“A Wise Old Owl”
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Little nuggets of wisdom:
This too shall pass
- Curious phrase that wise, calm, cool, collected older generations always seem to express. (Wise old Owls)
Why?
As a reminder (I believe) to us younger generation, that nothing is as big of a deal that our imaginations take hold of in the moment. Sudden emotions and feelings are a reaction and generally dissipate quickly. This is not specific to bad feelings, anger and joy both dissipate in about the same amount of time.
After the emotion fade, its rather a normal day in my experience and life goes on.
I'll leave you with another little nugget of wisdom, a nursery rhyme first published April 10, 1875 in Punch (a British weekly magazine established in 1841)
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