12.5.10

I'm not sure where the phrase "beating a dead horse" came from. Who would beat a dead horse, really? Apparently it's done because we tell people they're doing it, and they should just stop. I think people beat dead horses because they can't move past something. It's been done, discussed, attempted - and now, you're just beating a dead horse. Give up.

You can probably tell that I speak from some experience here. Who hasn't beaten a dead horse and realized how futile it was in retrospect? There is wisdom in determining what's dead, and even greater wisdom in seeing things are sometimes DOA.