Eureka!

Eureka is an exclamation used as an interjection to celebrate a discovery. It comes from the Ancient Greek, Εὕρηκα/Ηὕρηκα - Heurēka/Hēurēka, meaning approximately 'I have found it'.

Just now I found the following lines tucked into a folder, and thought I'd share them today, ready for the next time you feel as though everything is going wrong!


Good Advice For A Bad Day 


If one day you toss a pancake 
and it flips upon your head
and makes you feel that probably 
you should have stayed in bed;
or if passing under ladders 
leads to accidents, unplanned,
don't start to imagine 
that you're voodooed out of hand.

Although life can be fickle 
and sometimes throws a punch
that knocks you, for no reason, 
so hard you hear the crunch,
stick out your chin and take it 
to prove that you are tough,
and don't collapse and wither 
'cause the going has got rough.
Laugh at silly mishaps 
and see the funny side,
say rhubarb to the sceptics - 
say you came just for the ride!
Show you are a sterner mix 
than jelly or marshmallow.
Soon everyone will slap the back 
of such a jolly fellow.