A few hours the Earth moved into the time/space known as March 7th in the year 2022. March is National Optimism month. Voltaire said the “Optimism is the madness of insisting that all is well.” He implies that despite the chaos, we can be optimistic if we decide to be. Yet another tool we can use to create happiness. 03/07 is National Cereal Day, Crown Roast of Pork Day, National Be Heard, Namesake Day and Plant Power Day. This is the date in 321 that Roman Emperor Constantine I decreed that Solis Invicti (sun-day) was the day of rest throughout the Empire. In 1857, baseball teams formed a committee and established the rules for the game of baseball. In 1908 on this date, Cincinnati Mayor Mark Breith stood before the City Council and announced that, “women are not physically fit to operate automobiles”. Since women couldn’t vote, the Major’s stupidity had no consequences. This is the day in 1932 that a demonstration by unemployed auto workers took place in Dearborn. Dearborn Police and Ford’s security guards shot into the crowd and 5 died. This is the day in 1970 that the filmmaker Stanley Kubrick died at the age of 70. He said that “Nothing is as dangerous as a sure thing. The great photographer Gordon Parks passed on this day in 2006 at the age of 93. Gordon said, “Enthusiasm is the electricity of life. How do you get it? You act enthusiastic until you make it a habit.” I’ll wrap up this day with a quote from the guru Paramahansa Yogananda who died in 1952 at the age of 59 and said, “Most of the world is like a mental hospital. Some persons are sick with jealousy, others with anger, hatred, passion. They are victims of their habits and emotions. But you can make your home a place of peace.” Abide.
