Tom's Blog on Life and Livingness
One of the best things we did for our kids was to make them self-reliant. They had the record for the family who held the same paper round for the longest time at the Forest Lodge Newsagency.
Not saying that is the only reason but they all turned out great people. Two of whom are doing great jobs parenting too!
It’s a lot of fun doing this!
Not every thought you think is yours. Some come from the dark side and are best not nurtured. Let them go as easily as they arrived. Nurture and develop those that build you and others, that are helpful, aesthetic, inspiring and constructive.
The Brian Bigelow Report: It’s a nice phrase, however, the earliest evidence of this quote being a Chinese Proverb was made in 1962 by a magazine that included a “words of wisdom” section, and precluded every one of them with “Confucius say:” regardless of whether the phrase came from Confucius or not. Pre-1962 the phrase was known as early as 1902, but none of those uses were attributed to Confucius. In short, this is unlikely to be a Chinese proverb; still a nice phrase though.
On a related note, there’s also a nice poem with a similar theme published in 1917 by Edgar Albert Guest titled ‘It Couldn’t Be Done’ (posted below)
Somebody said that it couldn’t be done,
But he with a chuckle replied
That “maybe it couldn’t,” but he would be one
Who wouldn’t say so till he’d tried.
So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin
On his face. If he worried he hid it.
He started to sing as he tackled the thing
That couldn’t be done, and he did it.
Somebody scoffed: “Oh, you’ll never do that;
At least no one ever has done it;”
But he took off his coat, and he took off his hat,
And the first thing we knew he’d begun it.
With a lift of his chin and a bit of a grin,
Without any doubting or quiddit,
He started to sing as he tackled the thing
That couldn’t be done, and he did it.
There are thousands to tell you it cannot be done,
There are thousands to prophesy failure;
There are thousands to point out to you, one by one,
The dangers that wait to assail you.
But just buckle in with a bit of a grin,
Just take off your coat and go to it;
Just start to sing as you tackle the thing
That “cannot be done,” and you’ll do it.
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I am crafting a piece about the ideal purpose and functions of a government.
A national government is the leading body of a nation.
In our country the government is made up of representatives elected by the eligible voting members of the citizenry.
Via legislation this body sets the policy and strategy of how the nation is to attain its goals.
The responsibility of a national government is to preserve, protect, defend and enhance the
life,
liberty,
freedom,
health,
individual and collective assets,
quality of life and
prosperity
of its citizens and the
flora,
fauna and
environment (air, above and below ground water, land and sea quality)
from threats both external and internal.
To ensure this it must also promote the stability and security of its neighbouring governments.
If a government is not doing the above it is not doing its job. It is betraying the trust of its people. It is in treason. And needs to be replaced.
Everywhere you turn you can see instances of and the results of our present government not doing its job.
It is well past time for a change from the status quo.
How far removed from that ideal purpose are the actions of the Greens, Labor, Liberals and Nationals?
Here is something you can do towards that. Support the establishment of a federal anti-corruption watchdog.
Establish A Federal Anti-Corruption Watchdog Now
Please read and understand that this post is not some demented crazy, or a business owner wordsmithing for a Public Relation boost to their business. This is a hertfelt plea from a decent citizen, desiring and deserving better then what we, they, you and me, are getting.
If you agree we deserve better, put aside any fear of ridicule from those who do not see the big picture and contribute to the motin. Share the hell out of this and other posts, sign petitions calling the government to do the right thing, and vote out of office the miscreants until we again have a country of which we can be proud!
I am crafting a piece about the ideal purpose and functions of a government.
Angela Dekovic-Krautman wrote:
We used to be a wonderful caring country.
I was proud to be Australian.
I always strived to be kind and help people.
I felt I was a good ambassador for our country when travelling overseas.
This last year, I have watched this country go down the gurgler. ( It’s actually been happening for a while but I have been too complacent to see it.)
We the public have always felt safe in the knowledge that our government was looking after us.
This has created a kind of apathy in us.
We took our eye off the ball and now we are paying for it.
I hate what self righteous and self serving politicians are doing to this country!
They’re not thinking of the Australian people.
They’re only interested in lining their own and their mates pockets (American style).
They are creating division between us.
Pitting different cultures, religions and socioeconomic groups against each other instead of working as one.
Belittling our First nations people, farmers, working people, men, women and children in untenable domestic violence situations, the sick, the disabled and those that are struggling and can’t cope within our society.
Treating scared and desperate people so appallingly that they’ve started killing themselves.
Trying to gag public servants, doctors, members of the public and the media from exposing the government’s illegal and immoral activities and behaviour.
Giving police the power to strip search young people behind a screen on railway platforms and other public places.
This government are using the police force to keep us inline as a kind of army.
They a slowly stripping us of our human rights like some Orwellian novel.
Wake up people and fight for what is right!
This public announcement was brought to you by one pissed off hard working and caring Australian who has had enough!