HAVE YOU GOT A FAVOURITE MOTTO?
Just came upon this one - and I love it:
"Life should not be a journey to the grave
with the intention of arriving safely,
in an attractive and well preserved body ..
but rather
To skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand ..
Diet Coke in the other, body thoroughly
used up, totally worn out and screaming ...
WOO HOO
WHAT A RIDE!!!
Now, that sounds like a life well lived,
with no regrets!!!
Let's hear some great philosophical words of wisdom!!!
posted by Mother Mary Carol Anne @ 6:56 PM
58 Comments:
Words of Wisdom
"A man who becomes conscious of the responsibility he bears toward a human being who affectionately waits for him, or to an unfinished work, will never be able to throw away his life. He knows the "why" for his existence, and will be able to bear almost any "how."
(Victor Frankl)
That quote together with chocolate ;-)
or better a male in chocolate sauce :-p
Happy Easter
(( ))
It’s better to live one day as a Lion than one year as a Lam *_^
MMCA...That is really deep words. I think it can be Dalai Lama is it?
And you know me chocolate most be with a little piri-piri. Then we take a tango...Happy Easter.
GREAT COMMENTS;
aNNA-LYS -that is an excellent choice - and so true - right down to the 'male in chocolate sauce'!!
GRASSHOPPER;
To live one year as the King, how exciting is that?
FANCY;
If your'e not too busy, could you send me once again, the receipe for the chocolate in piri piri - this time I promise to make it.
I just heard that the Catholic church is up in arms, protesting the creation of a chocolate sculpture of Jesus, minus a loin cloth. Can't imagine the reason for creating such a piece, but there is the latest!
HAPPY EASTER TO ALL
AND pray that my Ham Loaf turns out OK.
mmca
Hallo, MMCA. This is a delicate subject. I have lots of mottos, but no one seems proper enough...so I just want to wish you:
GLAD PÅSK! (Happy passover!)
One day mmca, one day. And let me tell you it could be very exciting. It’s like Easter or X - mas, just once a year :-)
Happy Easter MMCA!
Hope the Easter Bunny brings you something yummy to nibble on.
If I had to pick a favourite motto, I think it'd be
Live and Let Live. Perhaps if everyone used that motto, we would have a kinder, more accepting existence.... :)
"AND THE TROUBLE IS, IF YOU DON'T
RISK ANYTHING ...
YOU RISK EVEN MORE...."
erica jong
"KNOWLEDGE COMES,
BUT WISDOM LINGERS...."
alfred lord tennyson
Sorry Grasshopper - I got lost in
translation - one day it is!!!
"LIVE AND LET LIVE" is a classic - why didn't I think of it??
Happy Easter Nicole-hope the 'bunny' is good to you!!!
Thanks for the Passover wishes NB -I'll take good wishes for any and all celebrations -
Is everybody eating FISH on Good
Friday ?? It has come to my attention that many religions share this tradition - I had thought it was strictly a Catholic policy. I learn something every day!!!
mca
I went to the museum "Skansen" today. It seems fish has been customary on good friday for centuries. Tomorrow I will look at Jewish pesach celebration. Jews have no reason celebrating this friday, but the escape from Egypt is something to celebrate! The blood from the sacrifice lamb on the doorpost kept the tenth plague out of their houses. This is what 'pesach' means: pass!
Thanks for that information NB - my history lesson for the day.
My cohorts tell me that the tradition started while Christ was on earth -in order to boost the fishing industry which was faltering, the word went out that it was mandatory to abstain from Meat on Friday, necessitating the consumption of Fish. Guess I'll believe that until something better comes along.
mca
MMCA...
Of cource I will give you the receipe of the chocolate, maybe the Catholic church can change there mind if they get a taste of it...*LOL*...
Here is the link to it.
http://fancysweden.blogspot.com/2006/12/hottie-ones.html
You are right about the fishing industry MMCA. There is a fish called "hali-but", meaning "holy-".The church allowed eating this fish during fasting. Why the butchers did not produce "holy pig", I can't tell. ;-)
I am very worried ....
You have Erica The Zipless Fucker" Jong here ;-) What will the next step be ?????
I think I just write or more specific turn it to a question...I think...I am not really shure... :)?
ANNA-LYS -----
Oh..oh..
Did I open a wound?
Have never quite heard of
'Erica the Zipless Fucker
Jong' in quite those words, and you gave me the laugh of my day!! I just thought her words were worthy of notice. Somewhat. A bit. Little bit. A smidge. An iota.
No???
OK - I'll do better!!!
HI FANCY -
I think-therefore I am.
