This week seems to be all about lids and cycles. Who am I to fight fate?
Of course, it could also be about humour in marketing, or about making a personal connection to affect behaviour.
Wait a minute, you say. We can’t have a personal connection with a metal jar lid, can we? Well, all I know is that *this* jar lid got its wish, at least as far as I could grant it: I threw it in the glass/metal recycle bin. It’s up to someone else to finish the job. And that brings in one of my mother’s favourite quotes.
It is not your duty to finish the work,
but neither are you at liberty to neglect it.
– Pirkei Avot, 2:16
It’s true, you know? It’s connections, all the way down . . .
A Jamaican pastor visiting B.C. observed the devotion Canadian’s lavish on their pets, and commented, “If there’s a life after death, I want to come back as a Canadian dog.”
Jim T – Hahaha. Yes, maybe that should be a measure of wealth: What percentage of your income goes to pets? For sure they can be a luxury “good”.
Or a responsibility and privilege, whether or not you have wealth.
Laurna – Fair enough. A granddaughter who’s been studying psychology told us that levels of oxytocin (the so-called love hormone) rise in people when they pet dogs. They rise in the dog, too.
… and perhaps anyone watching a loving dog being lovingly petted. It works with good deeds seen by the third party. 😀
Barbara – Lovely. Win-win-win.
I like your Mom’s saying. I hope to remember it in times when frustration mounts that all is not perfect. It goes well with the motto of my favourite charity. “We can’t do everything but we can do something.”
Judith – 🙂 Yup.
Isabel
I think I’d like to come back as a giraffe. I always wanted to be tall; a giraffe would be a good start at that.
Tom
Tom – OK, that sounds good. I’m not sure what recycling arrangements we have to make, though . . .