Post Scripts: Time to reflect

There are times over the past couple of years when this old editor has trouble coming up with "what to write about this week." This is one of those weeks and the following column is not original with me but one I ran across on the Internet. I began writing a newspaper column ‘way back when I was a teenager and I am beginning to believe it is finally that time when I should signal an end to my Post Scripts column.

So… this week’s column gives me another week or so to decide to quit writing a column and give up on a chore I have loved to do for so many, many years, well over a half century. So this week I won’t say I’m quitting but will say I’m going to take some time to consider it since I have been writing a column for a newspaper someplace in America a long, long time.

Some inspiring quotes:

More grows in the garden than the gardener has sown. – Spanish proverb

Men cannot see their reflection in running water, but only in still water. – Chuang Tzu

Money often costs too much. – Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Strange how we make money to spend time. – billboard ad

You don’t get to choose how you are going to die. Or when. You can only decide how you are going to live now. – Joan Baez

Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven. – Yiddish proverb

At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want. – Leo Tzu

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeing landscapes but in having new eyes. – Proust

They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night. – Edgar Allan Poe

Real generosity towards the future lies in giving all to the present. – Albert Camus

No tree has branches so foolish as to fight amongst themselves. – Ojibwa Indian saying

There is no more hunger for love and appreciation in this world than for bread. – Mother Teresa

While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about. – Angela Schwindt

We can do no great things; only small things with great love. – Mother Teresa

Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother – Gibran

Sometimes life’s shadows are caused by our standing in our own sunshine. – Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Walk with those seeking Truth. Run from those who think they’ve found it. – Deepak Chopera

My whole purpose in life is to be of service to mankind. This I can do only by offering inspiration on the strength of my oneness. – Sri Chinmoy.

Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be clean. – Goethe

Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step. – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

I offer you peace. I offer you love. I offer you friendship. I see your beauty. I hear your need. I feel your feelings. My wisdom flows from the highest source. I salute that source in you. Let us work together for unity and love. – Gandhi’s Prayer for Peace.