“The best is yet to be.” (Robert Browning) This a line from the poem, Rabbi Ben Ezra. Did you know that the rabbi was one of the great scholars of the 12th century? I didn’t. It’s a lengthy poem, but worth reading. Google it; it’s worth it! Browning makes liberal use of paradox. I like paradox, perhaps because I like puzzles. Even today’s quote is a puzzling one. The best is yet to be? What do you think about that? ;-) Jack
MORE FROM JACK: Some asked: "What did you learn yesterday?" Well, yesterday I learned that a friend of mine is going to attend a Service of Dedication at a medical school. Her mother, at her death, donated her body to the school to be used for research. Her family has been invited to come to the service.
FROM P.O. IN MICHIGAN: If the best is yet to be, I'm not sure I can take it --- it's already too good! I'm off to google the entire poem. I'll probably find a whole different context.
FROM M.L. IN ILLINOIS: i think pollyanna read this poem.
FROM P.H. IN MINNESOTA: this is really a very comforting thought. especially if you happen to be having a really rotten day!! (which I am not)
FROM F.M. IN WISCONSIN: This is the kind of optimism that we who are aging and are aged need - given how doctor appointments and medical procedures and daily exercises take over more and more of our time.
FROM MOLINER, G.S.: The "best" is not Al Gore winning the Nobel Peace Prize - an inconvient untruth. Oh well, he can use the money to heat his TN home for a year.
FROM MOLINER, C.F.: That is a puzzler. As Bill Clinton once said, "It depends on the meaning 'is'".
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It was interesting to learn what you learned yesterday, Pastor Freed. Probably a lot of us didn't know that the medical schools have a Service of Dedication for people's families. It seems like it makes science more reverential and warmer - less cold and calculating. Thanks for the information about what you learned.
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