Day 212: Diversity

This is one of those Gratitude Attitudes that in theory I am grateful for, that with my words I say I am grateful for, and sometimes with my actions I also show that I am grateful for. But I don't always succeed. I say I want diversity, I say that I am grateful for it but when I get pissy because other people won't fall in line and see my point of view on something then I prove I don't really want diversity. Diversity, according to Webster's, means this: the quality or state of having many different forms, types, ideas, etc. Today I read a lot of different view points on a particular subject. I would say that a diverse range of opinions were verbalized. And while approximately half of the diverse opinions broke my heart and made me mad I am sitting here tonight grateful for the diversity we have and the freedom to have those opinions. And I'll be grateful for each situation that pops up that helps me to practice accepting diversity.

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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.

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.

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