249 Xxx x Xxxxx

It’s just as much effort and cost:   To type ‘Xxx x Xxxxx’, as to type meaningful stuff. To make a movie with one scene, one actor, saying one word over and over. To create /distribute a magazine with one photo, one sentence over and over. To send this email with nothing meaningful in it, etc. … Read more

248 Longs & Shorts

Short things can also be seen as cold things. Long ones as warm. An abrupt ‘no’ is Short /Cold. “Well, I will think about it but I must tell you that I don’t believe I will say yes.” is a Long /Warm Both, of course, say the same thing. However we tend to like warm … Read more

247 Yesterday

“Oh, you are so very cruel saying things like that!” As she stormed away. That evening I told my wife the things she said that day. And she told her husband the things I said that day. “Ah, you know you did the right thing.” said my wife. “Well, an honest person tells you things … Read more

246 Environment

You create your environment. By choosing which restaurant or by staying in one you didn’t choose. Not long, and you are influenced by this environment. Either way.   Same with literally every other Environment. Keeping pictures which remind you of ‘sad’ or ‘happy’ times. Planning every detail of a wedding day. Not long, and you … Read more

244 Everything and Nothing

We go through life with one of two basic attitudes   Everything is allowed, unless specifically prohibited /forbidden or Everything is forbidden, unless specifically allowed.   Let’s go to this restaurant tonight. “We didn’t make a reservation.”   We need a new form. Why not just make one? We probably shouldn’t. OR I made a … Read more