Wednesday, 2 December 2009
Thursday, 26 November 2009
Getting older does not necessarily mean you are getting wiser.
Now that summer is over I found myself indulging in a little bit of retrospective thinking. It took
some doing but I was able to think all the back to when I was a youngster..
One of the things that struck me was some of the wonderful advice older people gave me at the time. The more I thought about this the more baffled I became. I must say during my lifetime I have received a great deal of advice from all kinds of people. Especially, when I was younger
older people gave me plenty of advice.
Now the thing that bothers me is that, I cannot think of very many pieces of advice that has been helpful in my life. Sure, the advice was sincere but it has never made sense.
For example, my grandfather used to say, "A penny saved is a penny earned." In addition, he always used to say it with such a big smile on his face. At the time, I did not understand it and even today, I am a little confused by it. Of course, there is nothing more useless in the
present economy then a penny.
I used to argue with him and say, "How can I save a penny if I haven't earned it yet?"
He would pat my knee very grandfatherly and say, "When you're older you'll understand."
Another favorite saying of my grandfather was, "A penny for your thought." And I always would respond by saying, "I'm sorry, but I'm saving that."
My father was fond of saying, "Girl, keep your nose to the grindstone and you'll get ahead in life." Well if I did that, I might get ahead but without my nose. If I did not have a nose, what would I do if I had to sneeze? Furthermore, how would I keep my glasses on my face?
Like my grandfather, my father would simply say, "Girl, you'll understand when you get older."
Well, I am older and I still do not understand.
Another piece of advice my father used to give me, "Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise." I have followed this advice all my life and although I am healthy, the other two components are nowhere to be seen on the distant horizon of my future.
The thing that really bothers me is that all these older people told me that when I got older I would be wiser. Now, the question I have is, how old is old? When do I arrive at that wise old woman stage?
According to some people, I have arrived at that auspicious stage of being almost old. Yet I cannot see where I have become any wiser.
I am really confused about all of this. To be truthful I have noticed that the older I get the more I discover I do not know. My fears are that if I get much older I will not know anything.
Perhaps it is all in the definition of wise.
To be sure, the older I get the better I am at wisecracks. I do not believe, however, tha wisecracks have anything to do with being wise. If it did, then I am a celebrated sage.
Being a wisecracker may be a whole lot of fun but it sure can get you into a lot of trouble. Especially in what concerns the relationship with my better half. Why, just the other day he admonished me by saying, "Don't you get smart with me."
If only I could slow down the process of getting older and speed up the process of getting smarter, I could enjoy my wise station in. ^0^ !!!!!!!!
Photo by José Ferreira of me when I was 21 years of age.
Fernanda Ferreira (Ná)
some doing but I was able to think all the back to when I was a youngster..
One of the things that struck me was some of the wonderful advice older people gave me at the time. The more I thought about this the more baffled I became. I must say during my lifetime I have received a great deal of advice from all kinds of people. Especially, when I was younger
older people gave me plenty of advice.
Now the thing that bothers me is that, I cannot think of very many pieces of advice that has been helpful in my life. Sure, the advice was sincere but it has never made sense.
For example, my grandfather used to say, "A penny saved is a penny earned." In addition, he always used to say it with such a big smile on his face. At the time, I did not understand it and even today, I am a little confused by it. Of course, there is nothing more useless in the
present economy then a penny.
I used to argue with him and say, "How can I save a penny if I haven't earned it yet?"
He would pat my knee very grandfatherly and say, "When you're older you'll understand."
Another favorite saying of my grandfather was, "A penny for your thought." And I always would respond by saying, "I'm sorry, but I'm saving that."
My father was fond of saying, "Girl, keep your nose to the grindstone and you'll get ahead in life." Well if I did that, I might get ahead but without my nose. If I did not have a nose, what would I do if I had to sneeze? Furthermore, how would I keep my glasses on my face?
Like my grandfather, my father would simply say, "Girl, you'll understand when you get older."
Well, I am older and I still do not understand.
Another piece of advice my father used to give me, "Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise." I have followed this advice all my life and although I am healthy, the other two components are nowhere to be seen on the distant horizon of my future.
The thing that really bothers me is that all these older people told me that when I got older I would be wiser. Now, the question I have is, how old is old? When do I arrive at that wise old woman stage?
According to some people, I have arrived at that auspicious stage of being almost old. Yet I cannot see where I have become any wiser.
I am really confused about all of this. To be truthful I have noticed that the older I get the more I discover I do not know. My fears are that if I get much older I will not know anything.
Perhaps it is all in the definition of wise.
To be sure, the older I get the better I am at wisecracks. I do not believe, however, tha wisecracks have anything to do with being wise. If it did, then I am a celebrated sage.
Being a wisecracker may be a whole lot of fun but it sure can get you into a lot of trouble. Especially in what concerns the relationship with my better half. Why, just the other day he admonished me by saying, "Don't you get smart with me."
If only I could slow down the process of getting older and speed up the process of getting smarter, I could enjoy my wise station in. ^0^ !!!!!!!!
Photo by José Ferreira of me when I was 21 years of age.
Fernanda Ferreira (Ná)
Saturday, 21 November 2009
First of all...you have to love yourself!
If you don't have someone to say "I love you", stand in front of a mirror and say it to yourself at least once a day. You will notice how your life will change.
Yasuo Kuniyoshi- painting
Wednesday, 18 November 2009
Good life
"Good Life starts only when you stop wanting a better One"
"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away"
"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away"
Painting by Susan Sinyai
Ná
Sunday, 8 November 2009
"Pearls before swine."
Olivia and Joan were real-life, biological sisters, but they always had a fierce sibling rivalry going on between them. Olivia was a little bit older, and Joan loved giving her hell about it.
At one fancy soiree or something, they were pretending to be sweet loving sisters for the sake of the other guests, but were constantly throwing out thinly veiled insults at each other all night.
At one point the party was moving to another room, and Joan held the door open for Olivia. "Age before beauty." Joan said, allowing Olivia to walk through.
As she breezed past her sister, Olivia replied, "Pearls before swine."
Painting by Susan Sinyai
Ná
Wednesday, 4 November 2009
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Sunday, 1 November 2009
Keep healthy . No Flu
In 1919 when the flu killed 40 million people there was this Doctor that visited the many farmers to see if he could help them combat the flu. Many of the farmers and their family had contracted it and many died.The doctor came upon this one farmer and to his surprise, everyone was very healthy. When the doctor asked what the farmer was doing that was different the wife replied that she had placed an unpeeled onion in a dish in the rooms of the home, (probably only two rooms back then). The doctor couldn't believe it and asked if he could have one of the onions and place it under the microscope. She gave him one and when he did this, he did find the flu virus in the onion. It obviously absorbed the bacteria, therefore, keeping the family healthy.
Now, I heard this story from my hairdresser in AZ. She said that several years ago many of her employees were coming down with the flu and so were many of her customers. The next year she placed several bowls with onions around in her shop. To her surprise, none of her staff got sick. It must work.. (And no, she is not in the onion business.)
The moral of the story is, buy some onions and place them in bowls around your home. If you work at a desk, place one or two in your office or under your desk or even on top somewhere. Try it and see what happens. We did it last year and we never got the flu.
If this helps you and your loved ones from getting sick, all the better. If you do get the flu, it just might be a mild case..
Whatever, what have you to lose? Just a few bucks on onions!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Fernanda Ferreira
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