But Is There A Place For Fools?
Saturday, March 15, 2008
It just occurred to me that I might have been misinterpreting the phrase “there is a time and place for everything.” To me the proverb has always been that everything fits in somewhere somehow - that anything is possible. But after reading a clearly negative opinion I now see that people often use it to strictly limit concepts or actions. “Everything has its place.”
What I find so amusing is how the interpretation of this phrase not only expresses but also validates two completely opposite outlooks simultaneously. How much does one’s interpretation imply about other traits such as optimism and pessimism, or even if one aspires towards freedom or control. Which factors in one’s (ones?) background determine the interpretation, if any?
And am I the only idiot who is getting this wrong?