Sometimes we are the someone. Sometimes the someone is, well, someone else!

Take time today to appreciate someone who does something you take for granted. Unknown

Everyday there are things happening all around us that we don't really see. We've gotten so used to seeing them take place that we no longer actually see them. You know what I mean? For example, a public restroom. We are used to having paper towels and toilet paper in them. We don't necessarily know where they come from, they are just there. Ahem. Someone put them there. Right? Oh yeah, now you might be remembering that nothing gets done in life without someone doing it - putting a little effort in. When was the last time you showed some appreciation, some gratitude, to someone who does something for you that you don't think much about but use? Sure it might be their job BUT appreciation is still a good thing to show. Place yourself in their shoes. In fact, I'm willing to bet you are in their shoes in a different way! What do you do that others use and probably take for granted and a little appreciation might be nice? See? It's a circle. We are the users and the providers in various ways. Nothing gets done in this life without someone doing it. Sometimes we are the someone, sometimes the someone is, well, someone else! What can you do today to really see what takes place around you and show some appreciation to those who make it happen?

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Butter someone up

There are two probable origins for this idiom and I think both are equally plausible. The first one is that when you spread butter on bread you are buttering it up like one would do when trying to flatter someone. The second is in ancient India there was a practice of throwing balls of butter at statues to ask for favor, i.e. buttering them up. ( source ) When we use the phrase today we generally mean that extreme flattery is used to gain information or favor. It's not always necessarily a compliment.

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.

Life according to van Gogh...sort of

There are two ways of thinking about painting, how not to do it and how to do it; how to do it -- with much drawing and little color; how not to do it -- with much color and little drawing. Vincent van Gogh in a l etter to Theo van Gogh, April 1882 Life is a little bit like today's quote from van Gogh. Some of us live life focusing on the drawing - the details - and have very little color. Others of us go for the color and forsake, to a degree, the drawing - the details. Unlike painting, according to van Gogh, one is not wrong over the other but somewhere in between the two would be the best I would think. If you look at some of van Gogh's paintings I feel like you can see where he might have struggled between the "how to do it" and the " how not to do it" (as he admittedly loved color so much but knew he had to focus more on the drawing) and that seems to be reflected in his life as well. In the end he wasn't able to find the ...

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