Thank you for joining us for our 7 day a week, 7 minutes of wisdom podcast. This is Day 33 of our Trek, and in honor of Independence Day in the United States, for the next four days we are going to consult one of our founding fathers, Benjamin Franklin, who was known for his wisdom and practical sage advice.
Today we are recording our podcast from our studio at The Big House in Marietta, Ohio. It has been a fairly busy day, but not quite as hectic as the first part of the week, so I have been able to get through some of the project work that was not quite as crucial.
Before we head back to North Carolina on Sunday, we do hope to start moving the furniture back into the renovated office, sand and varnish the floor in the eating area, and get the lawn mowed. It will be a challenge to accomplish it all, but we will try. Below is a picture of the new flooring and wainscoting in our renovated office.
As we begin on our Trek today, we find a buried box near our camp and on opening it, we realize that it contains a listing of 85 Practical tips written by Benjamin Franklin. Let’s take the next few days to see how they apply to our lives. Old Ben was one of my mom’s favorite authors, and she read many of his quotes to us growing up in hope that his seeds of wisdom would be planted and grow in our lives.
These nuggets of wisdom, when consumed regularly like the book of Proverbs, will teach us to live disciplined and successful lives and to help us do what is right, just, and fair. Now, it may take a few days for us to reflect on all 85 sayings, but I will add some of my own thoughts along with Ben’s so that we can apply them most effectively. Some of the sayings do contain words that are not used often today, but I think they are easily...
