"When you cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action you should take -- choose the bolder." --W. J. Slim

So is he right? If so, why is he right?

From the Wit and Wisdom newsletter:

USA Living Space

Here is a look at how the square footage of the average American home has grown over the last five decades.

1950 983 sq. ft.
1963 1,470
1970 1,500
1980 1,740
1990 2,080
2002 2,350

From: National Association of Home Builders, http://www.nahb.org/ . Source: This Old House, May 2003, http://thisoldhouse.com

by J. Randal Matheny

My precious goal, so dear and so desired,
soon turned to a sandy mirage, once acquired.

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If I remember the story right, my mother said that when I was a small tyke I bawled for a little monkey with a banana in his hand. I cried so much, they bought it for me. When they presented it to me, I took one look at it and tossed it in the back seat of the car.

Isn't that the way we often do? We work hard for something, an object, a goal, a promotion, and when we get it, it's not quite what we thought it was.

I almost titled this couplet, "In Exchange for My Soul." For we strive after so many things only to discover they don't satisfy. In the process, we've lost our soul.

Is sand running between your fingers?

Randal

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Check out your time with the penciled time piece. Have to be able to write fast to keep up with him.

"Patience and perserverence have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish." -- John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), 6th US President

Is there really any other option? This, or lie down and die. Or perhaps some have died and have yet to lie down.