#learning from the past

[non-conventionnel]

“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.” ― Viktor E. Frankl

[awholelotofladybug]

In my Stammering Adrien AU, Adrien spent most of his childhood at home, with only the occasional socialization with Chloe and some surrogate aunts and uncles. This was for two reasons. One was because he was rather timid as a boy and would often be mocked and bullied by the other wealthy children, the other was because his parents, especially Emilie, were terrified that something awful might happen to him. So rather than risk his physical well-being, Emilie decided "I'll just give as much love and affection as I can possibly give him, and figure the rest out later." Sadly, "later" would come following Gabriel's passing. Now, Adrien never felt unloved or mistreated growing up, and, to be fair, he preferred being at home as a child. Things have since improved. Adrien and his mother have entered the outside world and have found friendship and love. And Emile knows she's done wrong, and is striving to be a better mother. However, that's hardly an excuse for isolating one's child, no matter how good the intentions. After all, a cage of gentle hands is still a cage, even if the one inside prefers it. So how bad should Emilie feel for isolating Adrien and herself during his early years?

[stevepasztor]

[thedandeliongarden]

I mean, you’re wrong about the cement, the steel, and misleading about the violins and the space program:

The Roman secret to cement that doesn’t go bad near the sea is “use seawater, idiot” (all the Roman recipes just say “water”)

We don’t know how ancient civilisations made Damascus steel, the same way we don’t know how the Byzantines made Greek fire. We do know how to make things as good or better that look the same, we just don’t know the exact method they used.

As far as violin makers go that’s a bespoke art requiring extraordinary craftsfolk - it’s not like we don’t know how to make them, we just don’t necessarily have the Freddie Mercury of violin-making alive and working at every given moment

You also don’t know what “missing the technology” means in the context of the late 1900s space programs: it means we don’t use the manufacturing methods, make old and outdated parts, or otherwise have the ability to assemble them exactly as they were. Technology is about what your society can make, not what it knows how to do - we absolutely could manufacture those things that way but why the fuck would we when we have better stuff now?

You’re absolutely right that everything isn’t constantly improving - take a look at the current social media apocalypse, the housing bubble, and the lack of unbroken melee martial arts lineages to name a few things. But remember that what is lost can be recovered, what is gone can be rebuilt, and it is the great folly of assuming the present is always better than the past that stifles innovation (Victorian treatment of historical artefacts comes to mind, as well as their mystification of the sharpness of eastern swords (since most of the western traditions were greatly reduced and not all soldiers cared for their swords as well in the age of guns compared to nations at the height of that particular technology))

So yeah. Your suitcase is lighter than that monstrosity (affectionate) which is more structured.. but wouldn’t it be cool if someone applied drawers and partitions to a modern suitcase?

[hellspawnmotel]

whatever *tezuka-styles your deltarune cast*

[meteorologistaustenlonek]

"The collaborative process that permeates most democratic societies nevertheless requires seemingly slow and cumbersome debate and consensus building. Yet all told, the modern world’s capacity to understand and adapt to our natural context—clumsy as it is at times—so far continues to outpace the rapidly evolving diseases that surround us. A vital part of our strategy must be to learn from the pandemics of the past."

[the-ephemeral-ethereal]

In our inability to move back from the particular to the general, we never learn, and are always imagining ourselves to be faced with some experience that has no precedents in the past.

from In Search of Lost Time, Book 3: The Guermantes Way by Marcel Proust

[askfordoodles]

"Young man, you cut that tsundere bullshit, I know what you're doing, I wasn't born yesterday." - Secret Brat Tamer Volkarin

[plumingpoetree]

Making History

My bones are black Chapped with the ashes of my past They stack up like a house of cards The soot dribbles from their sinews No gust of wind can whisk asunder The faith that bids them continue And weave the tapestry of time –Oh weave a tapestry of time That steals all my blunder away Until the victory is all mine And I am the captain of my fate Cobbled streets, Paved roads, Pedestrians abound,…

[crabsnpersimmons]

i'd love to celebrate my birthday with y'all! no pressure to say or do anything, just wanted to share and "invite" you all 🥰

[cagreyson]

How has a failure, or apparent failure, set you up for later success? Thoughts for today.

There are times I get upset and want to change things from the past, but then others I realize just how much I learned. How about you? #fridayfeeling #cagreyson #fridayvibes #mistakes #learning

Let’s travel back to the land of my youth~ The awkward, depressing story of my youth will be saved for another time, however, it does play a role in my failures. Being that I came from a very unusual background it was hard for me to relate to others, which made for many super awkward interactions. Because of people’s somewhat normal home lives, complaints were usually somewhere along the lines…

[slfcare]

the thing is; this world needs you exactly as you are.

[fatandbonepress]

History says, 'Don't hope On this side of the grave' But then, once in a lifetime, The longed-for tidal wave Of justice can rise up And hope and history rhyme.

Heaney

[scripture-pictures]

[weirdglassthing]

ouaw doodle dump!!

[quirkle2]

scenes that make me wanna eat drywall dust