This day’s name is January 26, 2023. It will be cool and sunny. Both the weather and my disposition. Having taken control of my thoughts, I can control my attitude. It’s my think happy, be happy plan. I think there might be a song in there somewhere. Today is Clashing Clothes Day, International Customs Day, National Green Juice Day, National Peanut Brittle Day, Spouse’s Day, and Toad Hollow Day of Encouragement. Moving on: On this day in 1482 the Pentateuch (Jewish Bible) was 1st printed. On this day in 1697 Isaac Newton received Jean Bernoulli’s problem and was given 6 months to solve it, which he did before going to bed. On this day in 1784 Ben Franklin expressed unhappiness over the eagle as America’s symbol. The story is that Franklin wanted our national symbol to be the turkey but that’s not true. He didn’t believe we needed a national bird. In 1838 in Australia, the Myall Creek Massacre gook place when 50 indigenous people were killed by the New South Wales Mounted Police. 7 of the police were hanged for the crime. On this day in 1913 Jim Thorpe relinquished his 1912 Olympic medals for playing 2 seasons of semi-pro baseball before competing in the Olympics. On this day in 1920 former Ford Motor Company executive Henry Leland launched the Lincoln Motor Company which he later sold to Ford. This is the day in 1954 that groundbreaking began for Disneyland. On this day in 1962 the Bishop of the Buffalo Catholic dioceses declared “The Twist” to be impure and banned it from all Catholic schools. This is a poor day for quotes. I’ll go with Plan B which is to search on quotes with the word “happy” in them. Omar Khayyam said, “Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.” George Washington said, “Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.” Socrates said, “By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you’ll become happy; if you get a bad one,, you’ll become a philosopher.” Marcus Aurelius said, “Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.” I’ll end with Groucho Marx who said, “I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn’t arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I’m going to be happy in it.” Abide.
