Aristo! Aristo! A la lanterne!: Bits and peaces

Tuesday, January 22, 2019

Bits and peaces

Yes, I said Peaces. It's my blog... I do whut I want.

Peaces, as in I am making a stronger effort to refrain from Politics and Religion ( Is that an echo?) on the Facebook. There really is so little point trying to discuss a subject with 200 brick walls. Even when some folks are turning their bricks into missiles and over-handing them at innocent kids. "My priest said I can hate them!".

In a likewise effort at inner peace, I've decided to work on bringing my pistol skills back on track. These last few years I've slacked, and ridden my own coat-tails.

There is a certain zen to the art of shooting a pistol well. It requires shutting out most of the world, and narrowing oneself to the surroundings, and the task at hand. That is what I find myself craving. A form of meditation I have heard it called, but with notable physical rewards.

Step one... join the local indoor range when funds are available. Step two... MAKE the funds be available.
Step three...GO and do it. Often

Anything else required, I have on hand already. Well.... maybe my elderly G30 can use better sights, but other than that, I'm good.

These Trijicon sights have caught my eye, and landed in the Amazon cart. We shall see, I suppose.

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Robert Heinlein

"Do not confuse "duty" with what other people expect of you; they are utterly different. Duty is a debt you owe to yourself to fulfill obligations you have assumed voluntarily. Paying that debt can entail anything from years of patient work to instant willingness to die. Difficult it may be, but the reward is self-respect.

But there is no reward at all for doing what other people expect of you, and to do so is not merely difficult, but impossible. It is easier to deal with a footpad than it is with the leech who wants "just a few minutes of your time, please — this won't take long." Time is your total capital, and the minutes of your life are painfully few. If you allow yourself to fall into the vice of agreeing to such requests, they quickly snowball to the point where these parasites will use up 100 percent of your time — and squawk for more!
So learn to say No — and to be rude about it when necessary.
Otherwise you will not have time to carry out your duty, or to do your own work, and certainly no time for love and happiness. The termites will nibble away your life and leave none of it for you.

(This rule does not mean that you must not do a favor for a friend, or even a stranger. But let the choice be yours. Don't do it because it is "expected" of you.)"