“Time goes on while life runs out.” (Finnish proverb) This is going to be a week of Finnish proverbs, honoring E.S. who died last week at 96 years and 71 years of marriage. He left school after 8th grade to work as a logger in the U.P. More later in the week. This proverb reminds me of two “hour” glasses, one containing the sand for our life, and a larger one representing the life of the world….one grain at a time. It disappears “like a fart in the Sahara.” (another Finnish proverb). ;-) Jack
FROM PR J.S. IN MI: Or if we combine the insights of science and faith, we might say "that time is relative while life is eternal" FROM JACK: God is time-less.
FROM MOLINER LIZ: Who is E.S.? One of your bloggers? FROM JACK: I use initials or nicknames for a limited privacy. E.S. is someone I've known for many years as father and grandfather of friends of mine.
FROM CJL IN OHIO: If we are wise, we'll recognize this fact....and live actively one day at a time...
FROM MOLINER C.F.: No wonder the Finns drink
FROM CWR IN B'MORE: .........Finnish proverb II is my kind of proverb.
FROM R.I. IN BOSTON: The nice thing about an hourglass is that you can upend it and start over again. Would each of us do any better if our life was so reversible?
FROM G.C. IN SAN DIEGO: "Fart in the Sahara..." Gosh, that brings a chuckle to this Swede.My wife and I saw a Swedish movie last Fri eve entitled..."Everlasing Moments." I would recommend that you see it although there are some tough moments in it...but such is life. "Farts" plays a humerous role more than once. It is all about a woman photographer and a dysfunctional family caused largely by a husband/father abuser. She was Finnish.
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