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Three passions have governed our life:
The longings for love, the search for knowledge,
And unbearable pity for the suffering of people.

Love brings ecstasy and relieves loneliness.
In the union of love we have seen
A mystical tolerance and a prefiguring vision
Of the heavens and earth that we have imagined.

With equal passion we have sought knowledge.
We have wished to understand the hearts of people.
We have wished to know why the stars shine.

Love and knowledge leap upwards to the heavens,… Continue

"I hope your box is empty!"
by Bob Perks
bobperks@iwishyouenough.com

It was on the sixteenth day of the 12th month
celebrating his 75th birthday when he decided
it was time.

Having been happily married, raising three boys,
and continuing with great success, the family
business handed down from generations before him,
this now frail man had to make a decision.

His health had not been good over the past few
years and the stress of keeping the business
on course was beginning to wear on him.

Th… Continue

"Giving back"
By Bob Perks
Life isn't about what you get from it.

Life is about what you give to it.

It's another Monday. For some, just hearing that
brings a feeling of sadness, depression and angst.

As a society we buy in to such things and those
who don't, appear to be pollyanna-like, foolish,
die hard, the glass is always half full, positive
thinkers.

But times are changing.

I am tired of turning on the TV to see another
senseless act of violence. I am sick of reading about
the stock ma… Continue

You are driving along in your car on a wild, stormy night.

You pass by a bus stop, and you see three people waiting for the bus:


1. An old lady who looks as if she is about to die.


2. An old friend who once saved your life.


3. The perfect man (or) woman you have been dreaming about.



Which one would you choose to offer a ride to, knowing that there could only be one passenger in your car.


Think before you continue reading.


This is a moral/ethical dilemma that was once actually used… Continue