Monthly Archives: October 2013
12 Things Happy People Do Differently
1. EXPRESS GRATITUDE When you appreciate what you have, what you have appreciates in value. If we aren’t thankful for what we already have, we will have a hard time ever being happy. 2. CULTIVATE OPTIMISM People who think optimistically … Continue reading
Inspector Morse, S3:E1
Closed captioning: #Final bars of aria from Tosca Lewis: “I liked that. What was it?” Morse: “That, Lewis, was Maria Callas.” Lewis: “Was it from Cats?” Morse: “No. It most certainly was not.” Lewis: “The wife wants to go to … Continue reading
Grow Up Proper, excerpt, Colisnicencu Daniel
Grave mistake Most people in their twenties think they’re living the “golden years”. They believe they must party now, because, after 30, it’s all over. There will be family and work and no time for fun. And they are right. … Continue reading
Call The Midwife, quote on health, S1:E5
Health is the greatest of God’s gifts, but we take it for granted. It hangs on a thread as fine as a spider’s web. And the smallest thing can make it snap, leaving the strongest of us helpless in an … Continue reading
Death never came so nigh to me before, Nor showed me his mild face: Oft I had mused Of calm and peace and deep forgetfulness, Of folded hands, closed eyes, and heart at rest, And slumber sound beneath a flowery turf, … Continue reading
This Book Will Change Your Life, Allison Hill
The Blog Allison Hill, President & COO, Vroman’s Bookstore and Book Soup I was working in the bookstore late one evening when a customer asked for me. “I’m looking for a book,” he said, “and I saw your … Continue reading
Squashed Philosophers, Glyn Hughes: The Consolation of Philosophy by Severinus Boethius
The Consolation of PhilosophySeverinus Boethiusc520AD Squashed version edited by Glyn Hughes © 2011 I – THE SORROWS OF BOETHIUS I WHO knew happy days, sat brooding over the sorrows which have come on me in my old age, and I … Continue reading
The Consolation of Philosophy, Boethius
Introduction by V. E. Watts p. 26 In the second chapter freedom is asserted in terms of the Platonic tradition— the more one shares in the divine, the more one achieves freedom. But the assertion that the choice of the … Continue reading
The Consolation of Philosophy, Boethius
p. 31 It may be, however, that the question of Boethius’ Christianity has not been correctly formulated. It may be that if more were known of the intellectual climate of Roman society at the time the problem would appear in … Continue reading
p. 38 [Philosophy] To make it easier for him [Boethius] I will wipe a little of the blinding cloud of worldly concern from his eyes. …I saw that it was my nurse in whose (39) house I had been cared … Continue reading
The Bible and meaningful books 