Jack’s Winning Words 10/27/17
“If you keep saying that things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.”  (Isaac Singer)  What’s “your” song going to be today?  Is it Hank Williams’ “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry,” or Judy Garland’s “Somewhere, Over The Rainbow” (where troubles melt like lemon drops)?  A. Lincoln said that “you can be as happy or sad as you make up your mind to be.”  While I like Hank, my choice today is Judy’s “where dreams that you dream of really do come true.”    ;-)  Jack

FROM OUTHOUSE JUDY:  Rainbows!!====JACK:  A sign of promise and hope!

FROM KANSAN DON:  How about Dorothy of Wizard of Oz — with friends Cowardly Lion (courage), the Tin Man (heart) and Straw Man (brain) and their inadequacies.====JACK:  The song was written by two Jewish men, Yip Harburg (lyrics) and Harold Arlen (music) in 1939, at a time when Jews in Europe were facing increasing hostility.  The song is about hope that the bad times will come to an end.  Apply "Over the Rainbow" to the Jews of the Holocaust and it takes on a whole new meaning.====DON:  Good comment.  Thanks!

FROM BLAZING OAKS:  Isaac Singer is an excellent short story writer, and this quote sounds just like him, and I suspect it is true...attitude is everything in most scenarios ! i'm currently staying with my daughter-in-law's mother, who is 91, legally blind from macular and suffers much pain with arthritis, which causes her to use a walker and wheelchair. Brings home how blessed I am, at nearly the same age, but without aches,pains, and disabilities.  Yet she keeps going as best she can, and tries to be upbeat. It would probably be easier to stay in bed all day and mope  !!  A few of us today took a cake and cards to a 94 yr. old friend in the nursing home for her birthday. Same story, but had a pleasant visit, with a cheerful and appreciative bedfast lady!   Positive attitude sure helps!! Rainbows win!====JACK:  The rainbow was given to Noah and his family as a sign of hope.  People continue to use it to signify hope.  It's interesting that the LGBTQ group has chosen rainbow colors as an identifying symbol.