Cartoon Gems of Wisdom by Charles M. Schultz

With grateful thanks to one of my faithful readers who
sent me several cartoons published by M.S. Shultz in his long-running PEANUTS.

As children grow up, we use cartoons to show how things function in real life.
We explain to them more about feelings and relationships in a way they can understand.
We also show them how to deal with certain situations and people.
It's also an easy way to entertain family kids
when parents are busy with domestic affairs or daily chores.

For adults like you and me ~ it's a form of escapism ~
day-dreaming our troubles away.

Daily receiving The Hamilton Spectator, I glance over the cartoon page ~ being enlightened by a few columns: Drabble...Hager the Horrible...Mutts...Non-Sequitur...Pooch Cafe...Rhymes with Orange...
and occasionally Blondie.

Cartoon 1: Sadly, Charlie states to Linus: Worrying won't stop the bad stuff from happening. It just stops you from enjoying the good.

Cartoon 2: Asleep on his doghouse roof, an Irish Proverb says,

A god laugh and a long sleep are the two best cures for anything.

Cartoon 3: Linus, tightly hugging his dog, ponders. “I don't have time to worry
about who doesn't like me... I'm too busy loving the people who do love me.”

Cartoon 4: Gazing into the starry black night, Lucy wonders,Perhaps they are not stars in the sky, but rather openings
where our loved ones shine down to let us know they are happy!

Snoopy, snoozing atop his doghouse and Linus sitting beside the 'house entry,'muses.
“The less you respond to rude, critical, argumentative people, the more peaceful your life will become.”

Gazing at the far horizon from the beach where he sits: Charlie and his dog agree:

A tue friend is someone who says, nice things about you when you are not around.

Charlie, broadly smiling explains his blessing:The smile on my face doesn't mean my life is perfect.

It means I appreciate what I have ~ and what I have been blessed with.
I choose to be happy!
Snoopy proudly sits ~ adoring a rose bush in full bloom:Take time to stop and smell the roses.

From atop his doghouse, Snoopy wakens and reaching out to Charlie,
with abig smack on Charlie's nose, greets him ~ bringing an overflowing bowl of dog food!

Always grateful, Snoopy, addressing Charlie, states:When my arms can't reach people who are close to my heart, ~
I always hug them with prayers.

In strong wind blown trees, Linus explains thatFAITH is holding on tight when the going gets windy!

And when, Thanksgiving arrives, Charlie and his cartoon friends
gather together among the autumn harvest of pumpkins, fruit and more
of the season's splendour to give thanks:May your day be filled with blessings
of love...peace and joy!

Charles M. Schultz, spying Snoopy atop his doghouse, proclaims:
All you need is Love.

But a little chocolate now and then ~ doesn't hurt!

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Cartoons, followed by adults, is a form of health
a person uses to relieve stress and to feel better.

Some adults feel nostalgic given it usually reminds them of their childhood days.
Cartoons just don't let people escape a parallel world ~ but it results in
helping them to escape to the sweet past as well.

The Road to WisdomDanish inventor, Piet Hein stated,
“Well ~ it's plain and simple to express ~
Err and Err and Err again

of loss and loss and loss again!

Proverb of WisdomThe bamboo that bends
is stronger than the oak that resists.

The foregoing,compiled by Merle Baird-Kerr...February 13, 2020
Your Views appreciated: mbairdkerr@cogeco.ca