“Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently.”
― Maya Angelou
One-Liner Wednesday 5/10/23 Maya Angelou
Tag: wisdom
One-liner Wednesday 4/19/23-Groucho Marx
“Learn from the mistakes of others. You can never live long enough to make them all yourself.”
― Groucho Marx
https://lindaghill.com/2023/04/19/one-liner-wednesday-a-battle-to-the-finish/
One-liner Wednesday 4/5/23- Jordan Peterson
Weekly Writing Prompt #303-We Are Byzantine*: a triolet.
We Are Byzantine*
In a predictable cycle of desperately tragic human affairs
But to ask we reexamine history would be most wise.
Modern comforts, and widespread ignorance, lessen ‘who cares’.
In a predictable cycle of desperately tragic human affairs.
Long known evidence of perils ancient text often shares.
So, to avoid imminent collapse will take sober enterprise.
In a predictable cycle of desperately tragic human affairs
But to ask we reexamine history would be most wise.
73-words
*Which events led to the weakening of the Byzantine Empire?
- Civil wars.
- Fall of the theme system.
- Increasing reliance on mercenaries.
- Loss of control over revenue.
- The failed Union of the Churches.
- Crusaders.
- Rise of the Seljuks and Ottomans.
Victor Davis Hanson wrote a piece I read this morning on the similar circumstances the U.S. has with the former Byzantine Empire. It inspired my triolet. You can read the interesting and informative article here: https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/victor-davis-hanson-are-we-the-byzantines/ar-AA18GgdQ
https://sammiscribbles.wordpress.com/2023/03/18/weekend-writing-prompt-303-enterprise/
Poetics: Poetry of Place and Space – d’Verse Poets Pub
A Prescient Place and Space
A place of universal might
Is a pensive, honest, mind.
A gracious gift and human right,
A place of universal might.
Lies to self-such foolish plight,
No wisdom shall you find.
A place of universal might
Is a pensive, honest, mind.
Creative space in a prescient plan
Our free-thought an age-old claim.
Weighty words belong to ‘man’.
Creative space in a prescient plan.
Cultures cannot thwart nor ban,
Deductions twits cry lame.
Creative space in a prescient plan
Our free-thought an age-old claim.
https://dversepoets.com/2023/03/14/poetics-poetry-of-place-and-space/
Simply 6-Minutes- 2/21/23 The Big Picture
Our challenge is to write a story by interpreting the photo below in only six minutes.
Pablo was tired of his grandfather’s constant reminder to look at something called “The Big Picture”. He was always so DARN positive!
It was foolish and old fashioned and, frankly, meant nothing to him.
Pablo had worries galore.
“Where would he get a new plow?”
“When would his son be old enough to help with chores?”
“Why didn’t the weather cooperate with his farming timeline?”
One day, news of his neighbor’s son being killed in a freak accident brought him to his knees.
Pablo was devastated for his neighbor and, of course, offered him his assistance with his farm in addition to his own duties.
He sat overwhelmed with his workload and placed his face in his hands.
Suddenly, his 5-year-old son grabbed him around the neck and kissed him on the cheek offering comfort to his distraught Dad.
And that’s when Pablo knew, for the first time, what his grandfather had always meant.
https://christinebialczak.com/2023/02/21/simply-6-minutes-welcome-to-the-challenge-02-21-2023/
Reena’s Xploration Challenge #256- Learning to Remember
The prompt is
Any word starting with Re
He first became interested in the man from a random introduction in a pop-up video.
One day, Devon would remember that as a fateful moment.
Devon instantly was hooked on that fascinating man’s videos, and somehow, he had been scheduled to be tonight’s guest lecturer!
Dev was about to witness thoughtfulness through impeccable logic, tremendous poise, and exploring brand-new angles on old ideas.
As he hurried to the event, he remembered the humbling first feelings he’d experienced from this speaker’s words. He’d had no idea what wisdom was until he’d listened to him.
Outside of the campus gymnasium, a large crowd of rowdy students blocked the entrance waving signs all with the word “FASCIST” in bloody red letters. Security was running back and forth frantically, and Devon heard police sirens getting closer. A loudspeaker chirped to life telling everyone, “Tonight’s lecture has been cancelled. Please return to your dorms.” in a monotonous loop.
Devon was crushed and confused. He hungered to hear more about Aristotle, William Shakespeare, and King Solomon who were only a few, of many geniuses, frequently quoted by his new mentor in the videos he’d consumed. Because of one outrageous act, the opportunity to see, and possibly meet, this man was gone!
Suddenly he felt compelled to head straight for the library. That extraordinary man had repeatedly proposed that “We all must remember classical wisdom.” on many occasions and not one of his college classes were the least bit interested in anything proposed by “old white men”. Every syllabus he’d gotten, to date, had said so.
Devon scowled and slumped in a chair for a while then he abruptly stood up, with his chin jutting out, and borrowed an armload of old texts. As he exited, he exuberantly shouted into the night,
“How might I remember things that I don’t know anything about?! “
That evening Devon K. Sapienti was about to embark on self-education. From there, he would acquire much knowledge worthy of remembering.
https://reinventionsreena.wordpress.com/2022/11/10/reenas-xploration-challenge-256/
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