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What are 5 things you have learned that has completely changed your life?

I am still a kid, And I love asking questions, cause I believe that the best way to learn is through asking questions. And I love the TED community, its full of amazing individuals. So, What are 5 things you have learned that has completely changed your life?

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  • Varlan Allan 10+

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    Jun 26 2012: 1.Dying is not a bad thing.
    2.There are 2 sides to every story.
    3.What you want to be and what you become are often very different things.
    4.There is always hierarchy and classes. Top, middle and bottom.
    5.Every time you gain more wisdom you realise how little you know.
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      Debra Smith 200+

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      Jun 26 2012: Sorry Varlan but I get stuck on number one. As i have said before, it might not be a bad thing but who knows for sure. I have yet to interview anyone who returned (although i have read books) but they were not compelling enough to get me to make the trip when i had the chance in December.
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        Linda Woodard

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        Jun 26 2012: Debra, in regards to his first one, could he have meant it from the viewpoint of both the person who was in habitual, terrible pain that precluded his/her demise as well as the loved ones who witnessed it? That is what came to my mind the second time I read and thought about it.
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          Debra Smith 200+

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          Jun 27 2012: Excellent perspective Linda! That makes good sense to me.

      • Varlan Allan 10+

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        Jun 27 2012: Debra it is because things will go on with or without you, and whether you can or cannot do something about it, it is not worth losing sleep over. It is a natural part of life that people have grown afraid of, where in other parts of the world and other cultures it was once an accepted part of life. I appreciate every part of life, and that includes the part where we die. I will appreciate how and when I die because it will remind me of how great it was to live and that the two will always be connected. And I have peace with that. Though I have not experienced death as you say, but this is why my No.5 is what it is.
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          Debra Smith 200+

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          Jun 27 2012: Varlan, I hope it is no insult to say that you remind me of me when I was young. So many thoughts whizzing through your brain and so much certainty! I thought I knew how i felt about death (and I am not afraid of it per se but not thrilled about launching out on someone else's time table). Now I know that you do not know until you have faced it down. Living is a real good thing and we must all experience death - all of us must- so why not let us do it in our own time?

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