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Quotes for a warm summer afternoon

 

“Without a sense of urgency, desire loses its value.”  Jim Rohn

 

“You must first learn to dance well alone in order to dance well with someone else.”  Inspired by J. Kabbal

 

“Everyday we make a choice: to embrace hope by embracing life as the gift it is or to only see and live its contradictions.” P. Spelunker

 

“Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.” Erich Fromm 

 

“Deep in their roots all flowers keep the light” Theodore Roethke

 

“How a minority, reaching majority, seizing authority, hates a minority” Leonard H. Robbins

 

“There is nothing wrong with making mistakes.  Just don’t respond with encores.”   Anon.

 

“Only the shallow know themselves well.”   from Oscar Wilde

 

“America’s greatest theatre opened again for its 2011 season.  The U.S. Congress promises to be the biggest circus ever with a host of new comedians and clowns.”   Recommended for all ages. -- Pizzaonian News Service.

 

“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” Thomas Alva Edison

 

Miracle:  “Waking up in the morning and knowing that life has embraced you for another day.  Anti Miracle: Considering it just another day.”  Brother Franco

 

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“Want to change your life and the world for the better?” http://giovanniandfranco.com

 
“Met a strange man yesterday living in a car with 12 dogs, the dogs adored him.  He was a pleasant soul.  As he was leaving he said “Want to change your life and the world for the better?”   

Of course I had to hear the answer. 

“Just spend one entire day listening – really listen to what people say to you – listen, and hear the sounds about you, hear the delight of nature with its cacophony of melodies – listen to the natural rhythm of your body – but most of all listen to heal, to understand, to affirm, listen to yourself, to others and everything around you.” 

I may never see him again, but I will never forget him.

Submitted by Brother Giovanni, Pizzaonian News Service 

 

Conjectures of a Recovering Dilettante - On keeping score

ON KEEPING SCORE 

 
It seems we live in a world that demands we keep score.  From kindergarten children to senior citizens, someone is watching and keeping a record.  Nothing is left to spontaneity or chance.

Everything is to be accounted for and you can be sure you will be told by someone the results of the scorecard. 

Since there is very little we seem to be able to do to change this, let’s remember one thing.  If you insist on keeping score make sure you count points for as well as point against.  

There is a growing tendency to use the scoreboard as a weapon, both pro and con.  Enough!  Just remember to be fair.  After all, someone is also scoring how you keep score. 

 

Brother Giovanni, Bureau Chief Worldonia, Pizzaonian New Service

Nothing is as troubling today as the frustration that rules American politics.

“When the heroes go off the stage the clowns come on.” Heinrich Heine

 

The questions for most Americans today is the question – When did the clowns come on the stage to dominate the American political scene?  A side bar question is to ask – Are there still some heroes scattered among the clowns? 

Nothing is as troubling today as the frustration that rules American politics.

The continuing self righteousness of both of our major political parties is a national scandal. When do they stop the quest for personal power and begin to govern responsibly? 

If this seems harsh, what else is causing this continuing political gridlock that now threatens our fragile economic recovery? 

We live in a time that demands action that includes the best of both the right and the left. As always, we will eventually get there.  The question is will the heroes take back the stage in time?

 

  

Brother Giovanni, Bureau Chief, Worldonia, Pizzaonian News Service