A  TEACHER  CALLED, 
"UH  OH!"

Quote of the Day:  April  24,  2010


"A good scare is worth more ... than good advice."


Edgar Watson Howe [1853-1937] - Country Town Sayings, 1922

MY   SPACE 

Quote of the Day:  April 23, 2010


"We talk about a space race. There is a space race down here on the ground. In this race every human being is a superpower and the competition no longer stands a chance. Other species are bound to this or that patch of turf, and this planet. We feel bound to no patch of turf on Earth, bound only for the stars. We sacrifice a marsh, a bay, a park, a lake. We sacrifice a sparrow. We trade one countdown for another."



Jonathan Wiener, The Next One Hundred Years, 1990

EARTH DAY :

OPTIMIST OR PESSIMIST?

Is it worth it to promote, "Earth Day",
to remind us that every day,
we need to keep this our living room
clean and healthy? I wondered about that
as I walked down the street
this afternoon: “Today did anyone

hesitate to toss an empty
coffee cup in the street

because it was "Earth Day"?
Did anyone pick up a crushed
aluminum can against a curb –
or an empty plastic bottle?
I did – but there was too much stuff
tossed just anywhere – on street
and sidewalk. Ugh! Ugh! Ugh!

But then I spotted sparkling diamonds
of clear water on green shoots.
This made all the earth glisten

translucent green for a moment.

I rather be an optimist. I would

rather believe that words like, "Earth Day"

have an impact - like the words,

"Do I see the glass half full

or half empty?" have always

had an impact on people.

After all, "The earth is full

of the goodness of the Lord." [1]

After all, God looked at what God

created and said, "It is good." [2]

© Andy Costello, Reflection 2010

[1] Psalm 33

[2] Genesis 1

EARTH  DAY 

Earth Day Quote:  April 22, 2010

"If the earth does grow inhospitable toward human presence, it is primarily because we have lost our sense of courtesy toward the earth and its inhabitants, our sense of gratitude, our willingness to recognize the sacred character of habitat, our capacity for the awesome, for the numinous quality of every earthly reality."

Thomas Berry, C.P. [1914-2009], The Dream of the Earth, 1988

SURPRISE  ME!

Quote of the Day:  April 21,  2010


"I am not what happened to me; I am what I chose to become."


Carl Jung [1875-1961]

PROBLEM  SOLUTION 

Quote of the Day:  April  20,  2010


"There is always an easy solution to every human problem - neat, plausible and wrong."


H.L. Mencken [1880-1956]

HONESTY  IN  COMMUNICATION

Quote of the Day:  April 19, 2010

"If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking."

General George S. Patton [1885-1945]