It’s the last Friday of the month, the time when traditionally, Nursemyra poses in a t-shirt rather than a corset, and since a lot of us look fine in t-shirts and actually have some interesting ones, we join her.
This is my offering this month, a t-shirt I picked up when I was floating down on the Spring River in Arkansas. When I wear it it reminds me of the spectacular time we had, the good friends I was with.
And the sentiment is quite apt. It could possibly be the shortest set of instructions for how to live a happy life that I have ever come across.
Oh, and always know where your towel is and keep it with you.
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you tree hugger, you! love the shirt – always, always, ALWAYS paddle your own canoe. amen.
Yep, I’m a tree hugger. Card carrying, dyed in the wool.
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Fabulous – I LOVE it!!
Cute picture and very good advice.
i have never heard this saying before. brilliant words to live by! cool shirt, i’d definitely wear it. 🙂
I like the message on the T-shirt very much. We must take responsibility for our own happiness. Thanks for sharing.
I also like the first part, “Love many”, which for me translates into the concept of unconditional love, which is of course what we strive to have for all people. “Trust few” is good advice about being careful; while we can love all human souls unconditionally where they happen to be, it is not always a good idea to be too naive about all those people’s motives.
“Always paddle your own canoe” is not just about being responsible for our own happiness, it is about being responsible for our actions too, and being willing to accept the things that grow out of our own actions.
We used to help run a canoe livery, and we called the tandem (two person) canoes “divorce boats.” The reason for this is if you have two people in a canoe and things don’t go quite right, then they are always blaming the other person for the fact that the canoe ran into the bank or flipped over. “If you would have listened to me and paddled on the right. . .””Well, if YOU would learn how to steer; and I TOLD you there was a log in front of us. . .”
When you are in your own canoe, by yourself, if you flip the thing or run into a bank, there is no one to blame but yourself. Then you also start to learn also that no matter how good you are, sometimes things just happen that are NOBODY’S fault. It is what it is, you got wet, big deal, get over it.
I stopped hugging trees when I got into a knotty situation a few years ago but excellent sentiments nonetheless ……. tee hee
I was only one time in a canoe. My husband was checking turtle traps in a stream. He reached out of the canoe into the water and told me to keep the canoe steady. I grabbed a tree branch that was hanging above me. This did not secure the canoe at all. It tipped badly and my husband fell out. I see what you meant by “divorce boats”! I was able to hang in there since I was attached to the tree branch. We laughed about it later, but not until he dried off.
Wonderful advice indeed!
Love the logo….really good advice. x
Very wise words, that’s just the sort of shirt I would have to buy if I saw it in a store.