Klarinet Archive - Posting 000096.txt from 2002/09

From: Neil Leupold <leupold_1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Fernau Quote
Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2002 13:18:46 -0400

--- James Lytthans <lytthans@-----.net> wrote:

<<Wer glücklich ist, fühlt; wer unglücklich ist, denkt>>

> Roughly: He who is happy, feels; he who is unhappy, thinks.
> Think About it. Do you feel what he is saying?

I speak German, James. 'Quite capable of translating the text. It's as
if you didn't read what I wrote though, given your response, which is a
little redundant. Fernau's little platitude above is absurd. I would
almost be inclined to reverse the logic, for I've found that, in large
part, those who swim through life in a sea of emotions, seldom to feel
the ground beneath them, are often robbed of an appreciation for their
own happy times. Some back-of-the-hand-on-the-forehead calamity looms
ever large in the near distance, seemingly to splash a wave of misery
upon whatever good tidings were fleetingly enjoyed beforehand. A vari-
ation on this theme can be equally applied to the chronic contemplators
of the world. Better to exist on a plane somewhere between the two
extremes.

"All things in moderation, including moderation."

Neil

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