The Best Thing for Being Sad

The Best Thing for Being Sad

“The best thing for being sad," said Merlin, 

     Merlin

"is to learn something.  That's the only thing that never fails.  You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies, you may lie awake at night listening to the disorder of your veins, you may miss your only love, you may see the world about you devastated by evil lunatics, or know your honour trampled in the sewers of baser minds.  There is only one thing for it then — to learn.  Learn why the world wags and what wags it.  That is the only thing which the mind can never exhaust, never alienate, never be tortured by, never fear or distrust, and never dream of regretting.  Learning is the only thing for you.  Look what a lot of things there are to learn.” 

          T H White

This passage is found in the book 'The Once and Future King'. 

Thank you, 

Ben

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Money and the Seven Deadly Sins

Money & the Seven Deadly Sins

          Seven sins 

Is it time to eliminate money from our transactions between ourselves? And try to find a different barter source...

Sincerely,

Ben

Niyeti Guzel Olanin

Niyeti Guzel Olanin

'Niyeti guzel olanin, akibeti hayir olur' --- Atasozu (Anonim)

          Narrow roads of old Bodrum

I would like to explain what the above Quote means.  I will first write what it means in Turkish, as it does have a deep meaning. 

Afterwards, I will translate it to English. 

First of all, I need to explain what 'Atasozu' means.  The 'Atasozu' is used for 'sayings' 'quotes' 'proverbs' that have come from centuries past, and the author is an unknown person from society.  

Now, the Turkish meaning of the quote is written below:

Bir insan, bir sey yapmak isterse, ve yapacagi seyi onceden dusunup yapmak istemekte ise.  Ve bu yapacagi bir sey, kendisi, ailesine, mahallesine 'hayirli' ise, o zaman, sonuc olarak, bu isin sonu iyi olur.   Evet, sonuc olarak, herkez icin faydali olur.  Aksi taktirde, kotu niyeti olup, ise baslarsa, sonuc cok zararli olur, herkez icin.  

Kisacasi bu Atasozunun anlami budur.  

Bence cok anlamli bir soz idir.  

And now, the English translation. 

Before beginning a task, event or duty, make sure to understand that, the event needs to be beneficial to ones self, family and neighbourhood.  Because, if beneficial to ones self, it will be a 'positive' outcome for everyone.  However, if we have 'evil' or 'bad' intend from the beginning, the results will be detrimental to everyone. 

Basically, do the right thing from the beginning, and the result will be positive for everyone. 

Kind of a 'dark' topic today, however thought to share.  

          Arkada Bodrum Kalesi

Thank you again, for visiting and reading, 

Ben