Beyond the Rhetoric

“I object to being told that I am saving daylight when my reason tells me that I am doing nothing of the kind… At the back of the Daylight Saving scheme, I detect the bony, blue-fingered hand of Puritanism, eager to push people into bed earlier, and get them up earlier, to make them healthy, [...]

The grass always looks greener on the other side. It’s a saying that you hear all the time and the lesson that we’re supposed to learn is that it could all be an illusion. We’re led to believe that the greener pastures over yonder may not be all that green when you get up close. [...]

“It’s not what you look at that matters. It’s what you see.” Some people may say that there is no difference, but there is a very vital difference between what you look at and what you see. What you look at is simply the image hitting your eye. What you see is when you become [...]

Life is a journey, to be sure, but we should also set progressive goals for ourselves. This way, we can be better assured that we are moving in the right direction, improving on your skills and becoming more valuable members of society. It is in the mindset of constant improvement that we begin this week’s [...]

“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” I’ve really hesitated to repeat anyone that I’ve already highlighted in a previous edition of Sunday Snippet, but when Emmet Gibney shared the quote above on Facebook, [...]