It is the 30th day of March in the year 2022. I’m predicting a good day lies ahead. I am grateful to be able to live this day. The fact that I’m attending a toga party tonight is just icing on the cake. Everyday is a Saturday when you’re retired. It’s been a good month and April will be better. Today is The Grass is Always Browner On The Other Side of the Fence Day, National Doctors Day, National I am in Control Day, National Virtual Vacation Day, National Little Red Wagon Day, Manatee Appreciation Day, and Turkey Neck Soup Day. Now to the footnotes of this day’s history. In 1822, Congress combined East and West Florida into the Florida Territory. On this day in 1858 the pencil with an attached eraser was patented. In 1867 the Alaska Purchase was made when the US bought Alaska from Russia for $7,200,000, roughly 2 cents an acre. On this day in 1870 the 15th Amendment to the Constitution was adopted guaranteeing the right to vote regardless of race. Finally, in 1959 on this date, the Dalai Lama fled China and was granted political asylum in India. Now let’s wrap up this post with some observations and advice from William Arthur Ward who stopped living in 1994 at the age of 73 and was a motivational writer. He said, “Three enemies of personal peace: regret over yesterday’s mistakes, anxiety over tomorrow’s problems and ingratitude for today’s blessings.” “When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.” I’ll wrap this up with two more: “Happiness is an inside job” and “Today is a most unusual day, because we have never lived it before; we will never live it again, it is the only day we have.” Abide.
