Lived Experience Synonym Novels & Stories

She got the woman what she actually needed rather than what she said she needed. "I thought it was experience," Beatriz says. "I've been doing this work for thirty years. I thought I had developed something that experienced professionals develop." She looks at the room. "It's experience and the thing. I understand that now. Both." The room recognizes this. Twenty-two people who have been saying that sentence in different forms for their entire lives. It's experience and the thing. It's both. Leif from Norway speaks next. Then the three from Japan in rotation.

That's my life in a nutshell. “Have you ever joined any other clubs?" I ask. “No, I’ve never been in one." “Then, do you have any experience? You know, doing this or that?" “What exactly do you mean by ‘that"? I can’t help but feel like that’s a mean-spirited question." “Mean-spirited? Why?" “Mr. Grimwine. I’ve warned you thoroughly, but it would appear that you haven’t been listening. I think I may have to dole out rather merciless punishment to you later."