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Question of the Day | 05/05/2008 12:00 am

Are there ever times when life should most profoundly not be taken seriously?

Read more about: Oscar Wilde

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judy smith
thanks for that JMK. My mom has dementia and if we did not laugh at times, we would not survive. A cute story. My son visits her with his LARGE dog sometimes and he was caring for a small dog which belonged to a friend. I said to Mom, “Was Steve here with the dogs?” Yes she said. Did he have both dogs? Yes she said. I said “Did the little dog behave?” I don’t know she said, “I wasn’t there.” And I realized both the truth and the humor in that statement.
By judy smith on 05/05/2008 6:37 pm
Ms. Dee
I take life too seriously most the time. I know I do. It annoys my friends. Even joy is a serious business to me. Nature and poetry. Love. It’s all serious business. “This too shall pass…” is always relevant, good times and bad. So I seriously cherish the color of the sky and the shape of the moon. The corn crop. And the celebration of Mugsy Peabody’s birthday. Who’s got the balloons?
By Ms. Dee on 05/05/2008 7:05 am
Christina
Never mind Mugsy’s ballons - WHERE’S the cake?? ;-)
By Christina on 05/05/2008 12:41 pm
Deni G
Lily, what a wonderful page! What a fabulous cake!
By Deni G on 05/05/2008 1:08 pm
Christina
Lol! Yummy! Hope it’s big enough for all of us! Mugsy - Today’s the day! Happy Birthday! *singing* Med en enkel tulipan uppå bemärkelseda’n Jag har den äran Jag har den äran att gratulera! I wish you all the best! :-) (if anyone wonders… #1 it’s a Swedish Happy Birthday song #2 Be v e r y glad you can’t hear me singing!!!)
By Christina on 05/05/2008 1:15 pm
zut alors
Ummmm, and just where is Madame? Late for her own party!! And while we’re all waiting for cake….oh well…we’ll have to do with more champagne. I’ll pour.
By zut alors on 05/05/2008 2:40 pm
Ms. Dee
Oh, please do!
By Ms. Dee on 05/05/2008 4:02 pm
zut alors
Extra for you, Ms Dee….cheers…a sante!
By zut alors on 05/05/2008 5:50 pm
Dona Howlett
In reading these letters I am amazed that I have survived my own life. Dealing with…..Arson (on my home) Murder…..kidnapping…..15 family deaths in a period of 3 years..I only know that if I didn’t have a sense of humor I would not have survived. People will say to me “I just know I could never live what you’ve been through Dona” I tell them, you never know what you can do until you are challenged. Each morning when I wake up and discover I’m still breathing I know…….Wow I’m still alive. I love this web site and the sharing of Idea’s and thoughts with all you wonderful people. I look forward to the hour a day I spend now reading WowOwow. (sometimes a little longer)
By Dona Howlett on 05/05/2008 7:10 am
zut alors
Dona-I had that year of deaths and everything coming totally apart…the year I learned I wasn’t invincible, the year nearly everything, certainly all the foundations went away….and I still got roped into being the Symphony Ball Chair and racking my brain for fun entertainments for jaded ultra-rich people. The things we do!!! What a life!
By zut alors on 05/05/2008 2:49 pm
Babette dYveine
Why take life seriously — we’ll never get out of it alive!
By Babette dYveine on 05/05/2008 8:18 am
emma gardener
Humor is the word I am seeing repeated here again and again. As a woman who is in the middle of a firestorm regarding my reputation right now, and not in a position to defend myself, I need some healing music suggestions. In the worst moments I kick a bag of birdseed I have hung from the clothesline. Music calms my soul though, and I send out a plea for some wonderful spirit lifting musical suggestions. Thank you all. Emma
By emma gardener on 05/05/2008 8:34 am
Ms. Dee
Ravel’s Piano Concertos. Chopin’s Ballade.
By Ms. Dee on 05/05/2008 9:29 am
Christina
Vivaldi’s “Four seasons” always make me happy. Mozart’s also great (he wrote so much that I can’t pick anything particular but try any of his piano concertos or his sonatas for piano and violin).Then you can try Peter Tchaikovsky’s (1840 - 1893) “The Swan Lake”, “The sleeping beauty” or “The nutcracker”. Johann Sebastian Bach’s “Brandenburg concertos” are also great. That is - if you wanted classical suggestions. A guy that always makes me happy is Mike Oldfield, he blends his music - some instrumental and some singing. (He plays a lot of instruments himself; drums, piano, guitars, synthersizers…) Hope you’ll find anything useful!
By Christina on 05/05/2008 12:31 pm
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