Let There Be Lite

Most people who have an opinion about everything actually have just one opinion that applies to everything.

People who tell you, "Putting it off won't make it any easier" presume there's a point where you plan to stop putting it off.

To couples blindly in love, marriage is the miracle of sight. 

There are always obstacles, although sometimes they have to rearranged to get into your path.

Who would not travel back in time to do the right thing, unless, of course, it were possible.

~~ from Reflections

More Miscellany

A religion will always be popular that allows you to sin against your neighbor and apologize to a forgiving God.

Genius is mostly perseverance, and perseverance is mostly patience.

There is a constant battle between courage and cowardice to become your better judgment.

At some point in life we're asked to decide -- do we want to be a 9 on a scale of 1 to 10 or a 5 on a scale of 1 to 5?

Better to doubt and be doubted than wake up each morning with nothing to prove.

Random Ruminations

I don't know if we're all children of God, but I'm reasonably sure it's all or none.

My personal take on the night sky is that it's something that somewhere along the line got completely out of hand.

Meanwhile, my quest for fame finds me at age 88 still living my backstory.

Life is like a fancy restaurant -- it will always try to seat you at the worst table you will accept.

Life is a brief moment in eternity when you can't claim you were somewhere else at the time.

It is silly to blame yourself for every misfortune in your life, besides which it's too early.

I don't claim that it's always somebody else's fault, but since there's only one me and eight billion somebody elses, I like the probability. 

Hard-Learned Lesson #14

Never wonder, when you ask so little of life, why life gives you so little.

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Thoughts at 88

 Been noticing wrinkles around my eyes -- laugh crinkles, I suppose, but for the life of me, I can't remember the joke.

At 88 I don't know everything, but you tell me how it starts, I can usually tell you how ends.

Politics, Anyone?

 Headline from the nation's capital: "Horse Gone.  Congress Debates Bill To Close Barn Door."

There is no greater spur to political action than the realization that it's too late.

 When the truth is not believed, lying is unnecessary.

Rarely is a fool made wise by winning an election. 

The problem with creating a more informed electorate is that those elected don't see it as a problem. 

Nobody runs for political office who does not have a need to exert power over others and who is not, to that extent, mentally ill.

As Wise As I'm Likely To Get

On the one hand, you don't want to be somebody's fool, but on the other hand, that is where most happiness lies.

How few lies you would hear if the only lies you heard were from liars. 

A problem common to every day and age is that everyone shares the same day but not the same age.

The time to despair is when you have clearly identified the purpose it would serve.

Trust in human decency and be extremely patient.