On a recent trip to Barnes & Noble, I picked up a couple of small books about two of the "Founding Fathers." I'm reading the one titled "The Wisdom of John and Abigail Adams." It is chocked full of wise things, just like the title suggest. It's a great little read I can pick up and put down, always walking away with something to ponder. In the section titled Education, John Adams is speaking to his grandsons, sharing a bit of his wisdom with them.
We think, and improve our Judgments, by committing our Thoughts to Paper.~14 May 1783
I WISH YOU TO HAVE EACH A PENCIL, BOOK, always in your Pockett, by which you may minute on the Spot any remarkable thing you may See or hear. A pocket Ink horn, any cheap thing of the kind, and a Sheet or two of paper, ought always to be about you. A Journal; a Diary is indispensable...Without a minute Diary, your Travels, will be no better than the flight of Birds, through the Air. They will leave no trace behind them. Whatever you write preserve. ~3 May 1815
As I read along, I wondered that Mr Adams would have appreciated the Internet, having always at his disposal, a cherished Laptop. Perhaps he would have "stored memory" a tremendous repository of his amazing life experiences. I am so appreciative of these times we live in.
Now days, he would certainly have no use for his "pocket ink horn."
Blessings..... Dee Dee Note: Look on sidebar "Reader Of Compliments"
