Italian proverb of the day: “Those who have bread have no teeth, and those who have...” — What can this famous Italian saying teach us about missed opportunities, relationships, empathy and life’s uncertainties?

Italian proverb of the day: “Those who have bread have no teeth, and those who have teeth have no bread” puts a familiar frustration into just a few words. Sometimes the opportunity arrives when we are not ready, and sometimes we are ready when the opportunity is gone. The saying opens a deeper look at missed chances, bad timing, comparison, acceptance and the parts of life that simply do not fall into place when we expect them to.