For Friday, February 15: Life Tapestry

The happiest people are those who, thread by daily thread, weave a tapestry of gratitude and wonder. Dieter F. Uchtdorf

I'm not very good with a thread and needle. In fact, I'm really bad with them. So bad I don't know how to actually use a thread and needle past threading it. But today's quote I get. I can thread the needle of happiness with gratitude and wonder and sew a pretty amazing tapestry. But I have to choose it. I have to choose, daily, to pick up the needle of happiness and thread it with gratitude and wonder. If I just hold the needle of happiness but don't thread it then the tapestry won't get weaved. You have to have a material, threads of gratitude and wonder in this case, in order to make something. An empty needle isn't of any use. Happiness is like that. It is empty without something feeding it. It is fleeting without the substance of gratitude and wonder. Every day we get handed the needle of happiness and then we have the choice of threading it. I don't know about you but when the tapestry of my life is created I want some of the most vibrant colors to be of gratitude and wonder. How about you?

Call it a Day

The literal use of this phrase hails from 1838 when the phrase originally was "call it half a day" to mean leaving work early. (source) The modern use of the phrase is to indicate ending something due to false sense of accomplishment.

More bang for your buck

This phrase was used a lot in 1953 but an earlier citation puts it at 1940 in a Metals and Plastics Publications advertisement. Read about it here . The phrase means you get more for your money.

A dime a dozen

"It's said that in the year 1796, the first U.S. dimes were produced for circulation. Hence, it would make sense for this phrase to originate sometime after." Read more here . Today the phrase carries the meaning that something is cheap or without value if it can be lumped in with other similar or exactly-like things. It's more of an insult than anything.

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