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Off-Stage # 4904 – 29.4.2014
Posted March 31st, 2014 by Anneke
Dear Gloria,
could you please explain what is meant by Your interpretation of events is off? Does it mean it is not on, or does it mean that it is totaly wrong? Or ???
Thanks a lot!!
namasté, Anneke
Off-Stage # 4904 – 29.4.2014
It is hard for you to believe that the answer is the right answer at that time. Listen to this: There are no mistakes in life. There is, however, plenty of mistaking life. Your interpretation of events is off. Life unfolds as it unfolds, and life knows what it is doing. Life may be hard to take, yet the hustle and bustle of life has a better handle on life than you do.
Hi, Anneke! Your
Hi, Anneke!
Your interpretation of events is off.
It's not quite right. It is off. It is not on or quite on!
If your interpretation of events happened to be all wrong, probably we'd say that your interpretation was way off.
On the other hand, we could also say that your interpretation happened to be a little off.
My understanding is that if life has happened the way it happened, life has to have been more right about its choices than we think. Anyway, the deed is done. Life took its course, and we need to move on.
Anneke, I am amazed at the fine distinctions there are in common usage of English. Would this also be the case in Dutch?
thanks!
Dear Gloria,
thanks again for your answer. I understood it the right way, but Google translated it differently, so I'd rather be sure.....
I think in Dutch there are very fine distinctions and the same word can have different meanings, depending in what sentence.
Dutch is a very difficult language.......
from heart to heart, namasté, Anneke
Ah, but if you are born to
Ah, but if you are born to it, it's natural and easy, yes?
Loving you,
Gloria