― Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises
The Hemingway
quote is the last line of The Sun Also
Rises. It has stayed with me since I
first read it decades ago because I think it captures how we look at things
that might have been. Sometimes, there
are things that we wish or think about, but they are truly only "pretty to
think so." I was thinking about the
line today and how it relates to a friend of mine who has an amazing ability to
make pretty things happen.
My friend
thinks of all kinds of wonderful things to do -- frequently memories to make
with our children -- and then she makes whatever it is happen. Thanks to her, her family has all kinds of
great adventures. And thanks to her
kindness, my family has been able to share in the pretty things that she makes
happen.
As with a
possible romance between Hemingway's characters Jake Barnes and Lady Brett
Ashley, there are some ideas that are only pretty to think so. But there are many other pretty things that
someone's thoughtfulness, planning and determination make happen.
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