Thursday, August 02, 2007

PT: Quote of the Day


"Don't shoot the bird
while the bird is flying!"

(Good advice given to my daughter-in-law by her sweet mother, who got it from her father. So, what is your take on this old Philippino proverb?)

7 comments:

January said...

My take: Don't stop a person's passion while they're in the middle of things.

That's an interesting proverb--so open to interpretation.

Joyce Ellen Davis said...

Exactly! That's what I thought!

Anonymous said...

Don't shoot at a moving target...wait til its resting.

slickdpdx

Tammy Brierly said...

Don't stand in the way of someones success?

Joyce Ellen Davis said...

Anon: that's what the NRA's view would be, too.

turquoise cro said...

How could anyone shoot a bird while its doing what we would LOVE to be doing!!! hehe Guess what I got today(Thursday) which is really Friday NOW!!! I was soOOOoo surprised and touched by this!!! I haven't had time to read anything yet, just your flying tale!!! THANK YOU!!!!(and I remember your comment to me a while back when I said I would like to write a book, YOU said, Do It!!!)

k said...

Yes. Destroying its natural great art and freedom as it's displaying them...

It strikes me that's like spitting in the face of deity.

Like killing a mother mouse in the middle of giving birth.