We have reached the time/space known as December 11, 2020. I want to remind you that we are still flying at 514,000 miles per hour through space on this small rock with a thin atmosphere that’s 4.5 billion years old. Anyone who tells you they aren’t lucky simply isn’t looking at life in the right way. Today is Holiday Food Drive for Needy Animals Day, National Have a Bagel Day, International Mountain Day, National App Day and National Noodle Ring Day. I’m pretty sure the best bagels on this planet are made in New York City. If I were there, I would have one this morning, with lox and cream cheese. So good. Now to the history of today: In On this day in 1620, Pilgrims came ashore in Plymouth Bay and are attacked by 30 Native Americans. In 1730 Voltaire’s “Brutus” premiered in Paris. Voltaire was a philosopher and has lots of interesting quotes: “Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.” and “It is better to risk saving a guilty man than to condemn an innocent one.” On this day in 1844, nitrous oxide is first used in a dental procedure. Finally, in 1964 Che Guevara spoke at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City. He said, “If you tremble with indignation at every injustice, then you are a comrade of mine.” Today is the birthday of Rajneesh who was an Indian mystic and someone with lots of insightful quotes. Here are some: “NOW is the reality. All else is either memory or imagination.” “Nobody is superior, nobody is inferior, but nobody is equal either. You are you and I am I.” “Get our of your head and get into your heart. Think less, feel more.” And I’ll wrap this day up with “One has just to be oneself. That’s my basic message. The moment you accept yourself as you are, all burdens simply disappear. Then life is a sheer joy, a festival of lights.” Abide.
