Are you the Rich Man?
Who Is The Rich Man?
One day a wealthy father took his son on a trip to the country so that the son could see how the poor lived. They spent a day and a night at the farm of a very poor family. When they got back from their trip, the father asked his son, “How was the trip?” “Very good, Dad!” “Did you see how poor people can be?” “Yeah!” “And what did you learn?” The son answered, “I saw that we have a dog at home, and they have four. We have a pool that reaches to the middle of the garden; they have a creek that has no end. We have imported lamps in the house; they have the stars. Our patio reaches to the front yard; they have the whole horizon.” When the little boy was finished, the father was speechless. His son then added, “Thanks Dad for showing me how poor we are!” Thanks for sharing this Larry
Build a Rod and Leave a Legacy
Deserve is a strong word. Do I want the A Hook & Hackle “Xi” 7’9” 4-piece 3 weight rod building kit! from HookHack.com. You better believe I want the kit. Why you may ask? because it is a project of lasting importance. Something I could create with my son. A piece of Art he could hold and use to touch something wild and beautiful. Have you ever caught a smallmouth bass on a bugger you tied, what a sense of fulfillment! My son ties beautiful flies and I am honored that I have used them to catch many fish. What a gift to him, to fashion a rod that he could use to catch the fish and live a life of adventure. Maybe these adventures would lead him to fish the Appalachians and write a blog like http://southernblueridge.wordpress.com/. I have used rods that my grandfather and father have used and felt the sporting legacy they left for me. I want to pass that legacy to my son and his future children and their children. What a gift to think that a rod that he and I built together could be used in 80 years by my great, great grandchildren. This is what creating Art is about leaving a lasting legacy for our future children.
The solution to any problem — work, love, money, whatever — is to go fishing, and the worse the problem, the longer the trip should be.
Returning to the wilderness,
we become restorers of order, preservers.
We see the truth, recognize our true heirs,
honors our forebears and our heritage,
and give our blessings to our successors.
We embody the passing of human time,
living and dying with the human limits of grief and joy.
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(via teaandstrumpets) For all my friends that cycle.
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Habitual watchfulness destroys every frivolity of mind and action. They seldom smile: the expression of their countenances is watchful, solemn, and determined. They ride and walk like men whose breasts have been so long exposed to the bullet and the arrow, that fear finds within them no resting place.
Michael Oakeshott on Non-Achievement
A beautiful passage from one of the British philosopher’s unpublished journals:“‘Achievement’ is the ‘diabolical’ element in human life; and the symbol of our vulgarization of human life is our near exclusive concern with achievement… Whereas the only human value lies in the adventure and the excitement of discovery. Not standing on the top of Everest, but getting there. Not the ‘conquests’ but the battles; not the ‘victory’ but the ‘play.’ It is our non-recognition of this, our rejection of it, which makes our civilization a non-religious civilization. At least, non-Christian: Christianity is the religion of ‘non-achievement.’”
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The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants a woman, as the most dangerous plaything.
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I know well what I am fleeing from but not what I am in search of.
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