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Holiday Wisdom No. 4

From the Desiderata by poet Max Erhmann – A line a day for the remaining Holiday season: “Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism.”

Holiday Wisdom No. 3

From the Desiderata by poet Max Ehrmann – A line a day for the remaining Christmas/Holiday season: “If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter, for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.”

Can We Face the Real Enemy?

The new Star Wars movie, “The Force Awakens,” is in theaters this weekend. I was a huge fan of the first three movies. I tried to keep up with the following ones but eventually lost interest in them. This new one though I will see. It reminds me of the earlier films. In the second movie in the original trilogy, “The Empire Strikes Back,” Luke Skywalker crashes on the planet Dagobah with his mentor and guru warrior, Yoda. Luke is in training to be a Jedi Knight and at one point Yoda instructs him to enter a dark cave without his weapon. Luke looks at the cave and then looks around. He says, “Something is not right. I feel cold. Death.” Pointing to the cave Yoda says, “That place is strong with the dark side of the Force. A domain of evil it is. In you must go.” Luke hesitates, “What’s in there?” “Only what you take with you,” Yoda says. Once in the mysterious cave Luke is confronted by Darth Vader. He draws his light saber and comes at Luke. They wrestle and Luk

Holiday Wisdom No. 2

From the Desiderata by poet Max Ehrmann – A line a day for the remaining Christmas/Holiday season: “As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story.”