You can’t please no one none of the time, but you can please someone some of the time.

That’s something you often hear.

Actually, I don’t know that I have ever heard it said like that before; but I did just hear that in my mind, and I wrote it down here.

But, thinking about that and practically speaking, I think it is impossible for a person to be completely unpleasing.

If we fail to bathe, we please those who wish not to bathe.

And, the contrary.

If we fail to talk, we please those who don’t want to talk.

And, the contrary.

And, so on and so on and so forth and on and on. . . .

And, all their contraries.

And so, it seems you just can’t please no one none of the time.

Whatever you do or fail to do, you will cause the proponents of that to smile and be pleased.

Despite yourself, you will by yourself please someone in their selves by observing yourself.

I think it is not possible to do or be otherwise.

You simply cannot please no one, because some how and in some fashion by what you do, say or are, you will please someone.

It appears, then, that no person can be an island; and to human friendship, there can be no such boundaries.

Despite our selves, there will always be a person or persons who will be, can be and are our friends.

We seem not to be able to hide from them anymore than we can hide from us.

They will find you, and you will hate it, and they will like you even more for that, and it will wear you down and drive you crazy, and finally you will throw up your hands in disgust and say, “Okay! I am your friend!”

Then and there, whenever and wherever you and they may be, in your ways and theirs, you and they will be pleased and happy.

You will be pleased to know you cannot please no one none of the time.

You will smile and know that you can please someone some of the time.

And, you have.

Give it a try.

Or, don’t.

It won’t matter.

No person can be an island.

The human geography does not allow for that.

Grandpa Jim