I was a senior in high school and participated in Earth Day at an off-campus event. I remember wearing an armband. Today I live into the spirit of Earth Day by grinding coffee beans that I brew in reusable K-cups.
Human interest stories are what you do exceedingly well Bill. This was a good one of what I am sure were many. People can do better so why don’t we always choose to do so?
A Buddhist monk asked his students — If you're carrying a cup of coffee and someone bumps into you, why did you spill the coffee?
Each and every one of his students said because someone bumped into me.
No, he said, the reason why you spilled the coffee is because that's what you were carrying in your cup. If you were carrying water, you would have spilled water.
Then he said something profound.
Whenever life shakes you, whatever you're carrying is going to spill out. So if you're carrying fear, jealousy, anger, greed, that's what's going to spill out.
But if you're carrying love, compassion, kindness, that's what's going to spill out.
So, each and every day, you should pause and think to yourself, What am I carrying in my cup today?
If everyone would follow that, what a marvelous world we could be, a United States, rather than divided. Braver Angels/Living Room Conversations, which I've mentioned before, follows the same ideas.
However, the students were all correct. That WAS the reason the coffee was spilled. I'm not sure "teaching" in which the right answer was somehow "wrong" is correct, so to speak. A marvelous message, yes; however, the answer was not wrong.
Great story again Bill. Not to be picky (well, okay, I’m being picky), but a marathon is 26.219 miles, which I know because of all the 26.2 stickers I see on cars. I figure those are runner’s cars. There’s not one on mine.
Having run several marathons, they are now 26.1 miles, or 42.2 km. If he only ran 25 miles, he got off easy!
The human interest story was interesting. I am reading a novel about life in Hamburg after the end of WWII. It was something I never thought about before, but in some ways, life after war was worse for the Germans than life during war, whether you believed in Hitler or not.
I also cannot live without books. I pity those who do not learn to love to read, as reading can expand your world so much. My parents started taking us to the library as toddlers, we could take out as many books as we could carry. Still remember the Thornton Burgess series and the Noddy series, see them once in a while in thrift stores.
Mount Pentelicus stands between Marathon and Athens, which means that Philippides would have had to run around the mountain, either to the north or to the south. The latter and more obvious route is followed by the modern Marathon-Athens highway (EO83–EO54), which follows the lay of the land southwards from Marathon Bay and along the coast, then takes a gentle but protracted climb westwards towards the eastern approach to Athens, between the foothills of Mounts Hymettus and Penteli, and then gently downhill to Athens proper. As it existed when the Olympics were revived in 1896, this route was approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) long. It was the approximate distance originally used for marathon races.
So the nickel goes in 10-15 years. Will money actually be around then? I seldom use cash. Only Apple Pay unless it's a trade person who wants cash.
But you know what. I reckon I spend more. When I switched from cash to debit cards, it was so easy to spend. Then contactless made it a doddle.Even easier when all I have to do is use the phone, which is already in my hand. No more fishing in the wallet for a card.
But I do miss the days when my wife and I were starting out. So poor. The week's wages went into different envelopes depending on the expense.
I was a senior in high school and participated in Earth Day at an off-campus event. I remember wearing an armband. Today I live into the spirit of Earth Day by grinding coffee beans that I brew in reusable K-cups.
Thank you for sharing the story of the two men, it was heartwarming.
I agree, people can do better.
I love, love the “People can do Better“ story ! Especially important in this divisive era. Let’s all do better !
Human interest stories are what you do exceedingly well Bill. This was a good one of what I am sure were many. People can do better so why don’t we always choose to do so?
A Buddhist monk asked his students — If you're carrying a cup of coffee and someone bumps into you, why did you spill the coffee?
Each and every one of his students said because someone bumped into me.
No, he said, the reason why you spilled the coffee is because that's what you were carrying in your cup. If you were carrying water, you would have spilled water.
Then he said something profound.
Whenever life shakes you, whatever you're carrying is going to spill out. So if you're carrying fear, jealousy, anger, greed, that's what's going to spill out.
But if you're carrying love, compassion, kindness, that's what's going to spill out.
So, each and every day, you should pause and think to yourself, What am I carrying in my cup today?
— Thich Nhat Hanh
If everyone would follow that, what a marvelous world we could be, a United States, rather than divided. Braver Angels/Living Room Conversations, which I've mentioned before, follows the same ideas.
However, the students were all correct. That WAS the reason the coffee was spilled. I'm not sure "teaching" in which the right answer was somehow "wrong" is correct, so to speak. A marvelous message, yes; however, the answer was not wrong.
Great story again Bill. Not to be picky (well, okay, I’m being picky), but a marathon is 26.219 miles, which I know because of all the 26.2 stickers I see on cars. I figure those are runner’s cars. There’s not one on mine.
What an excellent selection of heartwarming uplifting stories....if only...
Having run several marathons, they are now 26.1 miles, or 42.2 km. If he only ran 25 miles, he got off easy!
The human interest story was interesting. I am reading a novel about life in Hamburg after the end of WWII. It was something I never thought about before, but in some ways, life after war was worse for the Germans than life during war, whether you believed in Hitler or not.
I also cannot live without books. I pity those who do not learn to love to read, as reading can expand your world so much. My parents started taking us to the library as toddlers, we could take out as many books as we could carry. Still remember the Thornton Burgess series and the Noddy series, see them once in a while in thrift stores.
Mount Pentelicus stands between Marathon and Athens, which means that Philippides would have had to run around the mountain, either to the north or to the south. The latter and more obvious route is followed by the modern Marathon-Athens highway (EO83–EO54), which follows the lay of the land southwards from Marathon Bay and along the coast, then takes a gentle but protracted climb westwards towards the eastern approach to Athens, between the foothills of Mounts Hymettus and Penteli, and then gently downhill to Athens proper. As it existed when the Olympics were revived in 1896, this route was approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) long. It was the approximate distance originally used for marathon races.
- Wikipedia
So the nickel goes in 10-15 years. Will money actually be around then? I seldom use cash. Only Apple Pay unless it's a trade person who wants cash.
But you know what. I reckon I spend more. When I switched from cash to debit cards, it was so easy to spend. Then contactless made it a doddle.Even easier when all I have to do is use the phone, which is already in my hand. No more fishing in the wallet for a card.
But I do miss the days when my wife and I were starting out. So poor. The week's wages went into different envelopes depending on the expense.
Just wanted to say thank you. I love your articles and start me day with them.