For over a week a lonely fly has been living in our house. Anyone who has seen him buzzing around says kill it. Oh no! I could not do that, not at this time of the year. In our area, at least in our family the old saying is a fly in fall means money is coming soon.
Do I believe that? Really? I must or he would be one dead fly. Another saying my grandma used to say was, you are still wet behind the ears. She was actually trying to tell us that we were too young to do or say what our intentions were.
I decided to look up what other people say in their area. Here is what I discovered.
An Arabic proverb says; A chameleon does not leave his tree until he is sure of another.
A Japanese proverb is; A good husband is healthy and absent.
An African proverb is; A stranger has big eyes but sees nothing.
A Persian proverb is; A bad wound heals but a bad word doesn’t.
A Greek Proverb is; A library is a repository of medicine for the mind.
A Hebrew proverb is; Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born of another time.
An Italian proverb is; A beetle is a beauty in the eyes of his mother.
Isn’t it interesting what different areas of the world believe? I guess I am no different in letting the fly live.
Lots of wisdom here. You have focused your mind on the important things. 🙂
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it is interesting to see what different parts of the world believe in
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Yes, so true. Often they are much the same as us.
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I love the Hebrew proverb “Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born of another time” Great words! And, I shall not swatting the lone fly in my hallway now :).
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Oh yes, never swat a fly in the fall or winter!!! LOL, Oh by the way, I am still waiting for the money to come in. LOL
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🙂 🙂
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Oh, how funny, I just posted about finding a fly on my cheesecake, and here you are providing the picture for it. But I promise you, I didn’t swat on that fly. I did remove it gently. 🙂
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haha, I would not have swatted it either on cheesecake!!!!!
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Nice proverbs! Thank you
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you are welcome Maestro. glad you enjoyed them
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Interesting Proverbs….specially the Japanese one… hehe,
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ya, it sure is, just give me your money and go to work!!! lol
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Reblogged this on ARCHITAMENT.
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thanks Archiabyssniya
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Haha!
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glad I made you giggle!!!
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Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born of another time.
Liked this one!
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I thought it was clever and very true
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Wise words…
Especially like the Hebrew proverb on children.
LOL on the Italian beetle proverb 🙂
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I agree. So many parents want their children to take after them, but they need to be their own person!
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Pretty nice post. I just stumbled upon your blog and wanted
to say that I have really enjoyed browsing your blog posts.
In any case I will be subscribing to your feed and I hope you write
again very soon!
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