“the mind ought sometimes to be diverted that it may return to better thinking”

“whoever has really sacrificed anything, knows that he wanted and got something in return” – friedrich nietzsche

“pure love is a willingness to give without a thought of receiving anything in return”

“my great hope is to laugh as much as i cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return” – maya angelou

“neither can the wave that has passed by be recalled, nor the hour which has passed return again” – ovid

“whenever i prepare for a journey i prepare as though for death. should i never return, all is in order” – katherine mansfield

“a divorce is like an amputation: you survive it, but there’s less of you” – margaret atwood

- a personal aside – regretfully sometimes life is what it is; you accept the best of what was as well as the reality of what is

7 thoughts on ““the mind ought sometimes to be diverted that it may return to better thinking””

Stephen G. Hipperson on July 18, 2012 at 8:00 am said:

I’d agree with the sentiment, if I can’t remember something I always try to think of something else and that which I have forgotten will come back to me.
I was out doing my birdwatching thing when I heard the call of geese as they fly. In the distance, over some trees on the top of a hill, came a skein in the usual v-shaped formation. I started to get my camera ready – they would look good against the sky in a landscape shot. ‘Bang!’ – one of the geese at the end of one side of the ‘V’ tumbled from the sky.
wsj2day on July 18, 2012 at 8:04 am said:

oh my gawd, you have me actually laughing out loud! ‘last post’ can now be heard, right before the ‘dinner bell’ rings! – and just think, i was falling in ‘like’ with the imagery – nice touch -
Stephen G. Hipperson on July 18, 2012 at 8:17 am said:

Yes, mixed emotions, sadness at the death of the bird but jealousy that somebody was going to get a nice wild goose for his dinner.
wsj2day on July 18, 2012 at 2:05 pm said:

sentiments echoed here as well! dang, sorry to say it, but i love goose!
Stephen G. Hipperson on July 18, 2012 at 2:23 pm said:
sherijkennedyriverside on July 20, 2012 at 5:50 am said:

The perspective of this collection of shots is unique and expressed your commentary well. They are beautiful shots. I think I’ll see Canadian geese as a little deeper forevermore. I’ve been known to enjoy goose as well, though I prefer well prepared Peking duck.
wsj2day on July 20, 2012 at 6:16 am said:

thank you!! as for ‘peking duck’ on this i must whole-heartedly agree as well

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