Sunday Morning Going Down

Sunday mornings are a great time for introspection and musing about what lies ahead of us for the week and month and year and years and years......

We all have people we admire and who serve as an inspiration to us as to what we can become and what we could accomplish.

This morning I was doing my usual "paper-readin', coffee-drinkin', news-watchin' " ritual and an interview with Jimmy Carter was featured. One of the points in the interview was that he has accomplished much more as an EX-president than what he accomplished as President. I have always admired Jimmy Carter TREMENDOUSLY because I always saw him as a politician UNLIKE other politicians--one with an extreme social consciousness and a person of tremendous compassion. I also didn't know that he has written many books, is a painter, and also an accomplished woodworker. Many of his paintings sell for $250,000 or more--and every bit of the money goes to the Carter center, which oversees a lot of philanthropic activities all over the world. He is just an amazing person!! He inspires me so much--he is 81 years old and travels all over the world--recently overseeing the Palestinian elections (what a mess that is right now.....) and some people at 81 relegate themselves to a rocking chair. I would so much LOVE to do some of things he does. Right after the program, Face the Nation interviewed President Bush--what an antithesis, although I really feeling rather sorry for P.B. as of late....he is a man who came to be elected and he was totally unprepared for the job and he has trusted the REAL villains in his administration (Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rove) and he has to fend the criticisms. but really....could he please learn how to pronounce the word "nuclear"???
Other people who have used their great wealth for social good--Bill Gates, Oprah, Bono, etc. then think of all other people of great wealth---and what do they do?
To have money and do good things--now that is what would make being wealthy fun and satisfying.....I if I could be so lucky!!!!