At the Ujima Kwanzaa celebration today, participants shared proverbs. I heard this one deeply:
He who upsets a thing should know how to rearrange it.Now, to me, this proverb means: don't mention a problem without providing a solution.
It also means: if I'm going to encourage something I must also provide things to help attain it. In keeping with the blessing of today, here are seven personal proverbs.1. Who can tell happiness or sadness from a hyena's laugh or a cat's cry?2. Might as well, is the best worst reason to do anything.3. He who only listens with his ears hears less than he who is deaf.4. It takes two halves to make a whole, but two wholes to make one relationship that has half a chance.5. Encouragement is: More than words can say.6. The more time spent hiding things or keeping a thing hidden, the less time available to find things.7. The farmer who must know how much rain or sun his crops will get, or what his harvest will be before planting, will never set foot in the field. His seeds will lose their power while in his hands, in his pocket or in the safe place he stores them.
In addition to overall comments you'd like to share, consider these this question:
1. In what way does one or more of these proverbs become usable for you in your life?
