Hmm... something to think about

Strange …but true?

A spiral stairway in the Loretto Chapel in New Mexico, completed in 1878, has confounded architects as it’s said to defy gravity.

Legend says that a stranger – who arrived on the scene after Sisters of the Chapel prayed for a solution to enable them to access the loft without interfering with the interior space of the small Chapel – carried out the work, then disappeared without pay or thanks.

The design was unique, the staircase having two 360 degree turns but no visible means of support – and no central support whatsoever. A ‘miraculous’ piece of carpentry maybe?
www.lorettochapel.com/staircase.html

If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there.
(The Cheshire Cat in Alice in Wonderland)

 

A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.
Winston Churchill

An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.
M K Gandhi

Whenever I pick up the TV remote I know that I can instantly access television programming which includes everything from wall-to-wall movies, food programmes, chat shows, sit-coms, soaps, news bulletins and porn channels…. It’s vital that we exercise responsibility over what we watch and hear and encourage our children and grandchildren to do the same. …it’s up to us to learn how the ‘off’ button works.
Rob Frost from Doing the right thing published by Monarch 2008

Of all the creatures both in sea and land,
Only to man thou hast made known they way,
And put the pen alone into his hand,
And made him ‘secretary of thy praise’.
George Herbert 1593-1633

Hope:

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
Dale Carnegie

Each time a person stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centres of energy and daring, these ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.
Robert F Kennedy

The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
Winston Churchill

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