“Nothing is sillier than silly laughter” – Catullus
There is nothing better for the soul than this type of silly laughter!
It is cathartic and transformative, both for one’s feelings and one’s body. I wish I had more silly laughter actually. Watching the VP debate last night with my family (daughter and Son in law were over) allowed for some good laughs though!
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“Luck is the residue of design.” – Branch Rickey
This quote is a variation of many others I have heard over the years. I believe it whole-heartedly. Those who are prepared, who learn and practice and pay attention, are the ones that know how to take advantage of the ‘luck’ that drops in their laps.
I know this from hard experience where I either was not prepared, or worse than that, was prepared but didn’t grab the opportunity as strongly as I should have. And I didn’t follow up that ‘luck’ with hard work to move forward. It happened in my art career many times.
Of course that is in retrospect. When I think back to all the work I did do, day in and day out, I think ‘shoot, how much more could I have done?’ But the truth is I know I actually could have done more once a door opened for me. But circumstances and my own laziness or fear or distractions kept me from working full bore on it.
It is a lesson I have learned now and try to avoid. It isn’t easy to keep so focused you take advantage of EVERY bit of ‘luck’ but I certainly do better at it now than I use to I think.
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“We are not hypocrites in our sleep” – William Hazlitt
So, does this mean we should sleep more or what?
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“A Blue Woman Dreaming She Is Becoming Orange”
Wouldn’t it be great if they had emotional tanning salons, where you could be bathed in rays of happiness or seriousness or mercy?
What would you set your emotional tanning bed to?
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Should I make a little kids book out of these guys? LOL
Oppo and Sites attracted
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“Any Class is All Right If It Will Only Let Others Be So.” – Samuel Butler
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“Seriousness Is The Only Refuge of the Shallow.” – Oscar Wilde
When you come across one of those ‘I am so deep because I am so serious’ types, give him or her this quote and put them in their place! The person who can’t crack up about stuff is the person who is afraid to see deeply, not the other way around.
“The More Unpredictable The World Becomes The More We Rely On Predictions.” – Steve Rivkin
Take a look at the financial crisis we have now in America and you can see this rule at work.
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Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else.” – George Halas
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“There is no greater inequality than the equal treatment of unequals.” – Felix Frankfurter
Sometimes I put ideas out to my daughters not because I agreed with them but because I wanted them to be challenged to figure out what they believed. You can’t do that if you only give them what they are sure of. You have to give them ideas that make them stop and say ‘hey wait a minute, I don’t agree with that!’. This is one of those that, in some interpretations, can definitely bring that about.
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