So you know the old saying about:
Making a mountain out of a molehill
That’s when you make a big deal out of nothing.
So yesterday, I heard the European version of this as:
Making a mosquito into a mule
Honestly, I like that version a lot better.
A mosquito bites and is annoying.
But a mule resists and is a very stubborn animal that can drive you crazy.
You definitely don’t want to make a mosquito into a mule! 😉
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Wow, thought this painting was awesome.
The table and chairs in all the green.
And the green seat cushions works with it as well.
I love the perspective on this. 😉
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
This was sort of a funny scene in a project meeting.
One person describing the challenges at one point, spontaneously and dramatically motions to take a knife and slit both wrists.
This absolutely got people’s attention.
Understanding the struggles the person was expressing, and trying to add a little lightheartedness to the situation, I say:
“This is a tough project, pass around the knife.”
This got a good hearty laugh around the table, with one person saying that this was the quote of the day.
Anyway, we want to make operations as effortless as possible on people, but the project work to get there is definitely making people work for it.
Let’s avoid project or people suicide–be supportive of each other, pace ourselves, team together, and problem-solve to get it successfully over the finish line.
Soon we can celebrate all the challenges we overcame together and from our determined efforts, all the wonderful results. 😉
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
(Source Photos: Andy Blumenthal)
So my daughter took this photo of someone on the train.
They had a tattoo that said Elokim–G-d’s name in Hebrew–on their hand along their thumb.
Also, they had a second tattoo on the top of their hand that had the Star of David.
Pretty dramatic, I think.
But what a way to remember G-d and your religion all the time.
And I thought wearing a yarmulke on my head was something!
Anyway, just another thought for the day.
I was talking with a young person this week.
They said, how hard it was to be young and not know what was going to happen–what life had in store for them.
I agreed that it was, but also added something that I had heard a number of years ago that:
When your young, you have health, but no money to enjoy it
and when your old, you have money, but no health to enjoy it.
The point is that at every point in life, we have our challenges, and we just have to make the most of what we got, when we have it.
Ideally, of course, we have plenty of health and money–and the time to enjoy it with our family and friends.
Happy Passover!
(Source Photo: Rebecca Blumenthal)
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