27.1.14

"Man Is A Fool"

As a rule, man is a fool,


When it's hot, he wants it cool;


When it's cool, he wants it hot,
Always wanting what is not.
~ by that prolific writer, Anonymous

This is a poem my very wise dad often quoted to this restless, sometimes unhappy daughter during her childhood.  Vee


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4 comments:

  1. And now I know what I miss most about this kind of a winter. I miss the complaints about hot weather.

    I love that poem. I would like to have known your father. He must have been one very special fellow.

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    1. Secondary Roads, Dad was a fun guy. He had a lot of poems memorized that fit various circumstances and occasions. We were blessed!

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  2. For many years now, it has been my policy to refrain from complaining about hot weather, for I want to gripe when it is cold. Fair is fair. And we've plenty to gripe about this winter. (Truth: I am blessed. I have a warm home and little need to be out in the weather.)

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    1. Vanilla, this has been a really bad winter for you out there in Indiana. You probably have a right to gripe. All of us who have warm homes are extremely blessed. Many people are cold and suffering.

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