It’s time to start January 19, 2023. Ra will soon grace us with his daily ride across our sky. He will warm us to 80 + degrees. A great winter day in central Florida. I’m grateful that I’m alive to enjoy it. Today is Brew a Potion Day, Get to Know Your Customers Day, Good Memory Day, Gun Appreciation Day, National Popcorn Day, New Friends Day, Tin Can Day, and Women Health Weight Day. An odd assortment of celebratory events but so be it. Now the history of this day. In 1363 on this day King Edward III of England introduced the Sumptuary Laws which were designed to prevent extravagance by limiting the food, drink, and dress on religious grounds. They were ignored. On this day in 1795 the democratic revolution in Amsterdam ended their oligarchy. This is the day in 1825 that the storage of food in tin cans was patented. On this day in 1883 the first electric lighting system using overhead wires began service in Roselle, NJ. On this day in 1903 the French newspaper L’Auto announced a new 5-stage bicycle race “Tour de France.” This is the day in 1939 that Ernest Hausen from Wisconsin set the chicken-plucking record of 4.4 seconds. Wow. On this day in 1952 the PGA allows black participants. This is the day in 1974 that Notre Dame beat UCLA in South Bend to end the Bruin’s NCAA record of winning 88 consecutive games. The wisdom from the grave today comes from Rajneesh who died in 1990. He said, “Once you have started seeing the beauty of life, ugliness starts disappearing. If you start looking a life with joy, sadness starts disappearing. You cannot have heaven and hell together; you can have only one. It is your choice.” “Nobody is superior, nobody is inferior, but nobody is equal either. People are simply unique, incomparable. You are you, and I am I.” “The less people know, the more stubbornly they know it.” Last one: “Never ask, ‘who is my real friend?’ Ask, ‘Am I a real friend to someone?’ That is the right question.” Now I’m ready to start my day. Abide.
