For one reason or another, the draft of Debra’s article reminded me of John Lennon’s well-known quotation, “Life is what happens while you are making other plans.” The plans that I made when I was young kept changing. Nothing went quite the way I had planned. I am not even able to determine how much—or […]
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Posted October 31, 2019 in Monthly News John Lennon of Beatles fame is quoted as having said, […] Posted August 31, 2019 in Monthly News John Lennon is usually given credit for saying, Life is what happens while you are making other plans. A long time ago, a Scottish poet, Robert Burns, commented that The best laid plans of mice and men often go astray.” I suspect that the idea is very old and has been expressed in many languages. […] Posted May 31, 2019 in Monthly News A long time ago, a song writer named Jimmy Dorsey said: Time was when we had fun On the school yard swings When we exchanged graduation rings One lovely yesterday Time was when we wrote Love letters in the sand Or lingered over our “coffee and”; Dreaming the time away Picnics and hay rides and […] 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 August 31, 2016 in Monthly News The song central to Debra’s post this month, “Show Me the Way,” by Dennis DeYoung and Styx, illustrates humanity’s desire for meaning. As is usually the case for the Beyond Mastery Newsletter, Debra wrote her article first, so that I could write something that would fit the theme she selected. When I read her article, […] Posted June 30, 2016 in Monthly News John Lennon wrote one of his most famous lines, “Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans,” in a song for his son Sean: Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy). Although he wasn’t the first to have that thought (for earlier versions, look here), the Lennon version has become the most quoted, perhaps […] |
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