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Today’s offering, friends, might, just might, encourage a bit of thinking on the part of at least a few readers. And just a few readers are probably what I have.

The following thoughts put into words have been gleaned from a diversity of sources. They might (that seems to be the “operative” word for this column endeavor) even engender a bit of thoughtful analysis. The thoughts:

President John F. Kennedy addressing a dinner honoring Nobel Prize winners, April 29, 1962: “I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered at the White House, with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.”

“Service to others is the rent you pay for your room in heaven.” (Muhammad Ali; formerly Cassius Marcellus Clay)

“I shall be telling this ages hence, with a sigh, two roads diverged in a wood and I, I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.” (Robert Frost)

“Count where man’s (one’s) glory most begins and ends, and say my glory was, I had such friends.”
(G. B. Shaw)

A friend advised me once to avoid discussion about political matters with those who have no books in their home, and do not avail themselves of a library. Good advice.

“There are three kinds of people in the world: those who know, those who don’t know, and those who don’t know that which they don’t know.” (Anon)

In a December issue of the “Daily News,” Al Klem laid out, cogently so, the best analysis of our current elections system’s genuine problems, and offered practical, common sense measures to make it better. Not that it will ever achieve perfection, but ways to shorten the process, and save untold amounts of money. Please check out what he wrote. I’ve seen nothing better, or more needed.

Changing pace a bit. “When the one great scorer comes to mark against your name, He writes not that you won or lost, but how you played the game.” (Grantland Rice).

A Fond Farewell – Longtime Brown Library’s children’s librarian Terry Rollins retired. The young lives he touched in living, informative, interesting ways are a testament to a very special man. Those children so blessed will carry “Mr. Terry” in their lifelong memories.

And with that, I’ll close this sharing of bits and pieces of wisdom.
Peace