January 16, 2019
Something To Know
Good morning dearest readers. We’re glad you stopped by. Today we visit with Don Quixote and our Constitution, plus we have the top songs from this date in 1961, plus Cervantes also has our Philosophy 101 entry.
Here are some things you may find interesting:
Almanac
On This Date:
In 1605 – Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes is published in Madrid. It’s commercial and critical success was universal from the start and today is regarded as one of the foundations of western letters and it remains the second most translated book ever, behind the Bible. A quote from this book serves as our Philosophy 101 entry for today. See below.
In 1919 – The Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, when Nebraska becomes the 36th of the 48 states to ratify the amendment. It would take effect a year later. The amendment didn’t actually prohibit the drinking of booze, it merely prohibited its sale, importation, manufacture and distribution. It was repealed in 1933.
Your Hit Parade
#1 songs on this date in 1961:
Hot 100 – Wonderland by Night – Bert Kaempfert (2nd of three weeks)
Soul Chart – Shop Around…The Miracles (1st of eight weeks)
Country Chart – North To Alaska…Johnny Horton (2nd of five weeks)
Album Chart (Mono) – Wonderland by Night…Bert Kaempfert (1st of five non-consecutive weeks)
Album Chart (Stereo) – G.I. Blues…Elvis Presley…(3rd of three weeks)
– Chart data courtesy of Billboard.
Numbers Racket
10,620: the continuous number of days the US has been at war.
$21.942: the number of dollars, in trillions, of America’s national debt. – Source: usdebtclock.org
659: days until 2020 election.
Philosophy 101
Fortune is guiding our affairs better than we ourselves could have wished.
Miguel de Cervantes
Don Quixote
One of the great lesson life offers, and it usually offered only after the passing of some years, is that there is seldom any value in forcing things. The more we try to manipulate matters, the more we are frustrated. When we try exercise maximum control over people over situations is usually, rather ironically, when lose all control.
We have found that our favorite attainments have come after we have surrendered to doing what we were meant to do with our lives, when we started taking advantage of what nature and circumstance put in front of us, when we start living from the inside out. The 24 hours each of us has every day became a mandate instead of an obligation.
What has your experience been? When things have gone your way, was it because you micro-managed every aspect of the evolution, or was it because you let nature and circumstance do their work? Did you have to force matters, or did you find things worked themselves out when you merely let them?
Have a good day, and many thanks for reading.
Kaitlyn