Poor William's Almanack, June 24, 2008, The Meaning of Life

Ben Franklin's bifocals Tuesday, June 24, 2008

[1842 - Ambrose Bierce, satirist, critic, born in Meigs County, Ohio]

Jack Dempsey
[1895 - Jack (William Harrison) Dempsey, champion boxer, born in Manassa, Colorado]

[1910 - Irving Robert Kaufman, federal judge, born in New York City]

[1912 - Norman Cousins, writer, editor, activist, born in Union Hill, New Jersey]

[1916 - John Ciardi, poet, translator, born in Boston]

[1948 - Berlin airlift initiated to counter Soviet Union blockade]

[1987 - Jackie Gleason, 'The Great One', actor, comedian, dies at age 71]

The Meaning of Life

The meaning of life is not revealed.
Our purpose here remains concealed.
So define it now by what's been done.
Forgive thyself the "might have been."

morning meditation night meditation

William's Whimsical Words:

Also forgive the coulda, woulda, shouda have beens.

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