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“I love you when you bow in your mosque, kneel in your temple, pray in your church. For you and I are sons in one religion, and it is spirit.” Khalil Gibran

If everyone adopted the golden rule, and truly believed and endorsed its logic, then a secular society, devoid of any religion, would work.

The Rummagings of a Lapsed BoomerBob DesautelsMay 18, 2018

“The conquest of nature by an intelligence that does not love it.” Northrop Frye

Since the beginning of time, and especially since the Industrial Revolution, mankind has had a voracious appetite for earth’s resources. We extract all that we can with no consideration for the next generation - blindly using resources at any cost.

“To my parents – who held me close but never fenced me in.” Polly La Barre

Child rearing is also a craft that requires discipline, skill and consistency along with pragmatic advice that is sprinkled with words of wisdom and warmth. And never forget encouragement.

The Rummagings of a Lapsed BoomerBob DesautelsMay 4, 2018

“Except for memory, time would have no meaning.” Pat Conroy (Beach Music)

Memory and time are inextricably connected!

The Rummagings of a Lapsed BoomerBob DesautelsApril 20, 2018

“Save money. Live Better.” Walmart Slogan

We need to stop focussing on what we don’t have and start living richly with what we do have. As Gandhi pointed out, “The earth provides enough to satisfy everyone’s needs, but not everyone’s greed.”

The Rummagings of a Lapsed BoomerBob DesautelsApril 13, 2018

“What is the meaning of Zen”, asked the monk. “What is the meaning of now” replied Ma-Tsu. Zen Mondo

In the leavened loaf there is strength; in the bottle of wine there is gaiety. Let us look to our kitchens and stock our cellars. Call friends and family to the dinner table.

The Rummagings of a Lapsed BoomerBob DesautelsApril 7, 2018

“Technology is a way of organizing the world that man doesn’t have to experience it.” Max Frisch

“Technology makes major improvements to the minor needs of people”.

The Rummagings of a Lapsed BoomerBob DesautelsMarch 29, 2018

“If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go the rest of your life, it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast.” Ernest Hemingway

As Hemmingway suggests, some places, and experiences, stay with you forever.

The Rummagings of a Lapsed BoomerBob DesautelsMarch 23, 2018

“The one important thing I learned over the years is the difference between taking one’s work seriously and taking one’s self seriously. The first is imperative and the second disastrous.” M.Fonteyn

Arnold Palmer at St. Andrews

The Rummagings of a Lapsed BoomerBob DesautelsMarch 16, 2018

“I never think of the future, it comes soon enough.” Albert Einstein

Following the logic of fatalism, it is tempting to conclude that the future already exists, now. After all, if our fate is already determined, then in some sense it must already be real (i.e. exist).

The Rummagings of a Lapsed BoomerBob DesautelsMarch 8, 2018

“It is not living that matters, but living rightly.” Socrates

“A place where old men plant trees in whose shade they will never sit”.

The Rummagings of a Lapsed BoomerBob DesautelsFebruary 21, 2018

Introduction: "A Book of Sayings"

An Old Man's Reflections and Lessons Learned for his Children's Children

The Rummagings of a Lapsed BoomerBob DesautelsDecember 13, 2017