March 9, 2019
Dearest Readers,
Welcome and many thanks for stopping by today. On This Date features visits to this date in 1556 and 1862, while Top of the Charts visits 1959 and, among other people, Frankie Avalon and Johnny Cash.
Philosophy 101 has some drivel about trusting your instincts.
Many thanks for reading,
Cheers!
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Kaitlyn
THE ALMANAC
On This Date:
In 1556 – David Rizzio, the private secretary to Mary, Queen of Scots, is murdered, apparently on orders from Mary’s jealous husband, Lord Darnley. Darnley was in league with those zany Protestant nobles and confronted Rizzio at dinner in Mary’s private dining room. Hiding behind the monarch didn’t help Rizzio, who was stabbed several dozen times before being tossed down the stairs and stripped of his jewels and robes. Darnley himself would be murdered the following year, while Mary ruled until she was forced to abdicate in 1567.
In 1862 – History’s first battle between two ironclad warships ends in a draw as the USS Monitor and CSS Virginia – formerly the USS Merrimack – fight to a standstill in the Battle of Hampton Roads in the American Civil War. Though the Union Suffered far more casualties than the Confederacy and lost two frigates, they were still able to maintain their blockade of Chesapeake Bay, though the Confederate navy remained intact.
Top of the Charts
#1 songs on this date in 1959:
Hot 100 – Venus…Frankie Avalon (1st of five weeks)
Soul Chart – It’s Just a Matter of Time…Brook Benton (1st of nine weeks)
Country Chart – Don’t Take Your Guns To Town…Johnny Cash (3rd of six weeks)
Album Chart – The Music From Peter Gunn…Henry Mancini and his Orchestra (3rd of ten weeks)
– Chart data courtesy of Billboard.
Numbers Racket
10,669: the continuous number of days the US has been at war.
22.112: the number of dollars, in trillions, of America’s national debt. – Source: usdebtclock.org
612: days until Election Day 2020.
Philosophy 101
This is the moment of embarking
All auspicious signs are in place.
Deng Ming-Dao
365 Tao
We talk a lot here about being on our paths and living the lives we were meant to live because it is life’s great prize. However, only we can decide if we are doing that. You can’t do it for me and I certainly can’t do it for you. Your instincts will tell you. All you have to do is listen to them. As you go about your days, are your insides calm? Are you at peace because they are telling you are living the life you are meant to live? Or are your insides in conflict, leading you to feel out of step with life and out of touch with what you were meant to accomplish here?
These are your instincts talking to you. Those that get on in this world listen to these instincts. Those whose lives are not what they imagined or want are probably ignoring them.
If this is you, make this your moment of embarking because it is never too late to start life on your path. Once you’ve decided to follow your heart and trust your instincts, all signs are auspicious and every moment is positive because our hearts will tell us where to go and our instincts will tell us how to get there.
All we have to do is let them.
Deng Ming-Dao is an American writer and 365 Tao is a book of daily meditations.