The Way (of the donkey)

In Tew's day's mailbox as the Ides approach . . .

. . . births on this date . . .

It’s the 144th anniversary of Albert Einstein’s birth in 1879 Ulm, Germany

The actor Michael Caine was born on this day in 1933 London, England. He shares his birthday with Quincy Jones. The musical performer, producer, arranger, and composer was born today in 1933, Chicago, Illinois

Photographer Diane Arbus was born in 1923 New York City.

And in 1887, Sylvia Beach was born in 1887 Baltimore, Maryland. She founded the bookstore and lending library called Shakespeare and Company, on the Left Bank of Paris, which became a central feature of the Parisian literary scene of the 1920s.

You are under no obligation to be different from who you were five minutes ago. – Rob Brezsney

Willpower is vaunted in popular culture. But, in fact, there’s growing evidence that self-control is not an exclusively beneficial characteristic – it can also come with various downsides. – Samantha Lapka

Developing basic sanity is a process of working on ourselves in which the path itself [The Way], rather than the attainment of a goal . . . is what constantly inspires us, rather than, in the style of the carrot and the donkey, being inspired by promises about certain achievements that lie ahead of us. -- Chӧgyam Trungpa