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July 22, 2015 I'm going to start today to record on a daily basis whatever happens to strike my fancy. So, it is a very cool breezy day. I just posted 5 short book reviews to The Monthly Reading Challenge. I'm suppose to put away some winter wood today from the woodpile outside but I'm playing hookey from work to write so starting this blog will get done. I'm having a daily fight with a flock of English Sparrows that are trying to take over my barn. They are making a terrible mess so they have to go. I have destroyed several nests so far they don't leave but they get out of the barn when I am around. I'm just starting the fight so I guess I don't know how far I have to go to discourage them. I'm trying not to spread myself to thin on WDC because I find so many things that are interesting here and I am trying to work on a new story. I really enjoy sitting at my desk with a cup of tea and reading blogs on WDC. |
| People are guilty of saying-- I don’t have enough time. We have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michelangelo, Mother Teresea, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, Albert Einstein, etc… So, if time isn't the culprit, what is?? ![Merit Badge in BCoF 2
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Congratulations on your virtual blogging adventure!](https://images.Writing.Com/imgs/writing.com/writers/badges/group-BCoF_2-1901868_14.gif) HI.   I'm not sure about the science end of time as it relates to the above important people. Maybe we do have the same amount of time they had or maybe not. Sometimes it is money instead of time. Other problems could be the types of education or the type of interests we have gravitated to in our youth. What pricked our interests? The biggest thing is mental drive. What causes us to stick with something until the end. To just go back to it if you are not finished with the result the first time. I took my first guitar lessons in Texas on a second-hand guitar in the 60's. The lessons were on PBS. Then, when I moved back to Pa. I did not do guitar at all until the 80's. I bought a new classical guitar because the old one was junk. I found a teacher for classical guitar and in spite of being told females did not usually play classical guitar, which I later found out was not true. I made some progress was able to play up to the 7th position and learned a lot of music. Next, I put the guitar away until 2023 when I picked it up one day and said, "Why don't I play this anymore?" No children to feed or raise, no one who dared to tell me I should not need any more lessons. And lots of online encouragement to play classical guitar. There is a special openness to classical playing now. YouTube is full of both male and female players with lots of knowledge and music to share. I am revisiting some other knowledge I gained in the 1980's. Upgrading, renewing, and expanding knowledge. We have the internet now. We have access. Those people mentioned in the prompt may have had a better start toward learning. I heard someone say once if you don't educate females, you are wasting a percentage of the brain power you have in a nation. Our schools are more concerned with how knowledge is distributed. Also, you have to have the guts to go for it. Is there something you want to know more about or something you need to practice. Put aside 10 minutes a day and do it. You may be surprised how well that works. Add a walk or try a new recipe or restore a talent. Will we cure a disease or find a new species? Actually, it is possible. Just try. HAPPY HOLIDAYS.  |
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