LISTEN. Ten in a row for the Cards. And they've not had a losing season in fourteen years. The manager credits players, teams, and organizational leaders over the years for being "very intentional about passing on to the next group.” There's a life-lesson for us all there. Even Cubs fans.
As Crash Davis said in Bull Durham, sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. And sometimes it rains. Maybe the secret of happiness is to enjoy the wins, look beyond the losses, and carry an umbrella.
Seriously. You can't win 'em all, but win or lose tomorrow's always another day. Lose or win, we'll never be precisely here again. So take it easy. Give 110%. And practice your cliches.
Lots to catch up on in CoPhi today, on the heels of Constitution Day and Library Day, from Hobbes to Descartes to Spinoza to Locke...
But it was time well spent over in Walker Library with Writing Center staff and librarian Rachel Kirk, preparing to succeed with midterm presentations and school and life.
“The most successful students are those who know that they can do better than grasp at the closest source of information. Reference librarians, who spend their days learning what is available in a broad range of fields and how to search for it, provide a great service for students and other library patrons... Democracies can work only if all citizens have access to information and culture that can help them make good choices, whether at the voting booth or in other aspects of public life.” --John Palfrey, BiblioTech: Why Libraries Matter More Than Ever in the Age of Google g'r
"Reading is at the center of our lives. The library is our brain. Without the library, you have no civilization...If you know how to read, you have a complete education about life, then you know how to vote within a democracy. But if you don’t know how to read, you don’t know how to decide... You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them." --Ray Bradbury
I just recently found out that Descartes worked along with Democritus to establish a lot of scientific research on the structure of the atom and how individual atoms were not indivisible. I just thought that was interesting.
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ReplyDeleteNot along with, my mistake. He utilized a lot of Democritus's scientific philosophies to support his own.
Wouldn't it be nice if nations and traditions just stopped insisting on exclusive divine sanction for their beliefs?
ReplyDeleteAt face value, yes. The myriad of examples of fundamentalist nations/groups/traditions that engage in war and conflict on the basis of defending a belief/will of a supernatural or non-human entity is exhausting. This along with the notion of combatting 'free will', and the active or inactive role of the 'divine' is a minefield that can never be made sense of. In my view, as long as one group claims superiority of beliefs over another, the question posed belongs to those who aspire to create a utopia.
I find Montaigne particularly interesting. He did not find value in books that he found hard to understand or ones that did not interest him. I don’t agree with that part of his philosophy. Some things are a waste of your time, yes, but just because it’s hard to read, doesn’t mean it’s not important.
ReplyDeleteIt seems he did display levels of ignorance, but I do relate to Montaigne in his purpose for reading. Reading for pleasure or enjoyment serves as a rewarding pastime. The only thing that clashes with this is to read for betterment. I place a high importance in learning through each stage of my life. Sometimes the books that change who you are require commitment and determinism.