Well, it’s Saturday and I fell a bit lazy. We’re in the middle of packing boxes for our move on Wednesday, so I thought I would just leave you with this snippet from Jostein Gaarder. This comes from Maya but many will be more familiar with Sophie’s World.

Verana was a beautiful woman who was so spoilt for suitors that she couldn’t choose between them. As a result, she was forever bewailing the fact that she hadn’t time enough to decide. One day she was given a magic elixir by a sorcerer. If she drank half of it, the sorcerer explained, she would live for ever. Then she’d have ample time to find the man she wanted to live with. Once she’d met Mr Right, all she needed to do was give him the rest of the potion, and her husband would then have eternal life as well. Verana drank her part of the elixir and lived for many years without being able to settle on any particular man. A hundred years passed, and Verana was still as young and beautiful as ever, but as time went by it got more and more difficult for her to choose who she’d give herself to. She realised that the magic elixir had made it even harder for her to make up her mind. It wasn’t just that there were too many men to pick from now, but she’d also got so much more time to make her selection, and the decision wasn’t made any easier by the knowledge that her ultimate choice would remain by her side, not just for a lifetime, but for all eternity. After two hundred years Verana had met so many admirers that she could no longer love any man. Nevertheless, she’d been condemned to live on earth for all eternity. She still roams the world to this day. When a man falls in love with a woman who can’t make up her mind, he should be on his guard, because it may be cold, unappeasable Verana he’s fallen for. Many a man has lost his heart and his youth to Verana, but none will ever win her.