APAD： Man plans God laughs ;-)

“Man Plans, and God Laughs.”  is a proverb supposedly from the old testament: “Mann Tracht, Un Gott Lacht” - an old Yiddish adage.  
 

Meaning: Despite our most careful planning, the Road of Life is unpredictable. We might have driving and destination strategies but scenic new vistas might beckon us or unforeseen roadblocks can deter us.
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Sounds like we should never let God see our plans ;-)  

 

Joke aside, I think the best is to make a plan, but always be ready to change it in order to archieve the goal, as change is a constant in our lives, whether we like it or not.  Also don't be too hard on ourrselves.  By this, we may learn from some great men and women who lived before and amongst us.

Below is a well written and somewhat related paragraph by Lin Yutang (林語堂) about Shakespeare (with my reading = 瞎讀哈 :-):

 

 

 "Shakespeare was never very religious, or very much concerned with religion. I think this was his greatness; he took human life largely as it was, and intruded himself as little upon the general scheme of things as he did upon the characters of his plays. Shakespeare was like Nature herself, and that is the greatest compliment we can pay to a writer or thinker. He merely lived, observed life and went away."

 

Note: have been doing some heavy labor and time consuming work outdoors, so no extra post today.  But hopefully 靈美眉's "Poem Reading" will keep you all busy later. 

 

Wish you all a Happy Tuesday!

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• Play chess with Him: no need to win, just defend well. -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 05/28/2024 postreply 08:39:17

• can't keep a pokerface, so always lose :-))) -最西邊的島上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/28/2024 postreply 09:03:00

• Wow，西島美眉的聲音很好聽！多讀！ -妖妖靈- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/28/2024 postreply 09:35:08

• 謝謝！大學宿舍舍友曾忠言：“如果你以後萬一失業了，就去電台讀童話故事吧。” ：-） -最西邊的島上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/28/2024 postreply 12:01:55

• 現在可以去兼職！：） -妖妖靈- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/28/2024 postreply 16:38:00

• 哈哈，agree with“ Sounds like we should never let God see our -妖妖靈- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/28/2024 postreply 09:36:13

• plans ”. As 4 me，big things planned. -妖妖靈- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/28/2024 postreply 09:37:52

• good for U! same here. -最西邊的島上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/28/2024 postreply 12:02:40

• God veils himself, we plan in our own ways naively -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 05/28/2024 postreply 10:28:16

• provide something to God to laugh at. -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 05/28/2024 postreply 10:30:19

• I'm sure God has lots of jokes to tell ;-) -最西邊的島上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/28/2024 postreply 12:05:02