But that said, read it (while you can?). If you can get past
contemporary hangups about the “wrong” words being used you will
find one of the most powerful statements in all of human history
that “Black Lives Matter”. Stowe visited Lincoln in the White House
in 1862, and there is a possible apocryphal quote by Lincoln that goes
“So this is the little lady who started this great war.”
Over the years you pick up useful ideas from people. One of the most
useful “project management” ideas I’ve ever encountered is
Can I get the job done by doing nothing?
Use the code you already have. Use existing slide decks. Time is
scarce. Don’t waste it creating something new when something you
already have will do the job. Don’t spend hours getting a slide deck
to %100 perfection when what you really need to do is talk over some
ideas and the existing material is sufficient to spark conversation.
I’ve been reading Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations. I’m trying to have a
positive effect on the things and people I can actually change (myself
and my own reactions in this moment). Below are some quotes along
those lines from Longfellow, Bob Dylan, the Apostle Paul and Reinhold
Neibuhr, some of classics of “Don’t worry, be happy”. Now if I can
just internalize some of this…
This is the view from White Rocks 13 miles north of Harpers Ferry. In
the fall you can see the colors (leaves changing) creeping down the
mountain because it’s colder as you go up. Here you can see spring
creeping up the mountain.
I am listening to Jack Kerouac’s On the Road - Wikipedia. What a
rant! What a
stream-of-consciousness-grab-life-by-the-horns-drink-until-it-kills-you
peaan to not missing a single moment or experience in life !
Cars have changed. Back in the day you could “pop the clutch” to
start a car by letting it roll down hill, putting it in first gear
with your foot on the (manual) clutch, let the clutch out (“popping
the clutch”) and often the car would start. Handy if you had a car
with a dead battery at the top of a hill.
Cars are full of electronics now, and that can be good, and it can be
very bad…
