Zen Pencils by Gavin Aung Than for February 10, 2025
February 03, 2025
February 17, 2025
Transcript:
Certainly, the most destructive vice that a person can have, more than pride, which is supposedly the number one of the cardinal sins… …is self-pity. Self-pity will destroy relationships. It will destroy anything that’s good. It will fulfill all the prophecies it makes and leave only itself. It is so simple to imagine that one is hard done by and that things are unfair. DING DONG That one is under-appreciated. And that if only one had a chance at this or if only one had a chance at that… …things would have gone better. I almost wanted once to publish a self-help book saying… HOW TO BE HAPPY by Stephen Fry GUARANTEED SUCCESS! MOVING ON SO SHE LEFT YOU COPING WITH HEARTBREAK LOVE HURTS And people would buy this huge book… …and the first page would just say… Stop feeling sorry for yourself and you will be happy. Use the rest of this book to write down your interesting thoughts and drawings. And that’s what the book would be. And it would be true. It sounds like “Oh, that’s so simple.” But, of course, it’s not simple to stop feeling sorry for yourself. It’s bloody hard. - Stephen Fry
FreyjaRN Premium Member 30 days ago
Well illustrated, sir. Mr. Fry is exactly right.
The Old Wolf 30 days ago
Excellent quote, delightfully illustrated.
drivingfuriously Premium Member 29 days ago
One preacher I know didn’t do well in counseling. He told his people to “just forgive”.
LAFITZGERALD 29 days ago
Good idea to go forward ahead!!
Rich Douglas 29 days ago
It is now Sir Stephen Fry. Fry was not made a part of a particular order, so he is a “knight bachelor.” Because he has no other post-nominals for heraldry (like the MBE, OBE, or CBE), he will be styled simply “Sir Stephen Fry.” Sometimes the post-nominal “Kt” is used when one does not have a lower rank.
For example, Paul McCartney is a knight bachelor (as is Ringo Starr). He is styled “Sir Paul McCartney, CH, MBE” because he received an MBE in 1964 with the rest of the Beatles and has since been included in the Order of the Companions of Honor (CH). (I am wondering if Sir Paul will be granted a peerage some day, as was Andrew Lloyd Webber.)
Rocky Premium Member 29 days ago
I love this one. It is so true.
Durak Premium Member 29 days ago
Laugh. I thought he was the guy from Futurama.
DawnQuinn1 28 days ago
YOU decide if you want to be happy or unhappy. The choice is yours