November 7, 2021, a thought for today and beyond, The caribou feeds the wolf, but it is the wolf who keeps the caribou strong Eskimo Proverb
It’s been a good Sunday so far. We had bible study before church, the choir for our second time since the pandemic and there was a meeting after the service. So it was a busy time.
On my way to church I was thinking about what I need for the photo of the day. A piece of street art caught my attention so I circled back and got a couple of shots that I think I will be using. I also managed to get a couple of more shots on my way home.
There isn’t much else going on today as it should be on a Sunday. I will catch up on a few minor back burner things, things that will take up little time and effort so I can relax and reflect the rest of the day.
The word (and food for thought) for today honesty. Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom. Thomas Jefferson. Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud, Sophocles. If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it, Marcus Aurelius. Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them, Francois de La Rochefoucauld. A good conscience is a continual Christmas, Benjamin Franklin. All men profess honesty as long as they can. To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so is something worse. John Quincy Adams. Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the rest is in the hands of God. George Washington. Honest hearts produce honest actions. Brigham Young. An honest man is always a child. Socrates. I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to what light I have, Abraham Lincoln. The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousand fold, Aristotle. An honest man is respected by all parties, William Hazlitt. Where is there dignity unless there is honesty? Marcus Tullius Cicero. The very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in good education, Plutarch. An honest man nearly always thinks justly, Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth, Benjamin Disraeli. You can cheat an honest man but not make a fool out of him, Confucius. Truth is generally the best vindication against slander, Abraham Lincoln.
Here’s another article about something interesting that happened in our Columbus history. The title is “Balloonists took flight in early years of Columbus”. There have been hot air balloons in the skies over Columbus at times for many years. In 1975 there was a festival started called the AllOhio Balloon Festival which takes place in Marysville. They “travel of miles across central Ohio and end wherever the wind takes them”. It is possible for people to pay for balloon rides where skilled balloonists are the “pilots”. But there was a time when that kind of fun wasn’t safe. As we know the “aerial age” started with the Wright brothers but according to the article people were flying for many years before that. It is pointed out in the article that Leonardo da Vinci made sketches of people flying in machines in the 1400s. Since then there have been kites and gliders along with the balloons. In the 1700s the highly flammable gas filled balloons came along. The article went on to talk about how in 1842 the first balloonist came to our city. It landed in Capitol Square. There not many people in the square at the time, it was just the Statehouse with a lot of open field around. People watched in awe. The pilot of the balloon described his view from the balloon and what it was like to fly when the temperatures were not favorable.
I think it will be KFC for dinner tonight.
Joy
most of the image is for the arts sake, texture, line, forms, shadow and then there is the added touch of something left behind.
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