“Worrying doesn’t take away tomorrow’s troubles, it takes away today’s peace.” – Anonymous

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

18 March

Surely the sweep of the positive extends from the timeless, spaceless breadth of the metaphysical to the humble, pointed immediacy of the fingertips.

“Man does not weave the web of life; he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself.” - Chief Seattle

From “Lincoln 365,” by Arnold Kunst

March 17

“I am exceedingly anxious that this Union, the Constitution, and the liberties of the people shall be perpetuated in accordance with the original idea for which that struggle [The Revolutionary War] was made, and I shall be most happy indeed if I shall be an humble instrument in the hands of the Almighty, and of this, his almost chosen people, for perpetuating the object of that great struggle.” - Abraham Lincoln

“I cannot teach anybody anything; I can only make them think.” – Socrates

“Me Too, 365,” by Arnold Kunst

16 March

“We all contain Judas, and we had better recognize it.” – Jonathan Hanaghan

“May you continue to be the proverbial round peg in all the proverbial square holes of life.” – Anonymous

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

16 March

I remember like it was yesterday a European flight over 30 years ago on which I was served a chicken dinner. What was so memorable was the fact that the trapezoidal space on the plastic plate had a piece of chicken of uncannily accurate trapezoidal measurements. It was as if that chicken, the proud finished product of genetic engineering, had been tailor-made for this plastic plate, its ultimate residence. Like, it was an EXACT fit.

Scarey, isn’t it?

“No dream is worth striving for unless it is big enough for the God of the universe to romp about in.” - Arnold Kunst

From “Lincoln 365,” by Arnold Kunst

March 16

[Lincoln] “treated Negroes as they wanted to be treated - as human beings... Negro visitors to the White House were treated without false heartiness, but without any sign of disdain. Never condescending, Lincoln did not talk down to Negroes, nor did he spell out his thoughts in one-syllable language of the first reader.” - Frederick Douglass 

“Life is built on the twin pillars of agony and ecstasy.” - Arnold Kunst

“Me Too, 365,” by Arnold Kunst

15 March

“A pedestal is as much a prison as any small, confined space.” – Gloria Steinem

“Inhale courage, exhale fear.” - Anonymous

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

15 March

Success is the child of boldness.