How's that?
mca
LOL :-))))
"Fear of Flying" is the name of the book by Erica Jong where she writes about "the zipless fucker" ... I recommend it!
(( ))
Anna-lys ---
One of the nasty elements of getting older is the annoying habit of forgetfullness - and now that you have awakened a small portion of my brain, I do recall this book by Erica Jong = "Fear of Flying", however, I did not read it, thus being ignorant of the Fuckless Zipper!! I think it (the book-not the zipper) lays hidden somewhere in the bowels of one of my many bookcases - I shall resurrect it if possible, subsequently learning something of value!!!
And hopefully my computer will be fixed by our next contact date - or is there a problem with the printing being extremely large at your end? Somebody (think it was my sweet grandaughter)made a change and left me feeling most inadequate, blind, 'special' - Crabby is working on it, but thus far, with no success. Can you help?
mmca
MMCA
B12 mmca b12 trust me:-))
THANKS GRASSHOPPER -
B 12?
Is that a mega bite, or a Vitamin? This damn machine is driving me insane - I need a vacation!
The STANLEY CUP SEMI FINALS start tonight - maybe that will help!!!
mca :-)
***LOL*** I think the F-Word is writing so many times now...that Erica Jong most feel that she is left behind... ;-)))
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Hi Fancy -
Definitely the most used word in the English language,as a noun, verb, adverb, adjective - It just covers everything!!I have to be very careful, however, as I am penalized one dollar if my grandson catches me using it, so I must exert extreme caution.
I haven't found Erica's book, but I know I have it - that will be my next Blog subject - favorite books - so many - how does one zero in on just one?
Start thinking!!!
mca
Hello! These are some mottos:
"Life is like a sewer - what you get out of it, depends on what you put into it."
"Honi qui mal pense"
"navigare necesse est - vivere non est necesse".
Fucking good, aren't they?
BRAVO NB;
GOOD ADJECTIVE!!!
AND GREAT MOTTOS!!
mca
“The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.”
Isaac Asimov
This is not a motto, but not far from...at least much closer than "fucking zippers" and nasty things. ;-)
YES NB...I would agree ....
That nasty word has got to
go...
It has been removed at of this date and shall not appear again (?) on this blog!!!
Regarding your quote .....
Has society, in fact, gathered any knowledge that has helped the world's people progress in a humantarian manner...
have we accomplished anything at all? I think not!!!
Very depressing!!
mca
I can understand your doubt. Some claim, people are healthier now, than people were a century ago. On the other hand, technology has yielded more terrible weapons, than ever before. The good statistics may vanish over night. Today I have walked in the forest, where I find my solace.
Hello MMCA...
Thanks for your comments in my place... ;-) "To do nothing at all,is the most difficult thing in the world, The most hard thing and the most intellectuals"
(Oscar Wilde)
NB
Today I worked in my garden, trying to imagine how beautiful it will look in a short time-my lawn exists with 6 trees,all mature and healthy - a gift! Lots of shade, moss grows freely everywhere, and I love the seclusion it affords me as I sit on my porch in my new wicker chairs, sipping Merlot, watching the world as I know it. That is my solace!
mca
"TO DO NOTHING AT ALL,
IS THE MOST DIFFICULT THING IN THE WORLD...."
now that is a meaningful quote, and how true it is for those of us who care about justice.
A good one FANCY!!
Thanks ..
mca
Hej! Talar du svenska?
That 'Kurt Bleke' was to get abolished. He just made an attack on christian fundamentalism (in swedish). All this creationism crap
emanates from USA. I don't see, why they bother to translate it into swedish. A wrong thought is equally wrong in all laguages. Well, his work is done, and I might liquidate dear old Kurt. This Nicholas Bourbaki is my favourite. A group of of authors wrote in this name.
Have a nice time in the garden! Hope that the winds In the east won't reach your neighborhood. But you should be prepared for snow. A wollen blanket may be needed.
Hello My Friend!
How are You, busy at school You little pupil?
Did You visit me today? I Thought I say Your "footprints" :-)
And You did not even say "Hello" ?
(( hugs ))
saw ... or is that something You cut trees with?
If everyone on this earth would shake hands with every other fellowman, that is 6,525,170,264 individuals, how many shaking hands would there be?
From all of us to all of you: Hallo!
Aha Anna-lys....
Yes,you did see my footprints outside your door-almost leaving a trail of comments regarding Peas,Peace ...
but in the end, I found the subject deep after having viewed the movie Blood Diamond,and realizing we have never had Peace on Earth, ever, ever, and never will! I am extremely aggitated,and wasting energy on something totally out of my control-so I crept quietly home and I apologize for not at least saying Hello. Shant do that again.
