tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549218282881929115.post5838658162632728524..comments2023-04-07T02:13:32.261-07:00Comments on Thoughts for a Sabbath Day: NEW THOUGHTS - Part OneRod Santianohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00472726762015400095noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549218282881929115.post-49177494348743149312014-07-08T08:26:26.475-07:002014-07-08T08:26:26.475-07:00Thx, I had not, but I did get them, just Thru Fac...Thx, I had not, but I did get them, just Thru Facebook. I'm looking forward to the continuation! Your "Thoughts" Always spur me on. Thoughts that I have no on else to try them out on...hence you get my jumble! Thx for putting up w/my ramblings! Bob & I had very wonderful, & very involved discussions, that's probably the thing I've missed the most, since he went home! FYI, there was a 6.9 Earthquake right near the Mexican/Guatemala board in the night, near the Temple in Chiapas State, Huixla/Tapachula area! That's where Bob came down with Hepatitis, & his comp was so bad, they sent him home...leaving Bob w/no comp, for almost 3 months, just 1 member to be w/him some of the time...the "hole" of the Mission! So poor, so humble, so dedicated once baptized, that they have a Temple, & 1 in Oaxaca, not too far away! Bob Loved those people!<br /><br />Patricia WaltersWilliam L. Rileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17601014850736239140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549218282881929115.post-65661761028685466602014-07-08T08:24:38.056-07:002014-07-08T08:24:38.056-07:00I was one who did not receive it so thank you! My...I was one who did not receive it so thank you! My new thought or piece of understanding came through my visiting nephew who taught me how to download and burn on my laptop and load CDs into the CD contraption in the trunk of my car! So I can enjoy our MCO CD of To Be American and blast it to all the world!!<br />Loved the recent pictures on Facebook. You both look great! Hope this finds you healthy and happy!😊<br /><br />Kathie BrooksWilliam L. Rileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17601014850736239140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7549218282881929115.post-22964674494143329862014-07-08T08:22:27.353-07:002014-07-08T08:22:27.353-07:00Bill,
There's so much here. What to think; w... Bill,<br /> There's so much here. What to think; what to say?<br /> "The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun."<br />"Sadly, the majority in attendance either couldn't recall a recent encounter with a new thought"<br />Sadly I confess that for this one time the majority, hitherto derogated as the mindless majority, may have stumbled upon a truth that those of us, so "eat up" with our creativity and love of inventiveness and learning ofttimes little acknowledge. Who was it, Newton, who acknowledged when praised that he stood on the shoulders of giants? It seems to me there is an argument to be made that our great creations are a result of the syntheses and refinements of that which came to us. We less add than extend. I know that that is the case in the computing explosion; and usually so in physics. Although it's a matter of interpretation as to what is or is not created, but. “There are no facts, only interpretations.”<br />Friedrich Nietzsche<br /><br /> "multiplied their joy by anxiously sharing with others"<br />Solipsistic joy is faux-joy; it is rationalized, masked internal pain. It is misery in the robes of self-deceit. Joy may be obtained ONLY when one finds an outlet for sharing, giving to others. Giving measured by the motivation of the giver, e.g., the widow's mite, not the size or type of the gift.<br /> "All I Really Need to Know"<br />Scientologists have as one of their bedrock concepts, stable datum. Over simplified: as long as one is able to maintain stability in one core area of his life he will be able to deal with change and insecurity in others. I am perhaps over obsessed with the idea that we are inclined to simplify our lives in inappropriate places, one being our openness to the "Word(s) of God. I have a profound belief in God's presence. If He's not here, I am sadly and hopelessly deluded. Since He's here, I should look for Him and listen to Him where He is; as well as where prophets say He was. Psychological projection being what it is, I project my conviction as to the importance of expecting to see God speak to us through His daily presence onto others. Many others seek Him ONLY by more constrained means.<br /> "After all what do we have fingers, calculators, computers, spell check and Wikipedia for?"<br />Indeed, there are better and best ways to educate our youth and ourselves. As often do we old people stubbornly cling to antiquated and ineffective ways to educate as do young people resist learning helpful but not readily apparent subject matter.<br /><br />Love<br /><br />Paul Maddox<br />William L. Rileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17601014850736239140noreply@blogger.com