January 25, 2019
Good morning dearest readers.
Henry VIII and The Guiding Light star in On This Date while Your Hit Parade spotlights 1986 and Philosophy 101 features Herbert Spencer talking about how our thoughts are our gift to our fellow beings. Well, I actually talk about that, but a quote from Spencer is the inspiration.
THE DAILY ALMANAC
On This Date:
In 1533 – English King Henry VIII marries his second wife Anne Boleyn. This was actually the second time the two had been married, the first was the previous November. Both were in secret because ol’ Henry was still married to his first wife Catherine of Aragon. Henry was no more pleased with Anne than he was with Cathrine and would have Anne beheaded in 1536. Their only child Elizabeth would reign as queen of England from 1558-1603.
In 1937 – America’s longest-running soap opera, The Guiding Light, debuts on NBC Radio. The show moved to CBS Radio in 1947 and CBS Television in 1952 and left the air in 2009 after 18,262 episodes. On the air for 72 years, The Guiding Light remains the fifth-longest running show in worldwide broadcasting history.
Top of the Charts
#1 songs on this date in 1986:
Hot 100 – That’s What Friends Are For– Dionne and Friends (2nd of four weeks)
Soul Chart – That’s What Friends are For…Dionne and Friends (1st of three weeks)
Country Chart – Never Be You…Rosanne Cash (only week)
Album Chart – The Broadway Album…Barbra Streisand (1st of three weeks)
– Chart data courtesy of Billboard.
Numbers Racket
10,628: the continuous number of days the US has been at war.
21.957: the number of dollars, in trillions, of America’s national debt. – Source: usdebtclock.org
651: days until Election Day 2020.
Philosophy 101
His thoughts are as children born to him, which he may not carelessly let die.
Herbert Spencer
Our thoughts should be cherished because they are some of the few things we cna truly call our own. Others have thoughts, of course, but those are their lookout; our thoughts belong exclusively to us. Sometimes, out of insecurity, we may try to compare them to the thoughts of others, but while in step with human nature, it is not fair to us. Our thoughts stem from what we’ve been and lay the foundation for what we will become.
This is especially true for a writer because your characters become so real to you you can picture them sitting at your desk when you are writing about them. This is the way it should be, too, because there is no way you are going to make them real to a reader if they are not real to you.
But today’s quote is true even if you are not a writer. So don’t be afraid of your thoughts. They are your mind’s gift to you and your gift to the word. There is no reason to fear them. Nurture them and let them grow.
xoxoxo
Kaitlyn