It has become the 13th day of October 2020. The poet Virgil said “time is flying, never to return”. This day, like all the others, will fade into history in a few hours. You are probably aware by now that I believe that the quality of time each day is up to each of us. Don’t waste this day. Charlie Chaplin said, “A day without laughter is a day wasted”. Your mission today is to find things to laugh at and it’s really easy to do these days. Today is Good Samaritan Day, International Plain Language Day, International Day Of Failure, International Face Your Fears Day, National M&M Day, National Yorkshire Pudding Day (yum), Silly Sayings Day, Treat Yo Self Day and for all you ladies, National No Bra Day. Now to our short review of historical events: On this day in 1282 Nichiren Daishonin, founder of the Nichiren School of Buddhism assumes room temperature. I bring up this obscure fact to give you one of his quotes: “Suffer what there is to suffer. Enjoy what there is to enjoy. Regard both suffering and joy to be facts of life”. Yet another way to define “Abide”. This is the day in 1792 the “Old Farmer’s Almanac” is 1st published. In 1864 on this day the Battle of Harpers Ferry, a raid led by “The Gray Ghost” John Singleton Mosby takes place. On this day in 1902 President Theodore Roosevelt threatens to start using army troops to work coal mines struck since May. This forces the owners to agree to abide by a Commission of Arbitration. This is the day in the year 54 that the Roman Emperor Claudius dies by eating poisoned mushrooms at the age of 63. He said, “To do nothing evil is good; to wish nothing evil is better.” This also happens to be the day that Milton Hersey passed at the age of 86. He said “One is only happy in proportion as he makes others feel happy”. On this day, find reasons to laugh, wish nothing evil on others and make others feel happy. Sounds like a plan to me. Abide.
