Thursday, June 28, 2007  Isn't it funny...  how weirdly true
those old cliche's can be. I suppose it's in the nature of a
cliche to be weirdly true because they are notions that are
based on a curious mix of experience and the chinese whisper
effect of word of mouth, pushed onto the deaf ears of generation
after generation. Yet recently I've been really struck by the
phenomenal impact the meaning behind a cliche or wise saying can
have.  Earlier this year I went on a date with a guy who liked
to talk a lot about self-fulfilment and attitudes towards life.
He loved his job and he loved his life and when I expressed my
shock at his positive attitude toward EVERYTHING (by nearly
choking on my steak no less), he said one thing that I'll admit
I kind of rolled my eyes to at the time, but am now considering
in a different light.  He said, "have you ever noticed that the
things you want most in life are always the things that seem
furthest away, and then in some weird round about way, one day
you wake up and it's su