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It
is better to
be mad with the rest of the world than to be wise alone. Frequently
when
I’m in a hospital room with a ”dying” patient, we are laughing.
Out in the corridor, the other staff members often think we are
denying reality. We must realize that people aren’t ”living” or
”dying,” they are either alive or dead. As long as they are alive,
we must treat them that way. For this reason, I find the word
”terminal” very upsetting. It means we’ve begun to treat that
person as though he or she were already
dead, incapable of laughter and joy. The world
is a looking glass, and gives back to every man the reflection
of his own face. Frown at it, and it will in turn look sourly
upon you; laugh at it and with it, and it is a jolly, kind companion;
and so let all young persons take their choice. George Washing
Carver, the
scientist who developed hundreds of
use full products from the peanut:
When I was young, I said to God,
”God, tell me the mystery of the universe. ” But God answered,
”That knowledge is reserved for me alone.” So I said, ”God, tell
me the mystery of the peanut.” Then God said, ”Well, George, that’s
more your size. ” And he told me. Nostalgia
is
like an anaesthetic; you experience no pain, only a beautiful
haze. When you grow older, what matters is not the way it was,
but the way you remember it. Before
you invest Always
read the prospectus. It’s required by laws Designed to protect
us. Buried somewhere therein Under mountains of prose. Are all
of the risks To which you’re exposed. Don’t know where to start?
Let me give you a hint: The greater the hazard, The smaller the
print. One of the Great
Discoveries a
man
makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he
was afraid he couldn't do." "There is
no greater source of strength and
power for me in my life than going still, being quiet and recognizing
what real power is." "The ultimate lesson all of us have to learn is unconditional love, which includes not only others but ourselves as well." Elisabeth Kubler-Rose "Happieness
Depends on ourselves" The most wasted
of all days is one without laughter. |