My Father's 100th Birthday

To: Congressman Billybob

21 posted on 12/27/2005 7:24:33 PM PST by conservatism_IS_compassion (The idea around which liberalism coheres is that NOTHING actually matters but PR.)

To: Congressman Billybob

John:

G.B. Shaw's politics were very far from those of most FReepers, yet his personal philosophy strikes a chord in tune with your poignant, moving story:

"I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake."

"Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations."

"This is the true joy in life--being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; being a force of nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy."

-- George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Irish-born British playwright & founder of the Fabian Society

22 posted on 12/27/2005 7:37:54 PM PST by The Spirit Of Allegiance (SAVE THE BRAINFOREST! Boycott the RED Dead Tree Media & NUKE the DNC Class Action Temper Tantrum!)

To: Congressman Billybob

Thank you, John, and a belated Merry Christmas to you.

23 posted on 12/28/2005 8:54:49 AM PST by George Smiley (This tagline deliberately targeted journalists.)

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