Gleanings: Predicaments

“Life is not a spectacle or a feast; it is a predicament.” ~George Santayana, philosopher, essayist, poet, novelist.

I laughed when I read the quote. Then I looked up the word predicament, to make certain I was understanding. The definition given in the Oxford Dictionary for the word predicament is: ‘a difficult, unpleasant, or embarrassing situation’. So then I laughed again, because yes, I understood, all too fully. The quote is a perfect description of my life.

Every day there are a myriad...