Christmas Thunder

Someone in northwest London has an fun sense of humo(u)r. They use tube station information write-and-wipe boards to disseminate PSAs like, “Never give up on someone with mental illness. When ‘I’ is replaced by ‘we,’ illness becomes wellness.” Sometimes the boards at Willesden or Kilburn stations wear quotes: “To be kind is more important than to be right. Many times, what people need is not a brilliant mind that speaks, but a special heart that listens.” – F. Scott Fitgerald. But my favorite daily thoughts are the ones that make me smile: “I spend half my life wondering if it’s too late for coffee and the other half wondering if it’s too early for alcohol.” Or “When life closes a door, just open it again. It’s a door. That’s how they work.” Or “When you wake at 6:00 and close your eyes five minutes, it’s already 6:45. When you wake at 2:30 and close your eyes five minutes, it’s 2:31.”