Fave quotes

I liked this from one of the Daily Stoic emails a few days ago on how there is no 'normal' to return to

'What's normal to the spider is chaos to the fly'

very good

to be kind is more important than to be right. Many times, what people need is not a brilliant mind that speaks, but a special heart that listens.' - F Scott Fitzgerald

happy Earth Day, Earthlings

As we grow older, and hence wiser, we slowly realize that —

wearing a $3000 or $30 watch - they both tell the same time...
Whether we carry a $300 or $30 wallet/handbag - the amount of money inside is the same;
Whether we drive a $150,000 car or a $3,000 car, the road and distance is the same, and we get to the same destination.
Whether we drink a bottle of $300 or $10 wine - the hangover is the same;
Whether the house we live in is 300 or 3000 sq ft - loneliness is the same.

Steve Jobs 2011

living in a post pandemic, global recession, war in europe.... first world issues

"The best thing one can do when it is raining is to let it rain."

William Wadsworth⁣

“There's no such thing as bad weather, only unsuitable clothing.”
― Alfred Wainwright

continuing on the weather theme

“If string works, use string”- Mike Burrows.

Ah, I always attributed that sentiment to BILLY!

BILLY FUCKIN CONNELY

Sorry ,just channeling.

"It's taken until I'm 40 before I've thought I've shit myself with a fart"
-anonymous (it's deffo hippy)

"The opinion of 10,000 men is of no value if none of them know anything about the subject."

“Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away” - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

The Americans can always be trusted to do the right thing, once all other possibilities have been exhausted.

“It is better to have a standing pregnant woman, than a sitting crying one.”

I do find it quite hard to distinguish being ill from general life state

– @hoefla