Jim, interesting post! I had no idea the phrase was from the bible -- I actually thought I was the coiner! It has helped me, not in getting started, but in curbing self-criticism after I've started and am tempted to think, 'This is stupid.', or, 'This'll never go anywhere.'
Here's one from an art teacher, applies to more than just art: 'Don't look for a subject worthy to paint. Make something worthy by painting it.'
One more to round out the ecumenism and globalism of our philosophical musings:
'The things that will destroy us are politics without principle;
pleasure without conscience;
wealth without work;
knowledge without character;
business without morality;
science without humanity;
and worship without sacrifice.' --Mahatma Gandhi
My God !
Ecumenism and globalism- is this a reunion or a taping of Dr. Phil ? This is exactly why I don't enjoy these soirees- Everybody wants to expound on how wise and philisophical they have become. Please leave God out of getting together with old friends, and let everyone worship privately. If this is going to be a competition of ones intellectual and moral capacities, then I wish all a great evening and congradulate everyone on their success and comprehensive understanding of ' what really makes the world go around. '
Mike, the same thing can be said of basketball! Â Worship and talk about it in private, please! Â Â ;-)
I plan on having a terrific time at the reunion, talking about lots of different things, and laughing my head off! Â If God comes up in conversation, it's because over the past 40 years, some of us have found that life without God is kind of dull -- he really does make great wine!
'Religious liberty might be supposed to mean that everybody is free to discuss religion. In practice it means that hardly anybody is allowed to mention it.'
                                             -- G. K. Chesterton, 1937
Since I am the guilty party using the objectionable phrases, let me just say it was done tongue in cheek at the grandiosity of our 'philosphical musings'. I meant no harm....
Loretta:
It's impossible to use your vernacular with your ' tongue in your cheek ' Do you write with a Thesarus by your side, or do you use these words on a regular basis.
By the way, what you left out of that quote was :
My daughter's daughter, although very wise, knows not of what she speaks !
Grandma Gandhi
( This whole post was done with tongue in cheek-lol-lol ! )
Mike....I am sure you meant 'vocabulary' which one would find in a Thesauras....not 'vernacular' which one would be more likely to pick up on the street and stick in their cheek!! ...just a shade of difference and I still mean no harm.
Loretta :
I stand corrected! I have found out that the vernacular is a major vein leading from the foot I have in my mouth, leading directly to my ass- which I tend to be from time to time.
All postings are meant to be in good fun !
Loretta :
I stand corrected! I have found out that the vernacular is a major vein leading from the foot I have in my mouth, leading directly to my ass- which I tend to be from time to time.
All postings are meant to be in good fun !
Aloha!
See how fun and educational this site is! I thought that a vernacular was a valve in a carburator...geeez ;o) i love you guys
Jerry
Mike: Well, it is clear neither of us can spell Thesaurus...maybe it would indeed help if I had one nearby when I write....'all's well that ends well.'
I tried to see how it was falling apart, but I must not know very much about fish anatomy because it looked like a regular fish to me. A grizzled, snaggle-mouthed, gigantic old fish, but just a fish.
Okay, so it's not quite there, yet . . . but close! The hooked nose, red sides, mottling, all happen just before the flesh starts coming off. Take a look at some of us during the reunion (be discrete), you'll see the signs. Another ten years and what'll we be? Bones! That's why it's wise to attend the 40th while we're still recognizable!
I have noticed lately when shaving my grizzled face, that my jaw is starting to protrude in a 'salmonesque' fashion. How long do you think I got before the flesh starts falling........ already lost a fin ;o(
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