A Waste of good time?

Now here is a real mixture of a painting. You can certainly see those Scottish influences of the trees my French influences in the buildings but yet I have tried to capture the style of Chinese art.

It would be so much easier just to do things all the same way but I have never in life chosen the easy options.

Easy options I do not seem to like but one thing I like even less is waste. I am always looking for ways to use things again and again.

I heard a humorous story about a woman who fell out of a second-floor window and landed in a slow-moving rubbish lorry. Half-buried in the litter, she tried without success to get the driver's attention. 

A foreign diplomat standing on the sidewalk saw her and quipped, "Another example of how wasteful people are. That woman looks like she's good for at least another 10 years."

Sometimes it is better not to try and impress. 

A rich man was determined to give his mothers day present that would outshine all others. 

He read of a bird that had a vocabulary of 4000 words, could speak in numerous languages and sing 3 operatic arias. He immediately bought the bird for £2,000 and had it delivered to his mother. The next day he phoned to see if she had received the bird. 

"What did you think of the bird?" he asked. She replied, "It was delicious."

I suppose in the end whether something is a waste or not depends on who is making the judgement. 

A very well know politician kept a diary. One day he entered, "Went fishing with my son today--a day wasted." 

His son also kept a diary, which is still in existence. On that same day, He made this entry, "Went fishing with my father, the most wonderful day of my life!" 

The father thought he was wasting his time while fishing with his son, but his son saw it as an investment of time. The only way to tell the difference between wasting and investing is to know one's ultimate purpose in life and to judge accordingly. 

There are sometimes in life that is just never a waste because they are times spent having quality time with friends and family.

Apologies this is a short blog this morning but just not feeling at all up to sitting for long hours at the computer today. Have a good day.