It's an oldie but a goodie: 'It's an ill wind that blows nobody any good'.
Apparently it's an old sailing metaphor frequently used to 'explain good luck arising from the source of others' misfortune'. It is thought to pre-date 1546.
"As you be muche the worse. and I cast awaie.
An yll wynde, that blowth no man to good, men saie.
Wel (quoth he) euery wind blowth not down the corn
I hope (I saie) good hap [luck] be not all out worn."
It was first recorded in John Heywood's 'A dialogue conteinyng the nomber in effect of all the prouerbes in the Englishe tongue, 1546'.
Here we are almost 500 years later and it couldn't be more relevant - except the good may spread to many instead of just a few, and bring hope to a struggling planet and its non-human inhabitants as well.
Image: Source unknown. If it's yours let me know.
https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/ill-wind.html
I have that same wish, that humankind will see the immediate results of the lack of our activity on the planet. Could we possibly manage to step more lightly in our day to day lives? Could we manage to travel not so much? Consume not so much? We shall see.
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Thanks Tara. You too. X
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