>Many Complain of Their Looks

by | Nov 8, 2010 | Yiddish Proverbs | 0 comments

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Aha Moment News:
Hello everyone!  Just wanted to let you know the results of the Aha Moment project.  I didn’t make it into the top 10 so my ad will not be running in 2011.  Thank you all so much for your support and your votes. It was a lot of fun and a great opportunity to get The Napkin Dad Story out there. I appreciate you all!
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Imagine your thoughts could be seen. What would they look like in the mirror?  Would they be as pretty or ugly or boring or exciting as you see your physical self?  Would your thoughts be ‘presentable’ to others?  Do you have to put a lot of ‘makeup’ on your thoughts before you go out of the house?


It’s so much easier to put on the right clothes and other stylings to look better than you would otherwise look.  But our thoughts are really what carry us more than our looks so how do we go about making sure our thoughts are what we want them to be?  It’s no different than with your looks.  You can do one or more of these 3 things.  

  1. You can put on ‘thought makeup’. Present a better version of your thoughts to the public. Nothing wrong with that, it’s what civilization is made of.
  2. You can look at your raw thoughts, just like your raw looks, and find the value and beauty in them instead of seeing the flaws, shortcomings and insufficiencies.
  3. You can train your thoughts, just as you can train your muscles of your body, to be better than they used to be – to be stronger, more resilient, less inclined to be injured or disabled.
It might give a whole new meaning to the idea of a ‘make over’!
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Drawing and commentary by Marty Coleman of The Napkin Dad Daily

Quote is a Yiddish proverb

Everyone is Kneaded – updated 2017

by | Feb 11, 2010 | Yiddish Proverbs | 0 comments

I found this quote via twitter a few days ago and really liked it. Thanks to @charvoice (Charlene Lewis). Thought I would take a ‘heart series’ break and put this one in the mix.

It’s important for me to always remember that I do not always know the circumstances and background of those around me. I don’t know how they were ‘baked’ in other words. That doesn’t mean I don’t hold them accountable for their actions, it means I don’t assume I know them; their motivations, their opinions or their feelings just because they are in the same room with me, or from the same state.

At my best it means I wait to judge until I know something real about them instead of just thinking they were baked like I was. That short-sightedness leads to the assumption that if they did that ‘thing’ (whatever it is), they must have had the same motivation or reason I would have had if I had done that same ‘thing’. It’s a bad assumption to make.

Anyone who has been married has experienced a spouse not understanding why you do what you do until they meet your family and experience the oven in which you were baked. Then they come home and say ‘NOW I understand why you are like that!’…not always in a nice way, either.

So, before you judge, get to know who it is you are judging, get to understand them. After that, judge away.

Drawing and commentary © Marty Coleman

“Everyone is kneaded from that same dough but not baked in the same oven.” – Yiddish Proverb