He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity.
Ben Johnson
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Hello Val
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The quotation above is very similar to the one I have heard from various sources all claiming to have made it up: "A man is like a tea bag. He doesn't know how strong he is until he gets into hot water." As far as I know it came originally from Kay Kyser, the band leader.
Some of the things I consider adversities are things that don't work right, things you have to wait too long to find out if they work and things that don't work at all. Certain computer systems and human relationships fall under those categories.
Not having enough money is another awful depressing attack on one's sense of right and wrong. After careful planning and budgeting, with all things factored in you still come up $17. 24 short at the end of the month.
Illness is a big one. Nothing is more detrimental to a happy life than having to compensate for a body that doesn't work right. It's expensive to take care of and if there is pain involved we are forced to focus on the wrong things.
Lost opportunities rank up there with the adversities of a struggling life. Along with them come regrets, those dirty rags in the drawer you somehow can't throw out.
Another adversity is the lack of advantages and resources. He gets the job or he gets the girl because he has a cell phone and you don't.
Being misunderstood, minimized, underestimated, scorned, scoffed at, ignored and criticized by some self satisfied moron, are back door adversities that sneak up on one from behind.
Having your wallet or your idea stolen, hearing someone else being praised for your work, being blamed for things that aren't your fault, being unprepared for the thing you are suddenly called upon to do. are more adversities to fight with.
Plans that go awry, people who don't show up when they are expected, being trapped someplace with no escape, make life over difficult.
For me today adversity is the continuing memory of betrayal, deception that went on every day for twenty days under my feet where I could hear it, a broken heart, with a healing process that is taking too long to work.
How strong am I?
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DB - The Vagabond
Never give up.
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Monday, August 10, 2009
Wondrous Wishing 8/10/09
Love ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the soul.
Rebecca West
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Good Monday to you.
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Hurry and get....
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St. Paul wrote "The love of money is the root of all evil." George Bernard Shaw wrote "The lack of money is the root of all evil." Both of those remarks mean the same thing. We desire what we lack and need, or what we think we do, and that desire is one kind of love. So what's so evil about it?
Whenever I was booked into a new town, after I was shown my quarters, I had to find 2 things. 1 the nearest ATM and 2 the nearest grocery store. That way my creature comforts would be taken care of and I could start thinking about the job. My real desire was to work on the play I was hired to do and not much else, so I didn't want anything else to get in the way of that, such as running out of coffee.
The desire for money is one of the fundamental facts of our existence. Without money we can't live and prosper. So naturally money is an item on everyone's wish list. The problem, the evil, comes when people stop there. "I want to be wealthy." Okay, Zap! you're wealthy. Now what?
Growing up poor I never developed the middle class man's respect for money. I saw survival happen without any. And since there was no money around to think about, my love went toward a different kind of wealth. Music, art, literature, ideas, people became my investments.
Don't get me wrong, financial security is a great thing and I was glad whenever I had any. But I'm also glad my upbringing allowed me to think beyond that. Some people stop with money. They desire more money and it keeps going until they have more wealth than they can use or deserve.
The really great adventures in life are dangerous, they require risks, not financial risks but personal risks. Exploration, discovery, development of great ideas, romance in its highest sense, creation of joy and beauty, dwelling out on the cusp of human ingenuity and knowledge, learning to understand oneself, gaining wisdom and imparting it, finding and demonstrating man's highest noble capabilities. That's love.
DB -Vagabond Journeys
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May the summer critters all be nice to you.
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Lying fellows advertising backward town. (9)
Rebecca West
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Good Monday to you.
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Hurry and get....
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St. Paul wrote "The love of money is the root of all evil." George Bernard Shaw wrote "The lack of money is the root of all evil." Both of those remarks mean the same thing. We desire what we lack and need, or what we think we do, and that desire is one kind of love. So what's so evil about it?
Whenever I was booked into a new town, after I was shown my quarters, I had to find 2 things. 1 the nearest ATM and 2 the nearest grocery store. That way my creature comforts would be taken care of and I could start thinking about the job. My real desire was to work on the play I was hired to do and not much else, so I didn't want anything else to get in the way of that, such as running out of coffee.
The desire for money is one of the fundamental facts of our existence. Without money we can't live and prosper. So naturally money is an item on everyone's wish list. The problem, the evil, comes when people stop there. "I want to be wealthy." Okay, Zap! you're wealthy. Now what?
Growing up poor I never developed the middle class man's respect for money. I saw survival happen without any. And since there was no money around to think about, my love went toward a different kind of wealth. Music, art, literature, ideas, people became my investments.
Don't get me wrong, financial security is a great thing and I was glad whenever I had any. But I'm also glad my upbringing allowed me to think beyond that. Some people stop with money. They desire more money and it keeps going until they have more wealth than they can use or deserve.
The really great adventures in life are dangerous, they require risks, not financial risks but personal risks. Exploration, discovery, development of great ideas, romance in its highest sense, creation of joy and beauty, dwelling out on the cusp of human ingenuity and knowledge, learning to understand oneself, gaining wisdom and imparting it, finding and demonstrating man's highest noble capabilities. That's love.
DB -Vagabond Journeys
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May the summer critters all be nice to you.
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Lying fellows advertising backward town. (9)
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