20May2015

[Zam-Zam]

On this day in history:

In 1775, North Carolina became the first colony to declare its independence.

In 1874, Levi Strauss began marketing blue jeans with copper rivets.

In 1932, Amelia Earhart took off and became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.


Quote for today:

“Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.”
Dr. Seuss


Have a Blessed day.

 

[Sunset Rose]

What really happened to Amelia Earhart? Was her body ever recovered?

 

[Zam-Zam]

What really happened to Amelia Earhart? Was her body ever recovered?

She went missing in 1937 enroute to Howland Island in the Pacific Ocean. Several searches were conducted, but nothing was ever recovered. She was declared deceased in abstentia in 1939. There has been much speculation about what happened to her ever since, but ultimately it still remains a mystery.

 

[Sunset Rose]

She went missing in 1937 enroute to Howland Island in the Pacific Ocean. Several searches were conducted, but nothing was ever recovered. She was declared deceased in abstentia in 1939. There has been much speculation about what happened to her ever since, but ultimately it still remains a mystery.

Thank you, Zam-Zam.

 

[Flanders]

"The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose"---James Baldwin

To Sunset Rose: The man with nothing to lose is usually consumed with envy because he has not the courage to acquire anything worth having; so he saves the world. Eric Hoffer defines it another way:

What can people with inherited fortunes do that is at all commensurate with their unlimited opportunities, much less what their parents or grandparents did to create the fortune in the first place, starting from far fewer opportunities?

Like the frustrated artists and failed intellectuals who turn to mass movements for fulfillment, rich heirs cannot win the game of comparison of individual achievements. So they must change the game. As zealots for radical movements, they often attack the very things that made their own good fortune possible, as well as undermining the freedom and well-being of other people. Eric Hoeffer

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The less justified a man is in claiming excellence for his own self, the more ready he is to claim all excellence for his nation, his religion, his race or his holy cause. Eric Hoffer

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A man is likely to mind his own business when it is worth minding, When it is not, he takes his mind off his own meaningless affairs by minding other people's business. Eric Hoffer​

 

[Sunset Rose]

Thank you, Flanders. It's always interesting to read a different perspective.