A lie doesn’t become truth, wrong doesn’t become right and evil doesn’t become good, just because a majority has accepted it as fact. 2004
If you say to someone, “you do that all the time,” you need to remember and recite at least one other time they did that. 1997
When times are good in your life, your friends get to know who you are. When times are down or bad in your life, you get to know who your friends are. 1978
I rather look back at my life saying “I can’t believe I did that” instead of saying, “I wish I did that.”
This expression was created and expanded over numerous years. And possibly it will continue to be expanded. You will notice that the Internet has altered how the expression is written.
There are two experiences that you can never get back.
First, words after they had been uttered.
And second, a stone after it has been thrown. 1974
I added a third experience in 1980 after personal dramatic circumstances in my life. As a result, the expression was changed as written below.
There are three experiences that you can never get back.
One, words after they have been spoken.
Two, a stone after it has been thrown.
Three, a moment or occasion after it has passed
In January 1984, my father died and I added a fourth item which was stated in a different manner to my brother. Later that same year, I added a fifth experience, again related to the death of my father.
There are five experiences that you can never get back.
One, words after they have been spoken.
Two, a stone after it has been thrown.
Three, a moment or occasion after it has passed.
Four, a person after they have passed.
Five, time once it has passed.
The final two experiences were added twelve years later in 1996. They are rarely included in the various depictions I have seen on the Internet. The only logic I can conclude for their lack of inclusion, is that I stopped posting to inspirational and poetic websites. Thus, the final or I should say current construction is noted below.
There are seven experiences that you can never get back.
One, words after they have been spoken.
Two, a stone after it has been thrown.
Three, a moment or occasion after it has passed.
Four, a person after they have passed.
Five, time once it has passed.
Six, betrayal after it has transpired.
Seven, a lie after it has been spoken.
By R.J. Intindola