Living, Driving, Musing

First at the situation.
Then at myself.
Then, if they are taking themselves to seriously, the other people involved.

"Thus by square conduct, level steps, and upright intentions we hope to ascend to those immortal mansions whence all goodness emanates"

"There are two kinds of light - the glow that illuminates and the glare that obscures." - James Thurber (1894-1961)

Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.

Mark Twain

A fellow whose writtings I admire just signed his entry to a Masonic discussion list with the following tag line:

[From] Philadelphia, where we have pondered, over the MacCoy 'progressive
masonic charts', where freemasonry might be if MacCoy had simply
asserted "You are not a true Mason until you have bought a sword and a
goofy hat".

During this election year let's be reminded of these words:
* You cannot help the poor, by destroying the rich.
* You cannot strengthen the weak, by weakening the strong.
* You cannot bring about prosperity, by discouraging thrift.
* You cannot lift the wage earner up, by pulling the wage payer down.
* You cannot further the brotherhood of man, by inciting class hatred.
* You cannot build character and courage, by taking away people's initiative and independence.
* You cannot help people permanently, by doing for them what they could and should, do for themselves.
Do you recognize the author?
It was Abraham Lincoln

A good thing. All of them suffered from bi-directional incontinence over the last week and a half.

Now is it my turn? I don't feel very good.
Yuck.

To have good friends, you must be a good friend.
This means she should be loyal, trustworthy and empathetic.

Eldest child is sick with a 101.7 degree tempurature. I worry for him.
It's been a week of sickness in the family. I am tired.

Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with what you are expecting to give - which is everything.
~ Katharine Hepburn