 | | 2019-01-10 12:23
From blog Sophie in the Sticks
Better an egg today
Flicking through my ever so interesting book of old fashioned lore I came across the proverb Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow Which I hadn't heard spoken but makes perfect sense. It's better to have something certain today than the hope of something better tomorrow (or it certainly was in medieval times). Especially if that hen was the one who did the laying because after that they'd be nout. Though nowerdays it can often be said the other way round to mean it's better to have something significant tomorrow than settle for the mediocre today. How about appreciating what's here today and building on it for tomorrow? Best compromise. I've been feeling...
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