humans and flies

I have learned some valuable life lessons lately. They haven't been handed to me in a very pleasant form but I guess one wouldn't learn from them as efficiently if they were served in a glass of champagne.

                        "You catch more flies with honey than you do with vinegar"

I got handed this metaphor over the phone from Toronto. This phone call was not my life lesson but it came at the convenient moment. I hadn't heard it before and I found it fitting splendidly well. I see it ever so appropriate thinking about career moves and work environment in general. So I took a long look in the mirror and made a note to myself to add a bit a sweetness to my flavor.

Another little idiom that I stumbled upon by accident when practicing some Spanish verbs was this one.

                                         "En bocas cerradas no entran moscas" 

"In closed mouths, flies don't enter". Funny how flies are so present in figurative speech. I don't suffer from having my mouth open too much but I enjoy being reminded that silence is golden and often a good weapon of choice. 

I find myself a bit wiser and more humble this week than last week. One can only hope it was lessons lasting for life as the mind can be not only forgiving but ever so forgetting.

To remember is that love is what matters and stress kills, so enjoy your beloved ones and relax, that makes you not only happy but very wise a person as well.