Looking together in the same direction.
Sea otters hold hands while they sleep so they don't drift apart.
Sunday, December 8, 2019
Saturday, December 7, 2019
“No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.” ― Voltaire
I read this quote today. Is this where the label "snowflake" originates? I had to do a little research.
In Missouri in the early 1860s, a 'snowflake' was a person who was opposed to the abolition of slavery—the implication of the name being that such people valued white people over black people. This use seems not to have endured.
From Chuck Palaniuk's book "Fight Club":
In the 1999 movie adaptation the lines go like this:
“Listen up, maggots. You are not special. You are not the beautiful or unique snowflake. You are the same decaying organic matter as everything else. We are the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world. We are all part of the same compost heap."
https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/the-less-lovely-side-of-snowflake
Now:
Snowflake: The pejorative sense of "an overly sensitive person"
I prefer:
'Please keep calling me a snowflake. I like being different than the next person. Every snowflake is unique. They all come from the same place, but are able to establish their own identities, free and clear of any other snowflake. Snowflakes make this world beautiful.”
―
In Missouri in the early 1860s, a 'snowflake' was a person who was opposed to the abolition of slavery—the implication of the name being that such people valued white people over black people. This use seems not to have endured.
From Chuck Palaniuk's book "Fight Club":
In the 1999 movie adaptation the lines go like this:
“Listen up, maggots. You are not special. You are not the beautiful or unique snowflake. You are the same decaying organic matter as everything else. We are the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world. We are all part of the same compost heap."
https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/the-less-lovely-side-of-snowflake
Now:
Snowflake: The pejorative sense of "an overly sensitive person"
I prefer:
'Please keep calling me a snowflake. I like being different than the next person. Every snowflake is unique. They all come from the same place, but are able to establish their own identities, free and clear of any other snowflake. Snowflakes make this world beautiful.”
―
Friday, December 6, 2019
Thursday, December 5, 2019
“The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.”
(the above quote is by Franklin D. Roosevelt)
When you have more than you need, build a bigger table--not a higher fence.
When you have more than you need, build a bigger table--not a higher fence.
Tuesday, December 3, 2019
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