Year: 2008

  • Folk wisdom from Uganda

    Latecomers eat bones.Never insult the crocodile before you cross the water.A person without faith is like a zebra without stripes.Before you go out with a widow, ask first what killed the husband.The lead cow always gets whipped the most.from an article by Fr. Dennis Dease in Saint Thomas Magazine, Fall 2008 about my friend Charles…

  • Life

    The universe is transformation; our life is what our thoughts make it.Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

  • Two traveling angels

    Keep reading to the bottom of the page — don’t stop at the feet (You’ll see). Two traveling angels stopped to spend the night in the home of a wealthy family. The family was rude and refused to let the angels stay in the mansion’s guest room. Instead the angels were given a small space…

  • Market problems…

    Let Wall Street have a nightmare and the whole country has to help get them back in bed again.Will Rogers

  • Forward march

    Don’t dwell on what went wrong.  Instead, focus on what to do next.  Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer.Denis Waitley

  • Let’s Get Together, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah!

    UCLA Study on Friendship Among Womenby Gale BerkowitzA landmark UCLA study suggests friendships between women are special.  They shape who we are and who we are yet to be.  They soothe our tumultuous inner world, fill the emotional gaps in our marriage, and help us remember who we really are.  By the way, they may…

  • The Ponzi Economy

    Now that the bubble has burst, let’s be frank: it was absurd to base our well-being on property prices.It’s been obvious for years that real estate was a bubble ready to burst.  Politicians and government officials deserve the pounding they are getting for failure to take action sooner.Michael Kinsley essay Time, 6 October, 2008; pg.…