Saturday, July 28, 2007
By Horace
This is taken from the sayings of Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) who lived about 65 BCE. I recommend ALL his sayings to you. They are indeed philosophical and inspiring. " It is not the rich man you should properly call happy, but him who knows how to use with wisdom the blessings of the gods, to...
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Friday, July 27, 2007
Good Advice
In one translation of Pericles' Funeral Oration, we are reminded: " For the whole earth is the tomb of famous men; not only are they commemorated by columns and inscriptions in their own country, but in foreign lands there dwells also an unwritten memorial of them, graven not in stone but in the...
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Wednesday, July 25, 2007
THE COMMUNITY
It is truly rewarding to get the responses from bloggers whom you have never met; probably will never meet. How inspiring some of their comments are. How, at times, you almost can read their souls. And, indeed, perhaps you have. One is reassured that no matter where one lives; no matter what one...
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Monday, July 23, 2007
THOUGHTS TO DIGEST
There are those of us all over the world who witnessed Padraig Harrington win the Claret Jug at the disappointment of Sergio Garcia who had played well all four days of the Open Championship. Many of us were as saddened by the result as, I am sure, Sergio is. Yet there are lasting lessons to be...
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Thursday, July 12, 2007
GUARANTEED
We say there are no guarantees in life. That is far from the truth. It is guaranteed we will all die. It is guaranteed that, in most parts of the world, we will be somehow taxed. Those guarantees are out of our hands. Yet we may guarantee our fate. It is guaranteed that we will fail if we don't try....
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Monday, July 9, 2007
FRIENDLY RIVALRIES
A great proportion of the sporting public watched the competition between Nadal and Federer yesterday as they displayed their mastery at Wimbledon. Figuratively speaking, each tried his utmost to beat the other ones brains out. At the conclusion they embraced each other. At the presentation...
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Tuesday, June 19, 2007
OUR NEIGHBOUR
I have always been inspired by these words. I do not know who wrote them. Yet they remain constant in my mind. Many of you would have read them before; some of you may be seeing them for the first time. For sure, how closely they approximate the admonition: Love thy neighbour as thyself. Together,...
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Tuesday, June 12, 2007
WHY CAN'T I?
"Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once'. "If we fail, we fail. But screw your courage to the sticking place and you'll not fail." What if each day our lives mirror these Shakespeare posits? Wouldn't we all be happy, successful, and at peace with...
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Sunday, May 27, 2007
MEMORIAL DAY
In the United States, we are off to ponder the pros and cons of war. We are celebrating Memorial day. Regardless of whether we agree or disagree with the Iraq invasion, let us applaud the troops for what they do. They do not send themselves to war. Whether a war, in our eyes, is just or unjust, they...
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Friday, May 25, 2007
NATURAL HIGHS
Without editing, I pass this on to you. This has been sent to me by a friend. Maybe, she is your friend too. Please make sure you forward this back to me... You'll see why at the end. Think about them one at a time before going on to the next one. It Does Make You Feel Good, especially the thought...
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