Peanuts by Charles Schulz for January 16, 2020

good for you, Peppermint Patty

Me too

Always Look on the Bright Side of Life

Every cloud has a ….

I made Ds and Fs in history (among other subjects) in high school, but that’s never been a problem since. No prospective employer has ever asked me about the War of 1812 or the Magna Carta.

Even after your parents see it?

Considering some of the questions (see yesterday’s Peanuts), a D- doesn’t seem that bad!

Way to go, Patty! There is always some good to be found.

Did not expect that answer

Franklin Armstrong, the only character of color in the Peanuts universe.

Actually that’s a very good attitude, I struggled greatly in school and it took me a long time to understand that it wasn’t my fault, I’m now 60 in great health, own a home and helped raise an awesome young man, life is good. :))

I hated history until I met a sergeant in the Marine Corps who brought history alive for me. I then read Graves’ I Claudius and Claudius the God, then Suetonius on the Roman emperors, and Winston Churchill’s “History of the English Speaking Peoples.” Have loved history ever since and realized that it is the flow of history rather than what this or that king did that makes it interesting.

Hey, passing grade….

That is such an important point Patty makes. I think we would all have a greater sense of equanimity if we learned to shrug off minor annoyances—a dinged fender, the cable being out, a delayed flight—focusing instead on the truly important things, like arriving at our destination safely and enjoying good health. Good advice Peppermint Patty!!

I never got a D-.

Thirty years after graduation, and still haven’t had to use calculus.

Patty is aware of deeper aspects of life!

Well, that is one way to look at just about everything bad…