January 20, 2019
Good morning dearest readers. A thousand apologies for being away the past two days. Winter attacked Kaitlyn World Headquarters with a vengeance that demanded more attention than we really wanted to give, but nobody forces us to live here.
Today we have the usual tidbits from what our fellow humans have been up to over the centuries, plus Philosophy 101 talks about having the patience to see our jouries through to the very end.
THE DAILY ALMANAC
On This Date:
In 1649 – Proving it’s not always so great to be the king, King Charles I of England goes on trial on charges of treason and other high crimes. The charges had been rejected by the House of Lords and no standing English court would try the king, so the House of Commons legislated its own court, known as the High Court of Justice. For his part, Charles I claimed no court had jurisdiction over a monarch, though that didn’t stop the court from finding Charles I guilty. He would be executed later in the year.
In 1929 – The movie In Old Arizona, the first full-length talking movie filmed outdoors is released. The film received a then-record five Academy Award nominations, including one for Best Picture, and won one of them, Warner Baxter winning the Best Actor award.
Your Hit Parade
#1 songs on this date in 1968:
Hot 100 – Judy in Disguise (With Glasses) – John Fred & His Playboy Band (1st of two weeks)
Soul Chart – Chain of Fools…Aretha Franklin (1st of four weeks)
Country Chart – Sing Me Back Home…Merel Haggard (1st of two weeks)
Album Chart – The Magical Mystery Tour…The Beatles (4th of eight weeks)
– Chart data courtesy of Billboard.
Numbers Racket
10,623: the continuous number of days the US has been at war.
21.949: the number of dollars, in trillions, of America’s national debt. – Source: usdebtclock.org
656: days until 2020 election.
Philosophy 101
It is more important to know where you are going than to get there quickly. Do not mistake activity for achievement.
Mabel Newcomer (1891-1983)
There are three elements to success in any endeavor – wisdom, courage and patience – and two of the three are mentioned in today’s quote. First, we must know where we are going in this life. If we don’t, we are merely marking time on this planet instead of making our time serve us, an old line that is common amongst those doing time. This is where wisdom comes in: we must have looked deep inside ourselves to determine the life we were meant to live. We must then have the courage to go and live that life.
None of these elements, however, will do us any good without the patience to see our journey through to the very end. There is no rush in this life and most of us will have the benefit of many years on this planet: we have the time to persevere through both the initial successes and reverses, through the doubts and the naysayers, past the obstacles that attend any great effort.
When we take advantage of this time, when we show the patience to be on our path every day, we will never be in danger of spinning our wheels, of mistaking activity for achievement.
Have a good day, and many thanks for reading.
xoxoxo
Kaitlyn