Thanks for coming to get me!!
mca - hugs
OK Anonymouse -
How many shaking hands?
Is this a trick question?
I would imagine there would be 6,525,170,264
shaking hands.....
Am I correct?
And thank you for visiting my humble blog...
mca
I beg you pardon! It was me playing the rôle of "Anonymouse". This possibility of commenting as "Other" or "Anonymous" is a danger.
The number is bigger than you imagine, but not half the way to infinity.
Good day!
/NB
Ok ANONYMOUSE ---The answer would be....
6,525,170,264 times itself!!!
Right? God, I'm a genius!!!
Wrong? I'm an idiot!!
I never promised you an Einstein!!!
Why not ask Grabgrass? I believe this number is much bigger than 6,525,170,264 squared. And if you visit my site: I haven't got a tracking device. I don't see your footprints. If you make a comment, I will try to answer politely, but otherwise I do not notice your presence. It is too many people. I can't keep record of them all.
Greetings from Stockholm, where the cherries are blooming
There would be 6,525,170,263, to take care of all shakes involving a single chosen person. Then someone else would have to shake 6,525,170,262 hands, and hat person would be done. Then a third person would have to shake only 6,525,170,261 hands, and would be finished, and so on, so the number of hadshakes would be 6,525,170,263 + 6,525,170,262 + 6,525,170,261 + 6,525,170,260 + ... +3+2+1.
The sum (number of handshakes) is 21,288,924,142,874,500,000.
How did I do?
Here's a question - would we then have world peace?
For one person to shake all the other hands would take about 207 years, if they really hurried (about 1 second per shake). Some of the people would be getting pretty old already, by the end of it.
THANKS CRABGRASS -
You never cease to amaze me...
Your analytical mind is beyond comphrension...
Guess that's why you're in the line of work that you embrace.....
I shall bring all my problems to you.......
mca
Thanks, Crabgrass, you're brilliant! (only, when half the population has done it, the other half has done it, too, but that doesn't matter, really) The conclusion is, as I understand, there is not enough time. So, why not just enjoy the footprints of our fellowman?
:-)
oops! I was wrong. Crabgrass is right.
//NB
Ohhh am I happy or am I happy?
I could not get into your blog for several days I just got "404" ... maybe I had the wrong link ... because I found You again through CrabGrass site :-D
(( 1000 hugs ))
MMCA...
We have spring here...for the moment I'm laying back on a sun chair...This is life on a stick...;-)))
Likewise FANCY ...Sunday found me lounging around my yard, enjoying the cleaned up fish pond,(did I mention that my fish did survive the ravages of Winter), reading my book, sipping a Rum and Coca Cola, and feeling the warmth of the sun on my almost bare skin. How great was that!!!???
Yessssssssss - this I can handle very well,thanks....
Miss you MMCA...Have you falling in sleep in the sun... ;-)))
"The natur have giving humans one tounge, and two ears...that is, because, we shall hear twice as much as we talk"
Hi Carol,
How are my little schoolgirl doing? :-p
Have A Lovely Weekend on the porch with a good drink and a book about an other Rom :-)
(( Love ))
AnnA
Hi, girls :-) Hope you get along well with your history lessons, MMCA.
About your comment:
This is not a mouse - it is an elk. "Alces alces" in latin. He might have escaped from a zoo, and then somehow swimmed across the ocean. His name is Conrad Johansson. He stays in the forest, most of the time. But every now and then he seeks a mate, and turns up in unexpected sites. Alces alces kill lots of people in swedish traffic. They are very heavy and walk in the middle of the road, like they owned it.Some people sell elk shit to german tourists. Even bigger than the elk, is the visent, or european buffalo, but it is almost extinct.
MMCA...This weekend we are celebrate spring, we do it with song and bonfire all over our country. That is walpurgis night here in Sweden...:)
Hello Overthere
Do You have Summertime, as well?
How are You doing at school? little pupil ;-)
(( Kram ))
Good morning Anna-lys-
I am out for the summer -
not a pupil at the moment -
thoroughly enjoying the
Rights of Spring, Canadian style - no bonfires, or beaches - I'm watching the grass grow!!! I know I need a new subject matter, on this blog, I'm working on it!!!
Thanks for thinking of me!!
You are always on my mind my friend!
Looking forward to a blog of Yours about blogging and it's consequences. And it's opposite when real life goes into blog "relations".
(("I"))
When, when ... ;-)
"Good judgement comes from experience, but experience comes from bad judgement" - John Fullbright
No regrets its one and also the nick i use on my mensagers ;)
NEVER DOUBT OF YOURSELF.
Its another
Poor is the man, who's pleasures depend on the premision of another.
kisses
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