{"id":3586,"date":"2019-03-25T13:48:09","date_gmt":"2019-03-25T13:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nosmallthing.net\/main\/?p=3586"},"modified":"2021-05-08T14:35:29","modified_gmt":"2021-05-08T14:35:29","slug":"but-seriously","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nosmallthing.net\/main\/but-seriously\/","title":{"rendered":"But Seriously"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Recently, a Facebook friend (someone I mean to talk to more often but rarely do) posted a link on her timeline.<\/p>\n

The link led me to a compilation of inspirational slogans, some poster-ized<\/em> with complementary graphics; some attributed to writers or motivational speakers, some not.<\/p>\n

– Most of the shadows of this life are caused by us standing in our own sunshine.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0– Good times make wishbones.\u00a0 Hard times make backbones.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0– You wanna know the difference between a master and a beginner?\u00a0 The master has failed more times than the beginner has ever tried.\u00a0 <\/strong>(These words are displayed with a rendering of Yoda from Star Wars.)<\/p>\n

All these quotes seem like they could jump off the walls of a therapist\u2019s waiting room.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t get me wrong, I\u2019m all for inspiration, but seriously\u2026.<\/p>\n

I guess I take issue with some of these slogans simply because they are over-used.\u00a0 The first time, I read \u201cSing like no one is listening. Love like you\u2019ve never been hurt.\u00a0 Dance like no one is watching,\u201d it moved me close to tears.\u00a0 After the hundredth exposure, I\u2019ve found myself close to tears for a totally different reason.<\/p>\n

And the proverb, \u201cIf life gives you lemons, make lemonade –\u201d I\u2019ve heard the expression so often, instead of lemonade, I\u2019d sooner reach for a stronger beverage.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t like reductionism as a general rule.\u00a0 I understand the motivation to crystallize a sentiment into a short, pithy phrase, but often, these little adages can\u2019t capture the complexity of their subject, and throwing out a catchy phrase allows people to refrain from trying to discern and communicate something that has multiple layers \u2013 a worthy pursuit in my book.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t like emojis for a similar reason.\u00a0 Too many people use them instead of trying to understand and communicate their own feelings.\u00a0 For me, someone punctuating a remark with both a happy face and thumbs-up just doesn\u2019t cut it as a way to express being really, really fond of something.<\/p>\n

Some sayings poke fun at the effort to capture things in a simple phrase and I appreciate the impulse behind them.\u00a0 As example, the saying \u201cPhilosophers are people who tell other people, that are much happier than they are, how to live\u201d makes me laugh.<\/p>\n

But so many sayings, while well-intentioned in their use, just get something wrong that is critical to understanding.\u00a0 Things are often taken out of context.<\/p>\n

In Hamlet<\/em><\/strong>, Polonius\u2019s parting advice to his son, \u201cTo thine own self be true\u201d has long been taken as an example of profundity.\u00a0 In actuality, within the context of the play, this adage is meant as a trite saying from a doddering old man who fancies himself the dispenser of all things wise.<\/p>\n

Keep calm and carry on<\/strong><\/a> has been embraced as a tongue \u2018n cheek phrase for moving forward despite challenges.\u00a0 It actually originated in Britain\u2019s Ministry of Information during World War II as morale boosting propaganda.\u00a0 It was not used, as intended, at the time.<\/p>\n

After putting out a short series of other stoic aphorisms, this catch phrase never found its way to London\u2019s subway stations or shop windows.\u00a0 It was meant to be used only<\/strong> in the event of Germany actually invading British soil.<\/p>\n

When I was in my twenties, I liked to use phrases that sounded deep but were, at their core, absurd.\u00a0\u00a0 To puzzled faces, I\u2019d toss out \u201cJust because something is obvious doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s not<\/u> true,\u201d or \u201cThere are two kinds of people in the world; those who put people in two kinds and those who don\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n

But seriously, let\u2019s all lighten up!<\/p>\n

After a workday, where I might have rearranged a lot of appointments in my Outlook calendar or spent an hour in a conference room decorated with framed posters depicting men involved in extreme sports like mountain-climbing, or white-water rafting, featuring a single-word headline like ATTITUDE or TEAMWORK, I like to have a cocktail.<\/p>\n

At home, I\u2019ll take out a favorite spirit or pour a glass of Syrah and place my cocktail on my Confucius<\/strong><\/em> coaster, the one that says I never said all that shit, <\/strong>and I\u2019ll smile.<\/p>\n

Surrounding yourself with little things that make you laugh is no small thing.<\/p>\n

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