"The necessity of the times, more than ever, calls for our utmost circumspection, deliberation, fortitude and perseverance." ~ Samuel Butler Everyone living in this challenging economy knows that now, more than ever, is a time for perseverance. Perseverance is different for each of us, yet its essence is known as we dig deep and push …
Category: Observations on Life
Epitaph on the World
Epitaph on the World by Henry David Thoreau Here lies the body of this world, Whose soul alas to hell is hurled. This golden youth long since was past, Its silver manhood went as fast, An iron age drew on at last; 'Tis vain its character to tell, The several fates which it befell, What year …
Lost in Translation
I've been digesting a delicious article from yesterday's Sydney Morning Herald, called "Take a Tip from your Tongue," for the last few minutes and like Marcel Proust's madeleine I find myself lost in a dreamy remembrance of a time when perfection was the norm and not the exception. Was there such a time? A time …
Regular Care Saves Despair
Have you ever noticed how often people will give their house, car, room or yard an extreme makeover just before moving or putting them up for sale? Rather than care for what they have all the way along they prefer to let entropy have its way, and their material possessions slowly and unnecessarily decay. Some …
Honor and Life
"Life every man holds dear; but the dear man holds honor far more precious dear than life." ~ William Shakespeare I daresay this morning that virtually every unpleasant element aspect of the human condition came into being through the words and actions of men and women who held their lives more dear than their honor. …
A Bias for Action
Inertia is as great a force in human development as it is in nature. Defined as the resistance of any physical object to a change in its state of motion, inertia is the reason why the "stuck" things in your life tend to stay stuck while that which is in motion tends to continue moving. …
Levity, Leadership and Longevity
If your actions inspire others to believe in themselves, move beyond their limitations and maintain their integrity where others would sell out, you are a leader. Leaders inspire others to be more and do more, especially in times of unusual uncertainty. Some time ago I wrote about Sir Ernest Shackleton, who led a failed expedition …
Technology, the Medusa of our Day?
I came across unrelated but commonly themed articles today that contained ideas worth spreading. The technological advances of our current era are transforming the way people interact. Some argue for the changes, others argue against them, but as with all human developments it behooves us to ask whether we are managing the change or if …
200th Consecutive Daily Post!
Well, my friends, it's time to celebrate! We've reached 200 consecutive daily posts together and it has been a delight sharing my observations on life with you over the last few months. I appreciate your readership and comments and I wish you the best for an exceptionally generative day! ~ Gregg
Discovering you.
I would like to share one of my favorite banjo performances with you this morning. Bela Fleck, often called the premier banjo player in the world, demonstrates the remarkable range of this delightful instrument in his performance of Bach's Violin Partita 3. Turn up your speakers or don your headphones and sit back and enjoy: …
Gregory Hake 