On Wed, 27 May 2009 13:16:19 -0700, "Calif Bill"
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"Wizard of Woodstock" wrote in message
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On Wed, 27 May 2009 09:41:55 -0400, jim7856 wrote:

Wizard of Woodstock wrote:
On Wed, 27 May 2009 07:28:09 -0500, Vic Smith
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On Tue, 26 May 2009 20:53:35 -0400, Wizard of Woodstock
wrote:

On Tue, 26 May 2009 19:13:57 -0500, Vic Smith
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(Poison Tree - William Blake)
Ok, I'll admit it - I'm impressed.
Hard not to be with Blake. He guides much of how I think about life
and politics. Even when I don't know it.

Ah - well I guess we all have our personal gurus - people we like to
quote and study for inspiration.

Mine?

Yogi Berra.

Come fourth with some Yogiisms.

There is only one piece of definitive advice that the great Yogi Berra
once said - it applies to everything you do in life and is, to me
anyway, the greatest philosophical construction ever spoken - it works
on so many levels that it's truly astounding - eleven words vs the
thousands and thosands other so called "thinkers" and philosophers
have uttered since time began.

Eleven words summing up the whole of human experience.

Eleven words describing the whole of human existence.

Eleven words efficiently and effectively defining the way all humans
should approach life and love.

What are these magic words you ask?

What is this wisdom that this simple son of St. Louis, MO imparted to
us that rings so true?

What indeed is the symbolism ensconsed within these magic eleven words
uttered by a mere baseball player?

It is simple - it is amazing - it is astonishing in both it's elegance
and simplicity while at the same time so complex that you will get
headaches plumbing the depths of it's significance.

I present the words - The Eleven Magic Words - of the great Yogi Berra

"When you come to a fork in the road, take it."

I weep with joy - I revel in it's grace and style - I live it's words
as if it were the word of God.

"When you come to a fork in the road, take it."

Beautiful - simple beautiful.

I am impressed with how many words you used to describe an 11 word
statement.

Finally - somebody woke up. :)