Just a random array of thoughts, opinions, and the occasional whimsical (or not quite so whimsical!) rambling...
Monday, August 27, 2018
Sunday, August 26, 2018
HOPE RESIDES WITH THOSE INDIVIDUALS...
Who do not consent to deception:
“In prison, I fell in love with my country. I had loved her before then,
but like most young people, my affection was little more than a simple
appreciation for the comforts and privileges most Americans enjoyed and took
for granted. It wasn't until I had lost America for a time that I realized how
much I loved her".
"I loved what I
missed most from my life at home: my family and friends; the sights and sounds
of my own country; the hustle and purposefulness of Americans; their fervid
independence; sports; music; information--all the attractive qualities of
American life. But though I longed for the things at home I cherished the most,
I still shared the ideals of America. And since those ideals were all that I
possessed of my country, they became all the more important to me.”
― John
McCain, Faith of My Fathers: A
Family Memoir
“I DON’T
BELIEVE IN DESTINY. WE ARE NOT BORN TO BECOME ONE THING OR ANOTHER, left to
follow helplessly a course that was charted for us by some unseen hand, a
mysterious alignment of the stars that pulls us in a certain direction,
bestowing happiness on some and misfortune on others.”
― John McCain, Character Is Destiny: Inspiring Stories Every Young Person Should Know
and Every Adult Should Remember
Thursday, August 16, 2018
Monday, July 30, 2018
POETIC MUSINGS... nothing more
“Life. This morning
the sun made me adore it. It had,
behind the dripping pine trees, the oriental
brightness,
orange and crimson, of a living being, a rose and an
apple, in the
physical and ideal fusion of a true and daily
paradise.”
― Juan Ramón Jiménez, Time and Space: A Poetic Autobiography
Sunday, June 24, 2018
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