Pop-up Proverbs are sayings that catch my fancy as I go about my day. Some have surprising sources; all of them have made me stop and think – and maybe smile a little.
#1 – Gossip:
“When you’re talking about me, you’re leaving someone else alone.”
My dad – Bruce Kitt 1921-2007
As quoted by my mother
#2 – Fear
“It is not failure itself that holds you back; it is the fear of failure that paralyzes you.”
Brian Tracy
Nightingale-Conant Newsletter, May 17, 2009
#3 – Materialism
“[Islam] teaches me to hold my material possessions in my hand, and not my heart, so if they’re taken away from me I won’t be affected.”
Abeer Raazi, May 14, 2009
Interview with Krista Tippett on Speaking of Faith radio program
#4 – Wealth
“Money is the longest route to happiness.”
Evangeline Lilly, of Lost
Quoted in Women’s Health magazine, June 2009
I have definitely found #4 to be true. Money is necessary to provide a comfortable lifestyle and the necessities of life, but happiness and more importantly lasting joy comes from far greater things. Love, family, friends, faith and compassion are the things that have helped me the most in my life’s journey to find lasting happiness.
p.s. – your dad sounds like a funny guy!
@Seth W
Seth, I never thought of my dad as a “funny guy,” but he certainly enjoyed his own jokes! Mostly he was a good man and so confident about his reputation that he would never have had a problem with people talking about him.