(Especially for those for whom English is a second (or third) language.)
The English LanguageHave you ever wondered why foreigners have trouble with the English Language?
Let's face itEnglish is a stupid language:
There is no egg in the eggplant,
No ham in the hamburger,
And neither pine nor apple in the pineapple.
English muffins were not invented in England,
French fries were not invented in France.
We sometimes take English for granted, but if we examine its paradoxes we find that:
Quicksand takes you down slowly,
Boxing rings are square,
And a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.
If writers write, how come fingers don't fing.
If the plural of tooth is teeth, shouldn't the plural of phone booth be phone beeth.
If the teacher taught, why didn't the preacher praught.
If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what the heck does a humanitarian eat!?
Why do people recite at a play, yet pay at a recital?
Park on driveways and Drive on parkways,
You have to marvel at the unique lunacy,
Of a language where a house can burn up asIt burns down,
And in which you fill in a form By filling it out,
And a bell is only heard once it goes!
English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of the human race(Which of course isn't a race at all) That is why:
When the stars are out they are visible,
But when the lights are out they are invisible.
And why it is that when I wind up my watchIt starts,
But when I wind up this observation, It ends.
On that note, I recently saw the following e-mail...Scrambled Words.
This has got to be one of the cleverest E-mails I've received in awhile. Someone out there either has too much spare time or is deadly at Scrabble.
DORMITORY: When you rearrange the letters: DIRTY ROOM
ASTRONOMER: When you rearrange the letters: MOON STARER
DESPERATION: When you rearrange the letters: A ROPE ENDS IT
THE EYES: When you rearrange the letters: THEY SEE
GEORGE BUSH: When you rearrange the letters: HE BUGS GORE
THE MORSE CODE: When you rearrange the letters: HERE COME DOTS
SLOT MACHINES: When you rearrange the letters: CASH LOST IN ME
ANIMOSITY: When you rearrange the letters: IS NO AMITY
ELECTION RESULTS: When you rearrange the letters: LIES - LET'S RECOUNT
SNOOZE ALARMS: When you rearrange the letters: ALA! NO MORE Z 'S
A DECIMAL POINT: When you rearrange the letters: IM A DOT IN PLACE
ELEVEN PLUS TWO: When you rearrange the letters: TWELVE PLUS ONE
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The difference between them in is that enjoyment is very temporary and short-term thinking - it is all about how much enjoyment you are going to get out of todays activities without any responsibilities. I don't think you are referring to the kind of enjoyment, but this is the true meaning of enjoyment. Fulfillment on the other hand, and I am also going to bring in religion, is more long-term thinking, and where your actions hold responsibility etc.
However, I do believe that you can "have it all". My only point is that you achieve this not by giving up what you already have and saying that you will choose a new "route", only this is achieved by accepting/choosing that what you choose to be your priority and incorporate your enjoyment into it.
The key point that I found though is identifying what you hold as being the priority, the rest just complements it. Don't get me wrong, the complimentory is in full throttle and there will be no need to tone it down, only it has new meaning. There is then no contradiction.
Something a bit off the track of the discussion....
Here is something I read recently: "Life is like driving a manual car - in the begining you have to concentrate on every action i.e. pressing the clutch, changing the gear, which gear to change into, the brakes, the accelerator etc etc, but eventually you no longer have to think about all these factors as they become second nature, and you cruise."
I have an extended take on this though, that, the only way you learn how be comfortable with the clutch and gears is by sitting in the car and doing it. You cannot stand on the outside and analyse it, and by that be able to drive! It doesn't work, and anyone who might tell you it does, does not know how to drive a clutch car. You gotta take the right advice from the right books and the right people, "living and learning".
REMEMBER, Sat night is always for partying ;)
Honored, truly honored.
Chag sameach.
I have managed to post two posts since this one, I don't know how much of a break it will really be.