"Do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of." Benjamin Franklin, American diplomatI'm not surprised to find the exceptionally quotable Franklin on this calendar. But, since assigning him some wrong-side-of-blanket descendants in my alternative history novel I take an extra delight in his ubiquity.
Today's sentiment was certainly one Franklin applied to his own life. He doesn't seem to have squandered a minute!
Of course, contemplating this doesn't provide much Keep Calm. But it's a brisk reminder that Carry On is an active compound verb. It takes a great deal of energy, and often much creativity, to not squander time. And it's salutary to bear in mind that, for good or bad, one's tenure on this earth is finite.
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