This 24-hour period in our trip of life is called February 16th, 2023. It comes one time in your life. You get one bite of this apple. 1 try to grab the brass ring. Yesterday you were in the same situation. What did you do with it? I had a good day and I hope you did too. Today is Do a Grouch a Favor Day, Fat Thursday, Kyoto Protocol Day, National Almond Day, National Innovation Day, and Tim Tam Day. A Tim Tam is a chocolate cookie made in Australia. I’ll eat some almonds. Yippy. On this day in the year 600 Pope Gregory the Great decreed that saying “God bless you” is the correct response to a sneeze. On this day in 1838 Kentucky passed a law permitting women to attend school. On this day in 1861 Lincoln stopped his train on the way to Washington to thank an 11-year old Grace Bedell in person for her advice to grow a beard to gain more votes. On this day in 1937 DuPont Corp patented nylon. On this day in 1942 Japanese soldiers machine-gun 22 Australian Army nurses and 60 Australian and British solders and crew members from two sunken ships. The event is known as the Bangka Island massacre. On this day in 1951 NYC passed a bill prohibiting racism in city-assisted housing. In 1968 on this day Beatles George Harrison and John Lennon and their wives went to India from transcendental meditation study with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Since the Beatles listened to the Yogi, let’s see what he had to say: “All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think, we become.” “Happiness radiates like the fragrance from a flower, and draws all good things toward you.” “Whatever we put our attention on will grow stronger in our life.” “There is nothing in life to take seriously except the joy of life.” I should probably do some research on transcendental meditation. Enough for today. Abide.
