A vaporous life

It is said...

An average woman, over a lifetime,
- Spends 2 years getting ready for a function
- Cleans her household and performs chores for 2 and a half years
- Cooks for 3 years
- Spends 6 years watching television
- Talks on the phone for 5 and a half years

An average man, over a lifetime,
- Spends 10 and a half years working in his office
- 6 months getting ready for a function (as opposed to 2 years for women)
- 1 year shopping
- 2 years exercising
- 3 years in the toilet (as opposed to 6 months for women)


One wonders how much can be achieved or experienced in a short lifetime of 70 years, when one is awake for 50 years (20 years spent sleeping), out of which 2 weeks are spent waiting for red traffic lights to change and 3 years are spent waiting for others (possibly getting ready for a function).

Truly, the average human doesn't have much time on his hands. God speed

A matter of greeting

Eastern pride says "I'm fine" when the opposite is true.
Western pride asks "Hi, how are you?" when there is in fact no interest.

Simple greetings tell much about us.

Quote

"Sad is the day for any man when he becomes absolutely satisfied with the life that he is living, the thoughts he is thinking and the deeds he is doing; until there ceases to be forever beating at the door of his soul a desire to do something larger which he seeks and knows he was meant and intended to do."
-Philips Brooks