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Wow, lots to think about there Mona.

I agree, and have been in the presence of, people who just can't wait to talk about themselves. All you have to say is one sentence and BAM they are off on themselves....and it can be very annoying.

From Dr. Suess:

Today I shall behave, as if this is the day I will be remembered.

And from Gracian Balthazar

RECOGNISE UNLUCKY DAYS
They do exist. Nothing goes well on them and even though the game may be changed, the bad luck remains. Two tries should be enough to tell if one is in luck today or not. Everything is in process of change, even the mind, and one is not always wise. Chance has something to say, even how to write a good letter. All perfection turns on the times - even beauty has its hours. Even wisdom fails at times from doing too much or too little. To turn out well, a thing must be done on its own day. This is why with some people everything turns out ill, with others all goes well, even with less trouble. They find everything ready, their wit prompt, their presiding genius favourable, their lucky star on the rise. At such times one must seize the occasion and not throw away the slightest chance. But a shrewd person will not decide on the day’s luck by a single piece of good or bad fortune, for the one may be only a lucky chance and the other only a slight annoyance.

Enjoy your quiet time even if you don't want to think!

Cheers

From Dr. Seuss:

"From there to here, and here to there. Funny things are everywhere."

and from Balthazar Gracian:

DO NOT MAKE MISTAKES ABOUT CHARACTER
That is the worst and yet easiest error. Better be cheated in the price than the quality of goods. In dealing with people, more than with other things, it is necessary to look within. To know people is different from knowing things. It is profound philosophy to sound the depths of feeling and distinguish traits of character. People must be studied as deeply as books.

Somewhere in that message is the idea that we learn both good and bad from observing others?

Cheerio.

P S Sorry I got his name backwards in the post above. Tut.