Advice from Abraham Lincoln...

..."You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong...you cannot help the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer...you cannot further the brotherhood of men by encouraging class hatred...you cannot help the poor by discouraging the rich...you cannot build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independence." Abraham Lincoln

This is among the quotations my Dad taught us in childhood and lived out himself. This was one of his favorites. While sorting through long neglected boxes today, I found a small poster featuring this quote with a striking photo of Lincoln's memorial statue profile. A heritage moment of truth for me....

a true proverb...

The borrower is servant to the lender.

We've learned this as individuals the hard way.
Oh, that our governments had taken it into consideration over the decades...and would do so today!

April, May, June, July...

Where has the time gone since my last post?
Foreseen and unforeseeable events, complications, many, many new friends, new skills, old-friends getting in touch again, actions on some old commitments -- weeks of living (and twice as long to tell the tales). I have filled two paper notebooks, then lost the second one, alas, with not much hope of ever finding it.

Lord, I would like to think that I have been about Your business, as well as my own.