"Even a blind pig finds an acorn now and then." Not only is this a weird proverb, but it has a moderately weird story to go with it. I grew up in rural Arkansas, and one evening my family attended a presentation in the auditorium on the local college campus. (being only 13 miles away from a "college town") I imagine my sister and I were pushing the seats up and down the way they go, (or that she was pushing it up and down and I was trying hard to maintain my good-girl exterior) when at some point we find out what the presentation is going to be... and it's a hypnosis demonstration. Eventually, he called for volunteers... a young woman chose to be hypnotized, and I believe the presenter also took requests for what brief phrase or sentence he would get the woman to say at various points in the interaction. Expressing the local spirit, the person called upon absolutely chose "Even a blind pig finds an acorn now and then!" The demonstration took place, progressing like a strange yet fascinating sort of game of "Simon Says," with regular interjections of "Even a blind pig finds an acorn now and then!" I'm not sure if everyone else will find the phrase as appropriate to the incident as I do.
"Everything happens for a reason; but it's not necessarily a GOOD reason." (I came up with this one, and dropped it. I only tell it to myself on rare occasions.)
Once, while going through health problems that severely brought up Awareness Of My Mortality, (tm) I decided that "Life's a b%^&h, and then you die" should be re-written to "Life's a b%^&h, but then you LIVE." (hopes of a future beyond death being very much in the focus of my mind's-eye.)
Enjoyed the ones you listed: The "and routes around" sounds very engineering-y-mindset. "It's up to the pig now," sounds similar to ones that get good mileage in this house!
Thanks for the shout out, friend. <3 Another place I recommend re: abuse survivors in the Church is In Spirit and In Truth: https://inspiritandtruth.substack.com/
"Even a blind pig finds an acorn now and then." Not only is this a weird proverb, but it has a moderately weird story to go with it. I grew up in rural Arkansas, and one evening my family attended a presentation in the auditorium on the local college campus. (being only 13 miles away from a "college town") I imagine my sister and I were pushing the seats up and down the way they go, (or that she was pushing it up and down and I was trying hard to maintain my good-girl exterior) when at some point we find out what the presentation is going to be... and it's a hypnosis demonstration. Eventually, he called for volunteers... a young woman chose to be hypnotized, and I believe the presenter also took requests for what brief phrase or sentence he would get the woman to say at various points in the interaction. Expressing the local spirit, the person called upon absolutely chose "Even a blind pig finds an acorn now and then!" The demonstration took place, progressing like a strange yet fascinating sort of game of "Simon Says," with regular interjections of "Even a blind pig finds an acorn now and then!" I'm not sure if everyone else will find the phrase as appropriate to the incident as I do.
"Everything happens for a reason; but it's not necessarily a GOOD reason." (I came up with this one, and dropped it. I only tell it to myself on rare occasions.)
Once, while going through health problems that severely brought up Awareness Of My Mortality, (tm) I decided that "Life's a b%^&h, and then you die" should be re-written to "Life's a b%^&h, but then you LIVE." (hopes of a future beyond death being very much in the focus of my mind's-eye.)
Enjoyed the ones you listed: The "and routes around" sounds very engineering-y-mindset. "It's up to the pig now," sounds similar to ones that get good mileage in this house!
Thanks for the shout out, friend. <3 Another place I recommend re: abuse survivors in the Church is In Spirit and In Truth: https://inspiritandtruth.substack.com/