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."

Monday, May 12, 2008

LAWN AERATION MISHAP

    Today I was walking around our lot and thinking, "When are we going to have the time to seed and finally have grass?" We have 101 projects going at once & for those of you who don't know us, we love projects, but tend to get too many going at once.

     The "lawn" idea that came to my mind reminded me of an incident and I just had to chuckle as I thought of the time we aerated our lawn in Draper, Utah. As you all know, when you have lawn aerated, you are left with what looks like little doggie poops! Well.... me & the kids were enjoying the sun and didn't let the little "turds" bug us, for we wanted to sit on the grass. I spotted Maddy playing and tearing apart the lawn pieces and she was so intently enjoying herself, when a puzzled look came onto her face. "What's wrong?", I asked her. She replied, "Mom, these really look like JoJo's poop".  Jojo is our neighbor's dog and occasionally would come over and use our lawn to poop on. "I know they all do", I reassured her. She got a baffled look on her face and then proceeded to lift the little item to her nose and took a deep sniff. "That IS a piece of JoJo's poop", she uttered. We were laughing so hard, but I felt bad that she had been playing with an ACTUAL piece of poop! 



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