Wisdom

Nothing new with this – my sister and I were raised on proverbs.

Every time I speak on the phone with my folks, they proudly mention witty sayings from our folklore. I often laugh. But mostly, my heart fills with pride, for these sayings come to serve me as attire, masking reality when it seems to stubbornly display itself as ugly and unjust.

 

Don’t you worry, there will be warm in the summer.

I wait. And I hope, since my folks always taught us to be optimistic.

 

The ox has also a long tongue, but he only can utter moo!

Let nothing you dismay. What is big can be small in the eyes of others.

 

 

I just got lost

Every river that I tried to cross

Every door I ever tried was locked

Oh, and I'm just waiting 'til the shine wears off

 

You might be a big fish

In a little pond

Doesn't mean you've won

'Cause along may come a bigger one

And you'll be lost

Every river that you tried to cross

Every gun you ever held went off

Oh, and I'm just waiting 'til the firing stops

Oh, and I'm just waiting 'til the shine wears off