March 17, 2019
Dearest Readers,
A good Sunday morning to you, and thank you for stopping by.
Today On This Date takes you to the American Revolution and to Israel while Top of the Charts visits the top songs and albums of 1962. Philosophy 101 discusses success not demanding a price.
Many thanks for reading,
xoxoxo
Kaitlyn
On This Date:
In 1776 – The Siege of Boston ends after the British army evacuates sets sail for Nova Scotia. The siege had begun in April 1775 after the battles of Lexington and Concord, the opening salvos in the American War of Independence, after American militiamen had blocked land access to Boston. Though Boston ceased to be a target of the British afterward, the city retained its preeminent place in revolutionary activities. Today is still known in some cities and towns as Evacuation Day.
In 1969 – Golda Meir becomes the first female prime minister in the history of Israel. Previously, she had been both the Labor and Foreign ministers and would serve until June 1974. Among the highlights of her tenure, was her ordering Israeli agents to identify and kill those responsible for murdering eleven Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics.
Top of the Charts
#1 songs on this date in 1962:
Hot 100 – Hey! Baby…Bruce Channel (2nd of three weeks)
Soul Chart – Duke of Earl…Gene Chandler (5th of five weeks)
Country Chart – That’s My Pa…Sheb Wooley (only week)
Album Chart (Mono) – Blue Hawaii…Elvis Presley (14th of 20 weeks )
Album Chart (Stereo) – Breakfast at Tiffany’s Soundtrack…Henry Mancini (6th of 12 non-consecutive weeks)
– Chart data courtesy of Billboard.
Numbers Racket
10,676: the continuous number of days the US has been at war.
22.130: the number of dollars, in trillions, of America’s national debt. – Source: usdebtclock.org
605: days until Election Day 2020.
Philosophy 101
But in truth, success doesn’t demand a price. Every step forward pays a dividend.
Dr. David J. Schwartz
The Magic of Thinking Big
The first sentence in this paragraph might raise some eyebrows. After all, you hear people of accomplishment frequently talking about the sacrifice involved in scaling a mountain. And perhaps they’re right to a small extent: you set out on your path and you shed some things like tired old habits that were not producing a dividend and people will come and go from your life, too. It’s the way the world is built.
Really, though, every day spent on your path, every day spent maximizing your talents, every day spent making your time serve you instead of serving time on this planet is a day well-spent. Once you have committed to following your heart (which will tell you where to go) and following your instincts (which will tell you how to get there) good days will come. Enough good days and you have a good year and enough good years and the next thing you know you have built a good life for yourself. Every day on your path is a step forward and every step forward pays a dividend.
The only time a price is paid is when we decide not to follow our hearts, trust our instincts and follow our path, and the price for this is a little bit of us dying every day we are not doing these things. All of us were put here for a purpose, and our best lives are lived when we are living that purpose.
Dr David J Schwartz (1927-87) was an American writer.