The saying is, “All good things come to an end.” A fuller truth is that all things come to an end. Somewhere else on these pages I quoted the old saying that the light you see at the end of the tunnel is the headlight on a train heading in your direction. At this point, […]
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Posted December 31, 2018 in Uncategorized We (Debra and Joel) wish you a very happy New Year and thank you for reading the SCS monthly newsletter. Please let us know if you would like us to address specific topics in the coming year. We would be glad to hear from you and to accommodate your suggestions for topics to address. […] Posted October 31, 2018 in Uncategorized The saying, “May all your troubles be little ones,” is thought to have originated as an Irish Quotation. Little problems, of course, have a way of turning into bigger problems. The old saying, “For want of a nail, a shoe was lost, and for want of a shoe the kingdom was lost” expresses the same […] Posted September 30, 2018 in Uncategorized “He not busy being born is busy dying” is a line from Bob Dylan’s song, It’s Alright Ma (I’m Only Bleeding). The cycle of life from birth to death has, in one way or another, been a major subject of literature in all forms. At some point (and perhaps that should be “points”) in life, […] Posted July 31, 2018 in Uncategorized I am older than Debra, so if she is in her “third third,” I’m in my fourth quarter. I still have some game left to play, but the clock is ticking, and there are no time outs. At this point in my life, many of the people I have known have died. That includes both […] Posted April 30, 2018 in Uncategorized “The capacity for getting along with our neighbor depends to a large extent on the capacity for getting along with ourselves. The self-respecting individual will try to be as tolerant of his neighbor’s shortcomings as he is of his own.” Eric Hoffer, American moral and social philosopher, author, recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom […] |
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