Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for October 11, 2022

Pig has discovered he can’t control his feelings. His feelings control him.

And then Rat comes along with some sticks and stones . . .

Another truth bomb dropped on the readers of Pearls…

Well, he’s half way there.

It helps to be old and rich.

Pig, turn off social media.

Gotta do the work, pig.

He realizes that he’s only human, er, wait a second.

Saying and doing are two totally different things

Pain is gain?

Stoicism.

“You got to take the bitter with the sweet” as my grandfather used to say!

Into each life some rain must fall.

Let it be.

Deep down, Pig must be so miserable and his optimism is just an act.

Pig is wiser than we all know. That’s why I think insults on the internet aimed at me are hilarious.

“Sticks and Stones, …”

People see WAY less imperfections in us than we ever see in ourselves.

Phrased for ages as “Stick and stones may break my bones, but worlds will never hurt me.” Not in fashion now.

Laugh at them. (You may still hurt, but they won’t know it.)

Sad and true.

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but politicians lies are really deadly.

EST taught us that we have the choice on how we respond to anything

Insight is the easy part.

That is so true!

Wrong way, Pig.

Pig seems to be hopeless. The universe pushes him around….

People that think like Pig in panel one are fu&$#% %$#^&ots. If you get sore by this comment then you are not one of them so don’t feel sore. Or as Stephen Fry put it: “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will always hurt me. Bones mend and become actually stronger in the very place they were broken and where they have knitted up; mental wounds can grind and ooze for decades and be re-opened by the quietest whisper.” ― Stephen Fry, Moab Is My Washpot

Yeah, it’s one thing to know something like that, and another to act on it.

And now they delve into stoicism. Good to have a break from all that depressing stuff.