The 19th day of January 2022 is here. Today I want to remind you of how lucky you are. “You” are the result of the successful mating of every one of your ancestors, all the way back to when humans appeared on earth. Specific people, generation after generation, conceived, gave birth, nurtured and raised children to adulthood so they could conceive again and again to create you. The odds of “you” happening are 1 in 10 with 2,640,000 zeros. You are very lucky to be here. You won the biggest lottery in the Universe. You won life. This is Good Memory Day, Brew A Potion Day, New Friends Day, National Popcorn Day, Gun Appreciation Day, and World Quark Day (Quark is a type of European Cheese). It’s popcorn for me. Now to the history: In 1785 the first manned balloon flight in Ireland was made. In 1825 Ezra Daggett and nephew Thomas Kensett patented food storage in tin cans which is why this is Tin Can Day. This is the day in 1883 when the first electric lighting system using overhead wires began service in Roselle, New Jersey. In 1903 a new bicycle race named “Tour de France” was announced. Finally, on this date in 1981 Muhammad Ali talked a despondent young man out of committing suicide. Today is the birthday of Edgar Allan Poe. Here are a few of his observations: “Those who gossip with you will gossip about you.” The past is a pebble in my shoe.” “The best things in life make you sweaty.” I wonder what he’s talking about? This is also the day in 1990 that Bhagwan Rajneesh died. Lots of quotes from this person who lead a movement: “NOW is the only reality. All else is either memory or imagination.” “Nobody is superior, nobody is inferior, but nobody is equal either. People are simply unique, incomparable. You are you and I am I. That seems like a good place to stop. Abide.
