If a picture paints a thousand words, then why can’t I paint you? If I fell in love with you, would you promise to be true, and help me understand? If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? If a tree falls in the forest, and it hits a mime, does anyone care? If a = b and b = c, then a = c: that’s the law of transitivity. (That line is the closest I’ll ever come to being a poet.)
Do you ever tell yourself, "if I (did something you didn’t), then I’d be happy?" Pretty futile, isn’t it? Trust me, I know. What’s even worse is "if ONLY I…" because then you’re beating yourself up because you think that one decision made early in your life had been different, it would have changed everything. Even a decision to have 7up instead of Pepsi or to have worn a different shirt on a particular day, something that small, would have meant you would have been infinitely happier than you are today. Would that it were that easy…
What does any of this mean? I’m not sure…
Linda runs Stream of Consciousness Saturday. Now this word from Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer.
The Sound of One Hand Typing 
That cat looks pretty smart. Maybe it’s the glasses. ‘Ifs’ can have a down side. Good to remember things are not so simple.
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I’m sure it’s the glasses. He does look like one of our bunch (long since departed).
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If ifs and but were dollars or pounds we’d all be rich 💜
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Or to put it another way, “if ifs, ands, and buts were candy and nuts, we’d all have a Merry Christmas”…
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I prefer that 💜
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Fun with philosophy! I like to believe that minor decisions are like detours leaving room for course corrections if something’s really meant to be, but you never know for sure.
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I know what you’re saying…
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If only that stupid umpire had made the correct call then maybe it would be the Giants in the next phase instead of the Dreaded Dodgers. Please tell your Atlanta Braves to knock their socks off!
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Well, they’ll try again, and I for one hope they beat the Dodgers like a rented mule. I know they have it in them…
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If I don’t read one of John’s SoCS posts would it still be a good one? Yeah, I think so.
I like the idea of the tree falling on a mime.
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That was a Far Side cartoon, and a very funny one at that….
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