that schools would adapt to be wonderful places.  Not the pre-prison incubator of illiterates that they are today.

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