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gerardM a écrit:Hi Muriel,

I do prefer the writing on the picture I posted.

> With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future.  I live now.  ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
 
Looks like Ralph doesn't want to know about the past or the future.
It's impossible, except for an Alzheimer (I write this without really knowing - just an expression)!
OK to live in the present but as for me, the past built what I am (what I know, my way to lead my life) and I cannot ignore it, the future is what I am presently building (despite my age), and I've got oodles of projects, every day, all day long.

            
                   
A young man asked an old rich man how he made his money.
 The old guy fingered his worsted wool vest and said, "Well, son, it was 1932. The depth of the Great Depression. I was down to my last nickel.
 "I invested that nickel in an apple. I spent the entire day polishing the apple and, at the end of the day, I sold the apple for ten cents.
 "The next morning, I invested those ten cents in two apples. I spent the entire day polishing them and sold them at 5:00 pm for 20 cents. I continued this system for a month, by the end of which I'd accumulated a fortune of $1.37."
 "And that's how you built an empire?" the boy asked.
 "Heavens, no!" the man replied. "Then my wife's father died and left us two million dollars."