Sunday, January 1, 2012

Quotes to ponder

My last few attempts to complete a 9 week challenge have not unfolded as I would have liked.  Due to that,  I'm going to dial back my grand aspirations for a little while.  I'm also going to hide my old posts for now.  This round I'm going to post some quotes that may force you to ponder the world.  Some quotes will relate to the day (as today's does), will be ones I think fit the world's events or they just open my eyes.

Today's quote interests me because of its timelessness.  It is 149 years old, but still holds true.

"New Year's Day--Now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. Next week you can begin paving hell with them as usual. Yesterday, everybody smoked his last cigar, took his last drink, and swore his last oath. Today, we are a pious and exemplary community. Thirty days from now, we shall have cast our reformation to the winds and gone to cutting our ancient shortcomings considerably shorter than ever. We shall also reflect pleasantly upon how we did the same old thing last year about this time. However, go in, community. New Year's is a harmless annual institution, of no particular use to anybody save as a scapegoat for promiscuous drunks, and friendly calls, and humbug resolutions, and we wish you to enjoy it with a looseness suited to the greatness of the occasion."
 - Mark Twain, Letter to Virginia City Territorial Enterprise, January 1863 

Have you made a resolution this year that you know you're not going to keep? 

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