Robert
Burns wrote (but in his own style), "Oh would the God's the
gift give us, to see ourselves as others see us. It would from
many a blunder free us, and foolish notion." That might
work for some; but it would make others so self-conscious they
might never speak another word, and that would be a sad day
indeed.
Have
you ever listened — really listened, to the conversation in a
hospital room when "polite" visitors drop in to cheer
up a patient? What if scattered "quotes" from
different visits, were rolled into one?
"We
figured you must be sick when we seen your fence was down and
your cows was scattered down the highway."
"If
you hadn'ta come, I sure woulda wished you woulda come."
"Where
do you hurt the worst?" "Well, I reckon mostly all
over." "I always say the worst thing about being sick
is usually you feel so bad."
"If
I was you I sure would be sick of all of whatever you've
got."
"It
wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't that I
