“Practice the art of patience for nature never acts in haste.” Og Mandino

From “The Human Condition: A User’s Manual,” by Arnold Kunst

31 August

Life has a way of coming at me at its own pace, and doesn’t take kindly to my pushing the water uphill any more than it does to my pushing it downhill.

“Thankfully, persistence is a great substitute for talent.” – Anonymous

From “Lincoln 365,” by Arnold Kunst

August 31

'We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts - not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.'

- Abraham Lincoln

'Tough times don't last. Tough people do.'

- Anonymous

“The job of an educator is to teach students to see the vitality in themselves.” – Joseph Campbell

30 August

“The job of an educator is to teach students to see the vitality in themselves.” – Joseph Campbell

From “The Human Condition: A User’s Manual,” by Arnold Kunst

I am called upon, on a regular basis, to jettison small-mindedness.

“Once you begin to take note of the things you are grateful for, you begin to lose sight of the things that you lack.” – Germany Kent

From “Lincoln 365,” by Arnold Kunst

August 30

'Welcome or unwelcome, agreeable or disagreeable, whether this shall be an entire slave nation is the issue before us.'

- Abraham Lincoln

'The tentative always lose, the definitive always win.'

- Arnold Kunst

"You still have time." - Anonymous

29 August

From “The Human Condition: A User’s Manual,” by Arnold Kunst

Don’t let a day go by when you don’t put yourself at the command of genius.

Of course, genius is a many-splendered thing: pianist, sculptor, innovator, leader of small children, whatever. Once you’ve chosen what “genius” means to you, you’re to surrender your intellect, your emotions [for a time] to the master.

The reward? When you come back from the experience you’ll be vastly enriched!

“Pain is not my enemy. It is my call to greatness.” – Henry Rollins

From “Lincoln 365,” by Arnold Kunst

August 29

'Thoughtful men must feel that the fate of civilization upon this continent is involved in the issue of our contest.'

- Abraham Lincoln

'The power of the human spirit totally committed exceeds any other force on earth.'

- Anonymous

“May your song always be sung.” - Anonymous

From “The Human Condition: A User’s Manual,” by Arnold Kunst

18 January:

Back in the 60’s I was in a Kingston-Trio type folk trio – we called ourselves “The Troubadours,” and we competed for Sonoma State University’s “Campus Talent ’65.” I played my guitar like a wooden Indian but had a pleasant tenor voice and did killer arrangements; the other guy had a croaky bass voice and couldn’t arrange himself out of a paper bag but whaled on a twelve-string; the girl couldn't hardly play her guitar and had a watery, nothing voice but was drop-dead gorgeous. In other words, we were nicely balanced. And as it happened we actually got a paid gig [our one and only] for the night just before the competition - provide 30 minutes’ entertainment on a Friday night for a Church Altar Society at a nearby motel for which we received the princely sum of $5.00 each plus a free dinner. We figured that worked out to about $.06 per hour. But by way of compensation, we were right at the boil for the competition the very next night. Hey, would you believe, we won first place!!