OPB (Oregon Public Broadcasting) Quote

Saturday I attended OPBs open house down on Macadam Ave. Got to see a taping of a segment for "Art Beat"; a vocal/instrumental group who does 20s & 30s music. Loved 'em. Will air in the Spring sometime. And got to look around a bit. Saw Jeff Douglas and K.C. Cowen and had a few words with the producer of Oregon Field Guide. Art Beat & Field Guide are my favorite programs. Here is a quote from OBP; "You are not an Oregonian because of where you live. You are an Oregonian because of how you think".
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The Secret of Life......according to JT

In response and agreement with Dad about the purpose of life, I post this reminder of what REALLY matters in the end by a favorite artist of myself, Jen, Andrea and Courtney. I love you all! You bring life joy!

Seaside! pics of kids at pool

The Purpose of Life.

We Mormons have our views on the purpose of life. Here is another view worth considering. "The purpose of life is to reflect light into dark places. You are not the light, but you can reflect light". This comes from a Greek Prime Minister who as a boy found a piece of a broken mirror from a wrecked Nazi motorcycle. He found that with the mirror he could reflect light into dark places in wrecked war machines and into other dark places. He carried the broken piece of mirror with him all his life. (This comes from one of Robert Fulghum's (sp?) books popular in the eighties, maybe.)
My own thoughts here on how to reflect light? Thru kindness, education, patience, time, empathy, money, assistance, listening and love-and other ways.

The family had a good time at the beach in Seaside over the weekend. Thanks to Andrea and family for visiting. And many thanks for Jenn and Kim who arranged it all. Jenn cooked and cleaned and tended. Kim brought all kinds of stuff so we could roast s'mores on the beach at night, dig in the sand and fly kites during the day and he spent a lot of time taking all the kids outside to play.