p.s.if you are planning to take out a big loan within the next 6 months (e.g. mortgage) I’d wait until after that has all come through as switching temporarily drops your credit rating.
Advice from the past to the present.
E.B. White and his dog Minnie
This week I came across this is a letter from author E.B White in Shaun Usher’s wonderful book Letters of Note. White is responding to someone who wanted his opinion about a future that seemed all too bleak.
March 30th, 1973
Dear Mr. Nadeau:
As long as there is one upright man, as long as there is one compassionate woman, the contagion may spread and the scene is not desolate. Hope is the thing that is left to us, in a bad time. I shall get up Sunday morning and wind the clock, as a contribution to order and steadfastness.
Sailors have an expression about the weather: they say, the weather is a great bluffer. I guess the same is true of our human society—things can look dark, then a break shows in the clouds, and all is changed, sometimes rather suddenly. It is quite obvious that the human race has made a queer mess of life on this planet. But as a people we probably harbor seeds of goodness that have lain for a long time waiting to sprout when the conditions are right. Man’s curiosity, his relentlessness, his inventiveness, his ingenuity have led him into deep trouble. We can only hope that these same traits will enable him to claw his way out.
Hang on to your hat. Hang on to your hope. And wind the clock, for tomorrow is another day.
Sincerely,
E. B. White
Have a great week.
A x
p.s. you’re awesome for doing what you’re doing. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. and take the free cash from a bank. you deserve it.
