a prayer

today in Australia a lot of Australian people (~100) - men, women and children - lost their lives to fire and whole communities were "eaten" by the wildfires.

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this is a quote for them

Prayer indeed is good, but while calling on the gods a man should himself lend a hand.
Hippocrates (460 BC - 377 BC), Regimen

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the only question is - NOW WHAT?

at this time i simply dont have an answer

Some days you just realise those "small" things in life really dont matter - no matter how much we want them to or make them out to. its only when you are smacked in the face by real tragedy that your sense of perspective is re- adjusted.

May whatever divine force is looking down - protect the volunteer firefighters, and the communities they seek to protect, from the ultimate sacrifice.

quote for day

Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.
Vernon Sanders Law

but you only get the lesson if you take the time to think about the test in my experience.

i, like most if not all of you, have had my fair share of tests.

mostly quiet on the western front

been a relatively quiet day. Sue had a haircut, we had some breakfast, i went to a chiropractor for my back and then we spent most of the day laying on the lounge watching movies.

the only real "excitement" was to get a text from Daughter X in canada asking her mum to ring ASAP. you know the alarm bells that kind of text sends. well they were ringing (and justifiably so). she was at a hospital in Canada and needed a credit card number to pay $750 canadian before they would examine her. She fell on ice and hurt her elbow. apparently its not broken which is a good thing because if it was they were going to ask for another $3000+. What do they do with you if you cant pay - throw you out on the street i guess.

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quotes for the day

The more passions and desires one has, the more ways one has of being happy.
Charlotte-Catherine

and on a medical note

Don't worry if you're a kleptomaniac, you can always take something for it.
Unknown

quotes for day

By all means marry; if you get a good wife (or husband), you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.
Socrates (469 BC - 399 BC)

and because it appealed to me:

Each person has an ideal, a hope, a dream which represents the soul. We must give to it the warmth of love, the light of understanding and the essence of encouragement.
Colby Dorr Dam

qfd

It's choice - not chance - that determines your destiny.
Jean Nidetch

qfd

Females are fussy for good reason .... (from a late night wildlife show).

fill in the blanks if you want/dare.

living in a female world i have some thoughts but hey its not my show

q4t - true love

The things we truly love stay with us always, locked in our hearts as long as life remains.

--Josephine Baker
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So what or whom is locked away???
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i got my list but i am not telling

j

q4t - something to ponder

The Grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.

-- Allan K. Chalmers

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happy pondering. given its soon to be xmas this could be an interesting exercise for some