tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1761080938810306228.post5516526604759930861..comments2023-06-09T07:53:16.715-04:00Comments on Jeannie Prinsen: Sometimes a cliche is just what you need to hearJeanniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15590153368194137758noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1761080938810306228.post-63122476227971171292016-05-24T21:22:51.733-04:002016-05-24T21:22:51.733-04:00Thanks so much for stopping by and commenting, Han...Thanks so much for stopping by and commenting, Hannah!Jeanniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10975707104283521076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1761080938810306228.post-35117930191637315262016-05-24T11:19:27.810-04:002016-05-24T11:19:27.810-04:00Love this. That's definitely an example of a ...Love this. That's definitely an example of a cliche used well :)Sunshine and Spoonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15218542467607737336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1761080938810306228.post-67323713022529399702016-05-24T10:53:46.070-04:002016-05-24T10:53:46.070-04:00Thanks for your comment, Tuija -- I hadn't tho...Thanks for your comment, Tuija -- I hadn't thought about that aspect. I guess when you are really speaking from the heart, that comes through and the words themselves don't matter quite so much.Jeanniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15590153368194137758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1761080938810306228.post-67993116105916739412016-05-24T08:23:49.874-04:002016-05-24T08:23:49.874-04:00What a great quote, Franceen! Thanks so much for s...What a great quote, Franceen! Thanks so much for sharing it.Jeanniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15590153368194137758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1761080938810306228.post-62271409519337800842016-05-24T08:16:52.674-04:002016-05-24T08:16:52.674-04:00I love this post for many reasons. First of all, w...I love this post for many reasons. First of all, what an encouraging experience. Thanks for sharing it. <br /> <br />You mentioned the woman's slight French accent, and that made me think about us non-native English speakers. We sometimes use cliches without realizing how overused they are - well, if the phrases are used a lot, we're more likely to learn them, but they don't sound so hackneyed to us... And for a non-native speaker, the advantage of using a cliche is that it's usually correct English and people know what it means. If we try to say something really original, it might end up sounding just peculiar :) Tuijahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08481881870878118889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1761080938810306228.post-59721507829936746382016-05-23T23:15:04.716-04:002016-05-23T23:15:04.716-04:00Hi Jeannie, Thank you for sharing that beautiful e...Hi Jeannie, Thank you for sharing that beautiful experience and your reflections on it! It reminds me of a passage in George MacDonald's "Thomas Wingfold, Curate" - <br /><br />"... A mere truism, is it? Yes, it is, and more is the pity; for what is a truism, as most men count truisms? What is it but a truth that ought to have been buried long ago in the lives of men - to send up for ever the corn of true deeds and the wine of loving-kindness - but, instead of being buried in friendly soil, is allowed to lie about, kicked hither and thither in the dry and empty garret of their brains, till they are sick of the sight and sound of it, and, to be rid of the thought of it, declare it to be no living truth but only a lifeless truism! Yet in their brain that truism must rattle until they shift it to its rightful quarters in their heart, where it will rattle no longer but take root and be a strength and loveliness. ... To the critic the truism is a sea-worn, foot-trodden pebble; to the obedient scholar, a radiant topaz, which, as he polishes it with the dust of its use, may turn into a diamond."Franceenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09533191769193657146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1761080938810306228.post-71284718775626031932016-05-23T19:23:09.367-04:002016-05-23T19:23:09.367-04:00Thanks so much, Liz - I appreciate your comment. G...Thanks so much, Liz - I appreciate your comment. Glad this spoke to you.Jeanniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15590153368194137758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1761080938810306228.post-23059458339669488762016-05-23T18:56:08.968-04:002016-05-23T18:56:08.968-04:00Wow. This didn't go at all where I expected, a...Wow. This didn't go at all where I expected, and I found myself tearing up. Sincere thank you for sharing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1761080938810306228.post-17392283449077264562016-05-23T11:26:01.067-04:002016-05-23T11:26:01.067-04:00So true, Bronwyn! Sometimes we need others' pe...So true, Bronwyn! Sometimes we need others' perspective to see what we might not -- and how they say it matters less than what we get out of it.Jeanniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15590153368194137758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1761080938810306228.post-14350077314575622272016-05-23T11:18:34.841-04:002016-05-23T11:18:34.841-04:00I so appreciate when people help me to see my chil...I so appreciate when people help me to see my children again with fresh eyes... Even if they don't use fresh words :)Bronwynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09967693332642800547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1761080938810306228.post-45604679208569561042016-05-23T11:07:43.012-04:002016-05-23T11:07:43.012-04:00That's so funny, Tim! It's true: those say...That's so funny, Tim! It's true: those sayings that now seem so hackneyed were really fresh and original at one time.Jeanniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15590153368194137758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1761080938810306228.post-81833226186028698222016-05-23T10:52:18.092-04:002016-05-23T10:52:18.092-04:00Her words covered you like a warm blanket.
Sorry...Her words covered you like a warm blanket. <br /><br />Sorry, couldn't resist the opportunity to indulge a cliché, Jeannie.<br /><br />Speaking of clichés, I once watched Casablanca with someone who laughed throughout, repeatedly saying, "This movie is so full of clichés!" It's like someone reading Hamlet and asking why Shakespeare couldn't come up with something more original than "To be, or not to be."Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12313216250048083410noreply@blogger.com