The Power and Promise of Hope
The secret of success is constancy of purpose. (Benjamin Disraeli)
What will tomorrow bring? What are your dreams and your plans for tomorrow morning? As in the photo above, there may be several routes to the summit. Without constancy of purpose, you are not likely to reach that summit. Without constancy of purpose you may stop just short of your goal – a false summit.
“The only way to live is to accept each minute as an unrepeatable miracle, which is exactly what it is: a miracle and unrepeatable.” Storm Jameson 1891-1986
I am certain I have wasted far too much time in my life. The older I get, the more I wish I had made better decisions concerning what I did with the time I had in front of me. Waking up each morning should have been a call to action rather than a reluctant shrug of the shoulders, a yawn and then breakfast. Continue reading “Time’s Up”
“In quarreling, the truth is always lost.” (Publilius Syrus, first century, B.C.)
Civil discourse and illuminating debate are an endangered species. We have become victims of 30 second sound bytes and pre-scripted revelations masquerading as fact. We are no longer offered factual reporting, allowing us to form our own conclusions. In the name of political correctness, we are force – fed opinions and agendas to which we are encouraged to choose sides. Agreed upon standards have been obliterated and replaced by anarchy in words, thoughts, and deeds that reign untouched by a sense of the greater good.