Tag: silver linings
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time
Read more: timeIf I were to characterize myself, I\’d be the grasshopper in Aesop\’s Fable #373, \”The Ant and the Grasshopper.\” The grasshopper dances and frolics all summer, while the ant toils away, gathering food for the winter. When winter comes, the cold and hungry grasshopper begs the ant for food and shelter, and is refused. The…
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deflate
Read more: deflateMy favorite! I didn\’t think anyone noticed this particularly delightful symptom, but they do. It\’s when you feel pretty good—you\’re shopping for furniture or at a concert at Red Rocks, or just playing pickleball when WHAM! Deflate. I\’ve been thinking about exactly what happens, and how perceptive people can notice so quickly. I\’m a fairly…
