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."

Friday, October 3, 2008

WHO'DA THOUGHT


I have the hardest time getting my sweet boy Jake, to put his clean socks, undies, pants and pajamas away when I have folded them.  Seems like a fairly easy task right?  WRONG!  He will often come to my room, grab his pile of nice smelling clothes and toss them into his room on the floor.  So, every time I do the laundry I remind and re-remind him to actually put them away.  He agrees, but then goes ahead and throws his shirts on the floor in the closet and closes the door.

Seriously.......I get so dog-gone frustrated that he can't just hang them up.  He has plenty of hangers, so really, I don't see the difficulty in my request. Day after day after darn-stinkin' day I have to harp on him to hang those shirts up. So, trying to please me, he did just that!

 Who'da thought that ONE hanger could hold THREE-FOUR shirts?  Not me.  I really had no argument with this as he did what I asked.  I just giggled and giggled when I opened the closet door and found this!!  Shirts crammed onto hangers and then squashed together to keep them from falling off!  I was actually shocked at the creativity here folks!  He's a genius.  I had no argument and although it bugs the crap out of me.....I'm not correcting this one!  Love you Jake!