Winning Words 12/28/11
“Dreams will get you nowhere; a good kick in the pants will take you a long way.” (Baltasar Gracian) Father Gracian is well known for putting together a collection of 300 pithy maxims, along with his commentary. It was like a 17th century Winning Words which he called, “The Art of Worldly Wisdom.” Today’s WWs may give an indication that he was schooled by some strict Jesuits. ;-) Jack
FROM JS IN MICHIGAN: Again "both/and" seems more reasonable than "either/or"////FROM JACK: Maybe it's a Jesuit blind spot.
FROM MEDD-O-LANE: I believe it all depends on if you are awake and dreaming or asleep. Asleep you have no control over the dream good or bad but when awake you control the dream or stop it all together. ////FROM JACK: I have a journal in which I record some of my most interesting (and weird) night dreams. General Motors once had someone on staff who was "paid" to dream...to come up with new ideas. I'd like that kind of job.
FROM ILLINOIS LIZ: Kick all you want... in this economy some things just ain't gonna happen! ////FROM JACK: But you and I know that sometimes a person needs a kick in the pants to be motivated to do what needs doing. I don't hear that expression anymore.
FROM PLAIN FOLKS CHESTER: Then why do most all successful people say, "Follow your dream"?////FROM JACK: I don't know. Why is it that in the movies someone hops into a taxi and says to the cabbie, "Follow that car?"
1 comment:
Probably not meant for the women of the 17th century. I do agree to get things done takes more than dreams but a good kick in the pants you have people kicking each other all up and down the line and the women in their skirts inevitably get their share of the "kicking" too in one form or another. But, maybe this is the way to "get things done", it's certainly very visible all over in our culture.
S.H. in MI
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