Some Good Quotes

Here are some interesting quotes from the book, In God's Care: Daily Meditations on Spirituality in Recovery:

--Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.   --Chinese proverb

--The first duty of love is to listen.  --Paul Tillich

--In God's economy, nothing is wasted. Through failure, we learn a lesson in humility which is probably needed, painful though it is.     --Bill W.

--The best things in life are appreciated most after they have been lost.    --Roy L. Smith

--He who wishes to secure the good of others has already secured his own.   --Confucius

--Babe Ruth struck out 1,330 times. 

--The deepest need of man is the need to overcome his separateness, to leave the prison of his aloneness.    --Erich Fromm

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Just Some Words

Here are some interesting words that I had written down and defined:

1. hamartia n. (ha-mar-TEE-uh) A tragic flaw.

2. toothsome adj. (TOOTH-suhm) 1. delicious. 2. agreeable; pleasant. 3. sexually attractive.

3. nudnik n. (NOOD-nik) A boring pest.

4. merry-andrew n. (MER-ee AN-droo) A clown.

5. mendacious adj. (men-DAY-shuhs) Telling lies, especially habitually.

6. klatsch n. (klach) A casual gathering of people for chatting.

7. incult adj. (in-KULT) Rude; uncultured.

8. tub-thumper n. (TUB-thum-puhr) A noisy promoter or speaker.

9. hayseed n. (HAY-seed) An unsophisticated person who comes from the country.

10. Kilkenny cats n. (kil-KEN-ee kats) People who fight to their death.

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Brian Laundrie Revisited

Brian Laundrie is still on the run. Am I surprised? Yes. But I guess here is where patience is needed. I must say that it's turned into quite a story, but it is quite early. I think it will be interesting to see if his parents were telling the truth when they said he told them he was going into the swampy area by their home.

I am staying tuned.

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Brian Laundrie

They still have not caught the partner of the late Gabby Petito. I must say that I am greatly surprised that he has not been caught. Yet, I realize in our society we expect things to happen in minutes and hours rather than happen in an appropriate fashion.

It obviously appears he was involved in his partner's death, but I think he will claim insanity when caught. To me, the whole situation brings home the notion that the world is more Freudian than we believe. That is, what you see may be very different to the reality underneath.

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