Winning Words 3/11/09
“May you live in interesting times.” (Sent by Mark Stutrud, Pres. of LSSM) This quote is an ancient Chinese expression which can mean either a blessing or a curse. This is certainly a description of our times. It can also describe the life that is ours. Events that occur, though some might label them, bad, can mean opportunity and challenge. That’s what makes them interesting. The cup is half full. ;-) Jack

FROM PR J.S. IN MI: The cup is half full and half empty....drink from the half that you will MORE: My Uncle Carl and the teachers in Moline certainly didn't teach you that a cup that is half full is full.....you must have come up with that from one of those profs at your seminary

FROM MOLINER C.F.: You pretty well covered that one. Might add the "old saw"... when handed a lemon, make lemonade.

FROM OUTHOUSE JUDY: Sometimes I like dull days! They bring everything into perspective. glass full thank you FROM JACK: All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy is a proverb. Its meaning is that without time off from work, a person becomes bored and boring. The sentiment expressed by this proverb was first recorded thousands of years ago by the Egyptian sage Ptahhotep, who wrote in 2400 B.C., One that reckons accounts all the day passes not a happy moment. One that gladdens his heart all the day provides not for his house. The bowman hits the mark, as the steersman reaches land, by diversity of aim. He that obeys his heart shall command. The more familiar modern saying appeared first in James Howell's Proverbs in English, Italian, French and Spanish (1659), and was included in later collections of proverbs. Some writers have added a second part to the proverb, as in Harry and Lucy Concluded (1825) by the Irish novelist Maria Edgeworth: All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy,All play and no work makes Jack a mere toy.

FROM CJL IN OH: I think ALL times are interesting. You might have to look a bit.