by billyzh | Jun 6, 2009 | Asides
The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well. ~~Ralph Waldo Emerson
by billyzh | Jun 6, 2009 | Asides
Pacifism is simply undisguised cowardice. – unknown
by billyzh | Jun 6, 2009 | Caring for the elderly, Death/Mourning, History, Politics
“The sheer improbability of what happened here makes this so memorable” – President Obama. These are just a few words that would be spoken at the 65th anniversary of the storming of the beaches at Normandy. Known to most simply as D-Day. Sitting in a room on the...
by billyzh | Jun 4, 2009 | Politics, Spirituality
It’s a saying that we use, but these days, I would venture to say, without much thought. At least, over the past few decades I would imagine. But of late, this old phrase has come to take on new meaning to many. The success of the homosexual community and the fight...
by billyzh | Jun 3, 2009 | Asides
…focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it. — Greg Anderson
