Ferris, 27, January, 2014

27, January, 2014, at Ferris University, with Chaplain and Music professor's last class.

St.Joseph College Forever! 25, January, 2014, Saturday at Douhatsu Bekkan Alumni Shinenkai.

24, January, 2014:Quote to think: "However mean your life is, meet it and live it: do not shun it and call it hard names....."

24, January, 2014
Dear Students and Friends
Quote to Think:
"However mean your life is, meet it and live it:
do not shun it and call it hard names.
Cultivate poverty like a garden herb, like sage.
Do not trouble yourself much to get new things,
whether clothes or friends. Things do not
change; we change.  Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts.
Henry David Thoreau
US naturalist and Writer
1817-1862

Honmoku

19, January, 2014; Quote to think: Quote from Ernest Hemingway

19, January, 2014
Dear Students and Friends
Quote to think
" Before you act, listen
   Before you react, think
   Before you spend, earn
   Before you criticize, wait
   Before you pray, forgive
   Before you quit, try
Ernest Hemingway

18, January, 2014; Quote to think: "The quality of a person's life is in ......."

                               (Vories at Ohmi Kyoudai sha Building at Surugadai, Chiyodaku, Tokyo,                                       near Meiji U.)

18, January, 2014
Dear Students and Friends
Quote to think:
" The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to
their commitment to excellence, regardless of their
chosen field of endeavor."
Vince Lombardi
US football coach
1913-1970

17, January, 2014; Quote to think: " Twenty years from now you will be...."

17, January, 2014
Dear Students and Friends
Quote to think:
" Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did.
So throw off the bowlines. Away from the safe harbor.
Catch the trade winds in your sails.
Explore. Dream. Discover."
Mark Twain
US writer
1835-1910

15, January, 2014; Quote to think: " I rate enthusiasm..."

15, January, 2014
Dear Students and Friends
Quote to think:
" I rate enthusiasm even above professional skill."
Sir Edward Appleton
English physicist
1892-1965

13, January, 2014: the Religious Society of Friends(Quakers), Tokyo Meeting, Sundays from 10:30 to 11:30, Silence(unprogramed meeting).

13, January 2014

Dear Friends and Students

the Religious Society of Friends(Quakers) at their meeting place,  Mita, Takanawa, Minatoku, Tokyo.

I became one of the 66 members of Quakers in Japan. History goes back to England in Cromwell and Kings Charles I & II with George Fox but it is known better by William Penn, a founder of Pennsylvania and Philadelphia.  In Japan the first member of Quakers was Nitobe Inazou, a former 5000 yen bill face and the founder of Tokyo Christian Women's University.

My family said I should spread this good group, so I will.

They are the opposite of evangelical groups, don't spread their believes and like Zen you listen quietly to inner self for salvation.  So it is very "Jiriki"( self attainment).

They have  fine schools they built around the world, Johns Hopkins, Cornell, Earlham, etc.in the USA   In Japan, Friends School, "Furendo Gakuen"near Keio University.

 

GTO

12,January, 2014; Quote to Think: "One of the most essential things you need to do for yourself is....."

12, January, 2014
Dear Friends and Students
Quote to Think:
"One of the most essential things you nee to do for yourself is to choose a goal that is important to you.  Perfection does not exist---you can always do better and you can always grow."
Les Brown
US band leader
1912-2001

 My new status/goal is a semi-retired educator.
My mission is to come and help the Friends. That is the Call.
To prepare it I will persevere to read and study.
GTO.



(I will return to George T. Okuhara, leave Caswell behind. Okuhara raised and educated and prepared me; not Caswell. Caswell is like FB, nice to have one but often disturbs me with unkind thoughts.
So I won't take it seriously.)looking at the present situation.

11, January, 2014; Quote to think:" I could not, at any age, be content to...."

11, January, 2014
Dear Students and Friends
Quote to think:
" I could not, at any age, be content to take my place by the fireside and simply look on.
Life was meant to be lived.  Curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever
reason, turn his back on life.
Eleanor Roosevelt
US humanitarian,
First Lady and writer
1884-1962

9,January, 2014 Quote to think: "The reading of all good books is like a conversation..."

9, January, 2014
Dear Students and Friends
Quote to think:
"The reading of all good books is like a conversation with finest men of past centuries."
Rene Decartes
French philosopher
1596-1650
よい書物を読むの歯、過去の最も優れた人たちと言葉を交わすようなものだ。

8, January, 2014, Quote to think: "Keeping score of old scores and scars, ...."

8, January, 2014

Dear Students and Friends

Quote to think:
"Keeping score of old scores and scars, getting even and one-upping always makes you less than you are." Malcom Forbes
US publisher
1910-1990
ふるい恨みや被った痛手の記録をつけて、仮を返したり人を出し抜いたりすることは、常に自分を実物より小さくする。

６、January, 2014: Quote to Think: " If you can't change your fate,..."

6, January, 2014
Quote to Think:
Dear Friends and Students
"If you can't change your fate, change your attitude."
Amy Tan
Chinese-US novelist
1952-today

5, January, 2014: Quote to think: " The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is..."忍耐と強情の違いは、 一方が。。。”

5, January, 2014
Dear Students and Friends
Quote to think:
" The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one often comes from strong will,
and the other from a strong won't."
Henry Ward Beecher
US Congressional clergyman
1813-1887
忍耐と強情の違いは、一方が大抵はやる気から、もう一方がやる気のなさから出てくるということである。

3, January, 2014; Thinking Quote: " In any moment of decision the best thing you can do..."

3, January, 2014
Dear Friends and Students
Thinking Quote:
" In any moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing,
the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing."
Theodore Roosevelt
26th US President
1858-1919

2, January, 2014; Quote to think: "Whatever you do, you need courage...."

2, January, 2014

"In the world of Uncertainty, we just walk in the dark that the other side is better.
Hope it is better and there is light to guide the dark." gto

Quote to think:
" Whatever you do, you need courage.
Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that
you are wrong.  There are always difficulties arising that
tempt you to believe your critics are right.  To map out a course of action
follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs.
Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
US philosopher, poet and essayist
1803-1882