I thought about trying to do something cute with this.
It doesn’t need it.
P.S. I, like Aurelio, would like to see changes made soon.
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Let Ithaka be always in your thoughts.To get there is your goal and destiny.But do not hasten to your journey’s end:it’s better if it lasts for many yearsso that you'll reach the island when you’re old,wealthy with all you’ve gained along the way,not hoping Ithaka will make you rich.Your marvellous journey is Ithaka’s gift.Without her you would not have started out.But she has nothing more to give you now.And if you find she's poor, you’ve not been fooled.So wise have you become, so much you’ve learned,that you will know what Ithakas must be.Source: Seen in passing on X-Twitter. Holler if you want the whole thing.Author/Translator: Armand D'Angour, Professor of Classics, Oxford. Cello lover. Larkin about. Turning life into Latin verse, one hexameter at a time. Podcast “It’s All Greek (& Latin!) to Me”.
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Smart 8 year old!!
More people need to write letters like that.
Jim R – Yeah, maybe a little too smart to be genuine? But the printing looks right. I’m guessing home-schooled. And yes, we need more people like this for sure.
Unfortunately, newspapers, TV news all believe that it is bad news (the badder, the better) is what makes good ratings and sells newspapers.
Mr. S – I wonder whether they’re wrong? People keep trying to start up “good news” media and failing for lack of an audience.
Would Aurelio prefer not to be told if some people are so profoundly evil that we understand that word because of the way they behave? Perhaps Aurelio is smart enough to be interested in what makes some people behave in such an unusual way that we use words like “madness” to describe their behaviour. I agree that we need to hear some good news along with the warnings about what is bad. We need to understand why some people are unwilling or unable to heed those warnings. Perhaps a discussion of writing styles also would be helpful. How loudly would Aurelio want someone to holler if war is about to break out?
Laurna – Good questions. I can’t answer for Aurelio. I’d prefer that the media — all of them — speak honestly and to the point about the world as they think it is.
Isabel
She may be a touch naive, but there’s a wonderful nature about her.
Tom
Tom – 🙂