The Wonders of a Library

In a library we are surrounded by many hundreds of dear friends imprisoned by an enchanter in paper and leathern boxes.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer and philosopher (1803-1882)

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This was a Thought for the Day disseminated in the March 10, 2014, “A Word a Day” from Wordsmith.

The Slow Loss of Life

Life is not lost by dying; life is lost minute by minute, day by dragging day, in all the thousand small uncaring ways.

— Steven Vincent Benet

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“Quote of the Day” from Quotations Book. Date not available.

Just Keep on Keepin’ On

No matter how bad things get you got to go on living, even if it kills you.”

— Sholom Aleichem

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This was a “Flash Card” in the no-longer-published NewsScan Daily (“Above the Fold”) online newsletter. Date of original publication: September 5, 2000

The Law of Communications

Law of Communications:

The inevitable result of improved and enlarged communications between different levels in a hierarchy is a vastly increased area of misunderstanding.

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This was circulated on Dan Galvin’s “Thought for the Day” Internet mailing list on July 4, 2012.

We’re All Nuts!

Everyone, in some small sacred sanctuary of the self, is nuts.

–Leo Rosten, author (1908-1997)

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This was a Thought for the Day disseminated in the April 2, 2013, “A Word a Day” from Wordsmith.

When Is the Prime of Life?

The prime of life is that fleeting time between green and over-ripe.

— Cullen Hightower

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From the Reader’s Digest “Quotable Quotes” column. Date unknown.

Coming Soon: The Return of SeeBee Sez

SeeBee Sez will be returning very soon.

I’d like to say I just woke from a long winter’s nap, and that was the cause of my long absence; but that would be wrong.  In more prosaic terms, my long — ahem — hiaitus has been due to my scribe’s laziness.  She will tell you that it wasn’t laziness at all, but rather too many tasks to do and too little time to do them.  I beg to differ.

She will tell you that when my last missive back was posted back on 5/18/2014 my human family was just beginning the final push to get the house ready to sell.  Yeah, it sold. So??

She will insist that the move and the resulting chaos in the new house, what with all the boxes and such, left scant time to post my little gems. I say, “Since when have boxes meant chaos? I love boxes. Pfft! Humans…..”

She will offer a lot of reasons — not many of them good, I might add.  But I finally her to get at it again.

We’ve got lots of good quotes coming, so stay tuned.  Who knows when she’ll relapse & I’ll be forced to go on hiatus again..

I may have to fined a more-reliable scribe.

The “Reality” of What We See

We usually see only the things we are looking for — so much so that we sometimes see them where they are not.

— Eric Hoffer, The Passionate State of Mind

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From the Reader’s Digest “Quotable Quotes” column.

Doing and Not Doing

What you don’t do is always more important than what you do do.

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This was circulated on Dan Galvin’s “Thought for the Day” Internet mailing list on April 14, 1998.

Why the 80:20 Rule Matters in Decionmaking

Some people say a decision has to marinate before you can make it. Sometimes that’s true. But you’ll never have all the information you need to make a decision. If you did, it would be a foregone conclusion not a decision.

— David Mahoney, Confessions of a Street-Smart Manager

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This was a Thought for the Day disseminated in the September 24, 2002, “A Word a Day” from Wordsmith.