To use the world well, to be able to stop wasting it and our time in it, we need to relearn our being in it.
Skill in living, awareness of belonging to the world, delight in being part of the world, always tends to involve knowing our kinship as animals with animals. Darwin first gave that knowledge a scientific basis. And now, both poets and scientists are extending the rational aspect of our sense of relationship to creatures without nervous systems and to non-living beings - our fellowship as creatures with other creatures, things with other things.......
Relationship among all things appears to be complex and reciprocal - always at least two-way, back-and-forth. It seems that nothing is single in this universe and nothing goes one way.
In this view, we humans appear as particularly lively, intense, aware nodes of relation in an infinite network of connections, simple or complicated, direct or hidden, strong or delicate, temporary or very long lasting. A web of connections, infinite but locally fragile, with and among everything - all beings - including what we generally class as things, objects.
Ursula K Le Guin, (1929 - 2018), American author.
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Dilbert is an American Comic Strip.
Dilbert's famous one liners.
1. I say no to alcohol, it just doesn't listen,
2. A friend in need is a pest indeed.
3. Marriage is one of the chief causes of divorce.
4. Work is fine if it doesn't take too much of your time.
5. When everything comes in your way you're in the wrong lane.
6. The light at the end of the tunnel may be an incoming train.
7. Born free, taxed to death.
8. Everyone has a photographic memory, some just don't have film.
9. Life is unsure; always eat your desserts first.
10.Smile, it makes people wonder what you're thinking.
11.If you keep your feet firmly on the ground, you'll have trouble putting on your pants.
12.It's not hard to meet expenses, they are everywhere.
13.I love being a writer....what I can't stand is the paperwork.
14.A printer consists of 3 main parts : the case, the jammed paper tray and the blinking red light.
15.The guy who invented the first wheel was an idiot and the guy who invented the other three, he
was the genius.
16.The trouble with being punctual is that no one is there to appreciate it.
17.In a country of free speech, why are there phone bills?
18.If you cannot change your mind, are you sure you have one?
19.Beat the 5 o'clock rush, leave work at noon.
20.If you can't convince them, confuse them.
21.It's not the fall that kills you. It's the sudden stop at the end.
22.I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder.
23.Hot glass looks same as cold glass - Cunino's Law of Burnt Fingers.
24.The cigarette does the smoking you are just the sucker.
25.Someday is not a day of the week.
26.Whenever I find the key to success, someone changes the lock.
27.To err is human, to forgive is not a Company policy.
28.The road to success......is always under construction.
29.Alcohol doesn't solve any problems, but if you think again, neither does milk.
30.In order to get a loan, you first need to prove that you don't need it.
Tailpiece.
Our day began at 4 o'clock. We went through the chores and were on the road by a 20' to 7. The traffic was smooth and we had breakfast at the Saravana Bhavan at Paliyekkara. We reached Panampilli Nagar by a half past 10, parked the Chevy there and went by an auto rickshaw to Jos Junction to do a bit of shopping. Reached my cousin's house by about a half past 12, had a short snooze, lunch at a half past 1 and were at Dr Satish Bhat's clinic by 10' past 3. It was a quiet evening, subsequently. Met two interesting guys - Nizam and Rafique, the latter is onto 'kalarippayattu' - who'd dropped by, on my cousin's request, with an array of new cellphones. Gave them my exact requirement!
Skill in living, awareness of belonging to the world, delight in being part of the world, always tends to involve knowing our kinship as animals with animals. Darwin first gave that knowledge a scientific basis. And now, both poets and scientists are extending the rational aspect of our sense of relationship to creatures without nervous systems and to non-living beings - our fellowship as creatures with other creatures, things with other things.......
Relationship among all things appears to be complex and reciprocal - always at least two-way, back-and-forth. It seems that nothing is single in this universe and nothing goes one way.
In this view, we humans appear as particularly lively, intense, aware nodes of relation in an infinite network of connections, simple or complicated, direct or hidden, strong or delicate, temporary or very long lasting. A web of connections, infinite but locally fragile, with and among everything - all beings - including what we generally class as things, objects.
Ursula K Le Guin, (1929 - 2018), American author.
* * *
Dilbert is an American Comic Strip.
Dilbert's famous one liners.
1. I say no to alcohol, it just doesn't listen,
2. A friend in need is a pest indeed.
3. Marriage is one of the chief causes of divorce.
4. Work is fine if it doesn't take too much of your time.
5. When everything comes in your way you're in the wrong lane.
6. The light at the end of the tunnel may be an incoming train.
7. Born free, taxed to death.
8. Everyone has a photographic memory, some just don't have film.
9. Life is unsure; always eat your desserts first.
10.Smile, it makes people wonder what you're thinking.
11.If you keep your feet firmly on the ground, you'll have trouble putting on your pants.
12.It's not hard to meet expenses, they are everywhere.
13.I love being a writer....what I can't stand is the paperwork.
14.A printer consists of 3 main parts : the case, the jammed paper tray and the blinking red light.
15.The guy who invented the first wheel was an idiot and the guy who invented the other three, he
was the genius.
16.The trouble with being punctual is that no one is there to appreciate it.
17.In a country of free speech, why are there phone bills?
18.If you cannot change your mind, are you sure you have one?
19.Beat the 5 o'clock rush, leave work at noon.
20.If you can't convince them, confuse them.
21.It's not the fall that kills you. It's the sudden stop at the end.
22.I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder.
23.Hot glass looks same as cold glass - Cunino's Law of Burnt Fingers.
24.The cigarette does the smoking you are just the sucker.
25.Someday is not a day of the week.
26.Whenever I find the key to success, someone changes the lock.
27.To err is human, to forgive is not a Company policy.
28.The road to success......is always under construction.
29.Alcohol doesn't solve any problems, but if you think again, neither does milk.
30.In order to get a loan, you first need to prove that you don't need it.
Tailpiece.
Our day began at 4 o'clock. We went through the chores and were on the road by a 20' to 7. The traffic was smooth and we had breakfast at the Saravana Bhavan at Paliyekkara. We reached Panampilli Nagar by a half past 10, parked the Chevy there and went by an auto rickshaw to Jos Junction to do a bit of shopping. Reached my cousin's house by about a half past 12, had a short snooze, lunch at a half past 1 and were at Dr Satish Bhat's clinic by 10' past 3. It was a quiet evening, subsequently. Met two interesting guys - Nizam and Rafique, the latter is onto 'kalarippayattu' - who'd dropped by, on my cousin's request, with an array of new cellphones. Gave them my exact requirement!
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