hearing it again

[Mark Benno <mbenno@mail.waco.isd.tenet.edu>]

[snip]
>What if we heard everything only once?  I just wonder how shallow our
>grand experiences would be!  Aren't we glad we get to hear things >over and over and over?  There are so many examples of this in our >world that I could give stories for hours.  Mr. Rohn even says, "You >can *never* learn it all in one listening.  You can *never* learn it >all in just one experience."  I agree.

Wow!  What great discussion.  I haven't even *seen* the video, but the 
communication on-line is so full that I feel as if I have "seen" the 
Rohn tape.  Anderson's comments in reply to Jeff made me think of a 
tidbit that I read in *Chicken Soup for the Soul* yesterday.  Cherie 
Carter-Scott lists ten rules for being human on pages 81-82. 

1.  You will receive a body.
2.  You will learn lessons.
3.  There are no mistakes, only lessons.
4.  A lesson is repeated until learned.
5.  Learning lessons does not end.
6.  "There" is no better than "here."
7.  Others are merely mirrors of you.
8.  What you make of your life is up to you.
9.  Your answers lie inside of you.
10. You will forget all of this.

As I read number ten, I thought, that's exactly right.  In fact, that 
is what I tend to do whenever I come across a "Eureka!  I must 
remember that!"

However, through the process of review of our recorded thoughts and 
gems and perhaps a familiar e-mail that has found its way back into 
our mailbox, we can again feel the power of the words.  It is however, 
different because even though the words our the same, we are not.  Our 
schema and personna have been altered through other words, 
experiences, and individuals.  It is through this process of change 
and growth that makes hearing, seeing, or reading something again 
worthwhile.

Mark Benno
Hewitt, Texas