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What disappointment has stayed with you longest?Originally asked
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My biggest disappointment would be living with disappointment. What a burden to be shackled to. I would be truly disappointed if I didn’t (as the song says) pick myself up, dust myself off, and start all over again.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 January 2023 source ↗
The failure of my party to make the big political breakthrough it deserves.
At university in the 60s, I thought social justice was going to improve exponentially. How wrong I was.
That in 2019 we’re still dealing with people hating people or people wanting to keep women down. That we haven’t evolved past that is a huge disappointment.
Getting exactly what I wanted.
As a kind person who cared for others.
I would deplore feeling deplorable about myself.
That we are all no more and no less than a single thread in a gigantic web of life. What we do and how we behave has repercussions for the entire web.
Having a great fear.
Like falling – endlessly – and then discovering you have wings.
The inability to negotiate peace and truly forgive.
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