June 17, 2022. I woke up this morning thinking how cool it would be if I could go back in time and have a talk with myself when I was 14. Then I realized that if I had done that, I would have avoided doing some pretty stupid things and changed my journey and my destination. Moral is, treasure your mistakes as much as your accomplishments. Both were necessary to make you, you. 6/17 is National Flip Flop Day, World Croc Day (don’t mean the shoes), Stewart’s Root Beer Day (don’t know who Stewart is or was), Global Garbage Man Day, National Apple Strudel Day, and National Eat Your Veggies Day. On this day in 1579 an Anti-English uprising named the Second Desmond Rebellion began in Ireland. The English put a 1,000 pounds of silver bounty on the head of the Earl of Desmond, which was collected by the Moriarty Clan when his head was cut off and sent to Queen Elizabeth. On this day in 1631 Mumtaz Mahal died during childbirth. Her husband, the Shah Jahan I, spent over 20 years building her tomb, the Taj Mahal. On this dark day in 1824 the US Bureau of Indian Affairs was established. On this day in 1885 the Statue of Liberty arrived in NYC. This is the day in 1950 that the 1st kidney transplant was made. The first person who died on this day that is quotable is Joseph Addison, an essayist, playwright and poet who died in 1719. He said, “A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world”, “Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body” and “Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.” Next is Maxwell Perkins who was the editor and publisher for Hemingway, Thomas Wolfe, and F. Scott Fitzgerald. He died in 1947. This is a good one to end on because it’s where I started. He said, “Real self-esteem is not derived from the great things you’ve done, the things you won. The mark you’ve made – but an appreciation of yourself for what you are.” Seems like a good place to end. Abide.
