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."

Thursday, June 5, 2008

BREAD MAKING 101


    I decided that today (since it's dark and gloomy AGAIN), that I would make grandma's yummy Swedish coffee bread.

    I like to do things like this when the kids are at school, or napping, because I know how much faster and cleaner it is when ALL the kids are gone. But today Amber was NOT napping, she was awake playing in her room, I thought she'd never hear me.

    I began making my bread knowing that miss Amber was occupied.  I was hurrying along, because I knew that my time alone was limited.  The sound of the Bosch mixer must've been louder that I thought, because little miss Amber came running in the kitchen saying, "Mommy, Ambew hewp you?" 
  
    How could I NOT let her help me, when she asked with such a sweet voice and cute words? I nearly made it from beginning to end, without little hands making things messier and more complex.  Not today, but I LOVED IT!