Yesterday a friend texted me to see if I was watching Rosalynn Carter's memorial service. I said no, but then thought I should.
It was touching, and the good old hymns from my Christian upbringing were nice to hear. But I did come away with a phrase she had said when working with President Carter in his term of office in DC. She said (as the reason she sat in on Cabinet Meetings) she wanted to be able to discuss everything, and wouldn't know how if she didn't try everything she knew how to help him succeed. Or maybe that was when she helped him run for Governor of Georgia.
But to do everything one knows how in order to help someone else succeed...struck a chord for me. It came home to my sense that I can't really get going on things I wish I was doing. So I'm not doing everything I know how to do to even help myself.
Today's Poem:
I missed the memorial, Rosalynn Carter will be missed. Pretty images of your lake. Take care, have a great day!
ReplyDeleteThanks Eileen. I think Jimmy Carter has been the force that represented their steady humanitarian actions. At least he's been in news more. But yes, she will be missed.
Delete...the world needs more Rosalynn Carters!
ReplyDeleteThat's true indeed.
DeleteTom November is right.
ReplyDeleteGood poem
Thanks (not sure about November comment)
DeleteAbove mine...that the world needs more Rosalynn Carters
DeleteAh..my mistake...just Tom 😎😄
DeleteYour pond/lake looks so peaceful; we need more of that.
ReplyDeleteAll the statues show that human's relations with cats has not changed......and they still regard themselves as gods.
.......suzi/smartcat
Indeed, I have memories of how hard it was to give cats pills also. I enjoy seeing Lake Tomahawk in it's reflecting of seasons.
DeleteI love the Hercules statues. Too true!
ReplyDeleteOh yes indeed!
DeleteI wish I had watched the memorial. Thank you for watching it and sharing these photos. (NewRobin13)
ReplyDeleteI'm glad my friend texted me to ask if I was watching it. Since I was busy reading a book, I decided an event that wouldn't be repeated would be worth more of my attention than the book I'd just started!
DeleteThey were quite a couple.
ReplyDeleteYes, they surely were. Their lifetimes as retired from public office continued to still be representing their best beliefs.
DeleteA day that will leave one melancholy.
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