Wednesday, September 14, 2016

The Final Say: Life Is What You Make It

THE FINAL SAY: LIFE IS WHAT YOU MAKE IT
by Monty Gilmer

     I look back on my life like a good day's work; it was done and I am satisfied with it. I was happy and contented . . . knew nothing better and made the best out of what life offered. And life is what we make it, always has been, always will be.
     GRANDMA MOSES
     Anna Mary Robertson Moses (1860-1961)
     American painter
     in My Life's Story (1951)

     I believe that life is what you make it, and there is no point in sitting around complaining about your lack of good fortune.
     AUTHOR UNKNOWN
     in The Facts On File Dictionary of Proverbs (Second Edition, 2007),
     edited by Martin H. Manser


According to Martin H. Manser, "The proverb [in the photo above] was first recorded in 1897 in the writings of the American philosopher and psychologist William James."



     

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