A friend of mine sent me a short email yesterday about the origin of April Fools' Day. Apparently Pope Gregory XIII signed a papal bull on February 4, 1582 declaring a shift from the Julian Calendar to the Gregorian Calendar. The Gregorian Calendar, which is the calendar we use today, corrected an error in the previous Julian …
Author: Gregory Hake
Son. Husband. Father. Thinker. Doer.
Wisdom: See the Miraculous in the Common!
"Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely." To use time wisely you need wisdom. Short on wisdom? Ralph Waldo Emerson offers a powerful starting point: "The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common." Is there anything more common than common things in this world? Ample opportunity to see the miraculous!
The Mirabeau Bridge: Still I Stay
What is the source of your stability and sanity? What makes it so that you can "stay?" There is an old saying that might help here. It goes something like this: "In joy not overjoyed, in sorrow not dejected." As in all things, there is a sweet spot in the middle.
Invictus (Unconquered), I am the Captain of my Soul
Life is full of twists and turns. Of that there is no doubt. The question is whether or not you will meet the curves that will inevitably come...unbowed and unafraid. Mastery and captainship are within your grasp and they are the key to the revelation of your greatness.
George Washington, Humility and Strength by Gregg Hake
There is no harm in always leaving room for the possibility that your perspective may be limited, even if you have done your very best. Humility averts the pitfalls of hubris, prejudice and fanaticism. Humility is the harbinger of nobility and dignity. In true humility lies a fountain of inexhaustible strength and determination.
Parenthood, Character and You
"Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands." - Anne Frank There is nothing like parenthood. It is an opportunity to distill your central values and beliefs in preparation for passing the baton. Parenthood forces the question: …
Contentment…I wear that crown!
"All things on earth thus change, some up, some down; Content's a kingdom, and I wear that crown." -John Heywood 1497-1580 Ah, contentment. That elusive muse more fleeting than prey in the presence of its hunter! If you've ever felt the warm embrace of contentment, you know of her charms. Contentment can be known in any …
Keep it Simple
You've all no doubt heard the acronym K.I.S.S., which stands for "keep it simple stupid." It is a concept often touted but seldom heeded in marketing, in public speaking, in systems development, in boardrooms, in classrooms, in the world of medicine and health care and just about every other department of human life. Alan Siegel, a …
Imagination, Knowledge and You
Last evening I played a great game of checkers in the sky. The jet contrails in the brilliant blue air above North Georgia provided an immense board upon which the men in my mind could make their way strategically toward the kings row and then onwards toward victory. While nature did its best to distract me from my enterprise as it …
On the Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres by Nicolaus Copernicus
I was thumbing through the remarkable observations set down by Nicolaus Copernicus in his book On the Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres in the 1400s. You may recall that Copernicus abandoned the long-held Ptolemaic system, where the Earth was seen as being fixed in the center of the universe (geocentric) in favor of his mathematical proof that it in fact moved around the sun (heliocentric). …
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