“Be happy for no reason, like a child.” – Deepak Chopra

From “Lincoln 365,” by Arnold Kunst

October 27

You can take the country boy out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the country boy, and Lincoln was a country boy through and through. Thus, you might have been surprised, if you had knocked on the Lincoln White House door, to have the door answered by the President himself - in his shirtsleeves and/or slippers. You might have been non-plussed seeing him use his own spoon in the White House sugar bowl. And there's no telling how you'd react to the following story that may not be true but certainly has the ring of authenticity about it. One evening, they say, before going to the theater, Lincoln was standing at the foot of the stairs in the White House with some friends and explained in his own distinctively breezy manner, ‘Mary's still upstairs puttin' on her trottin' harness.'’

'Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it.'

- Confucius

“Guys who rub your back and play with your hair until you fall asleep are keepers.” - Anonymous

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

26 October

She may just want a back rub, not the Mariachi band in the garden like you thought. When in doubt, ask her.

“We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator by certain unalienable rights, that among these are the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” - Thomas Jefferson

From "Lincoln 365," by Arnold Kunst
October 26
'We have as all will agree a free Government where every man has a right to be equal with every other man. In this great struggle this form of Government and every form of human right is endangered if our enemies succeed.'
- Abraham Lincoln

‘Slavery was established by decree of Almighty God… it is sanctioned in the Bible, in both Testaments, from Genesis to Revelation… it has existed in all ages, has been found among the people of the highest civilization, and in nations of the highest proficiency in the arts.’
- Jefferson Davis

“Don’t count the days; make the days count.” – Mohammad Ali

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

25 October

Mohammad Ali - "move like a butterfly, sting like a bee” - was arguably the greatest boxer who ever lived. But my guess is that when he was a little kid, maybe 7 or 8 years old and known as Cassius Clay, he probably ran across some big kid who beat him so badly that, in addition to being reduced to tears, he determined that he would never let anything like that happen again. Thus was born the following: “I Am The Greatest!”

That’s called a decision on steroids.