FAVORITE QUOTES FROM PHILOSOPHERS

  • "Without philosophy we would be little above the animals."
  • "By nature men are alike. Through practice they have become far apart."
  • "What is important is not liberation from the body but liberation from the mind. We are not entangled in our own body, but entangled in our own mind."
  • "To know what you do not know is best. To pretend to know what you do not know is a disease."
  • "When the people don't respect those in power, then what they greatly fear is about to arrive."
  • "Great man demands it of himself; petty man, of others."
  • "Great man is always at ease; petty man is always on edge."
  • "When strict with oneself one rarely fails."
  • "Whether you like it or not, you'd better accept reality the way it occurs: as highly imperfect and filled with most fallible human beings. Your alternative, continual anxiety and desperate disappointment."
  • "When the government is muddled and confused, the people are genuine and sincere. When the government is discriminate and clear, the people are crafty and cunning."
  • "When you find something that is bad or that turns out bad, drop it and leave it alone."
  • "Only the most intelligent and the most stupid do not change."

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

TYPICAL 2 YR. OLD PRAYER!

So, as the night is coming to a close, sun setting behind the beautiful mountain to the west of us, I I say those dreaded words that all kids hate hearing. "Time for bed." Oh the moaning & the groaning that spews out the kids' mouths! As we parents all do, we somehow endure the treacherous "wind down" episodes that just seem to drag on for at least another hour after our announcement that it's bedtime. And we do it NIGHTLY! YES, WE DO IT NIGHT AFTER NIGHT AFTER DARN BLASTED NIGHT AND WE LIVE THROUGH IT!?! Baths, pajamas, brushing teeth, one more drink, one more question about the strange mark on my foot, one more hug, one more visit to the bathroom down the hall, one more piece of homework that I "forgot" to do, etc., etc. We all know too well what I am speaking of. In fact, I wouldn't doubt if you reading this somehow gave you that blood-boiling feeling that I experience when I have had enough for the day and need my "down"time. Well tonight after all commotion is settled down we pray. Amber's turn for prayer(with a little help of course), she was anxious to get it over with for she knew that she could watch that DARNED Dora the Explorer for the 8th time today as soon as prayers were done( I have to admit that I have used that cartoon as a bribe at crucial times and it helps me in the morning get my 26 min. long, uninterrupted shower that gets me goin'). Her prayer...."Henly fodder, sank you day, sank you food, sank you Doya(Dora)....then screams a loud, "AMEN"(with her arms stretched toward the sky.) Cute, darling, innocent, precious, heartfelt & just down-right short & simple----my kind of prayer.
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