Icewind's Ramblings

One of my favorite books over the years has been “Illusions – The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah” by Richard Bach.   I have read and re-read it over 35 years now and it remains a sort of ‘Life Bible’ for me over the years. It is a simple book and easy read with many gems on how you should live life and treat other people.   Bach is an aviator and flying stories over the years has been his common theme.   One of his early books was ‘Jonathon Livingston Seagull’ which was made into a movie. I have after a period of time gone back and read things again and asked myself some of the questions and have been surprised by the changing answers over the years.   Was it maturity or circumstance that brought about the perspective swings?   Here are a couple of quotes from the book to start you off on a flight to a better “me” or “you”.   Enjoy! Quotations from the Messiah's Handbook "Reminders for the Advanced Soul" in "Illusions - The Adventures of a Rel...

The last few days have been wonderful here in the beautiful summer sun of Alaska.   Had some great golf, a nice dinner last night and my usual Saturday Breakfast with friends and went to Sunday coffee before heading out to do some shopping and chores for the day. Now I am not one to complain about a lot of things but I do pride myself in observing people and commenting on the sometimes funny and crazy things that people do, especially if they do not think people are paying attention. This is a “what in the world do you think you’re doing” category rant that I observed this morning.   It totally put me off my coffee and I wanted to go out and find him to ask . . . What the hell? After about 4 cups of coffee and get up and head to the restroom and as I am walking in there is a fellow about 35 heading out the door.   I go in and there is someone standing at the urinal so my only place is the stall.   I walk into the stall and to my amazement the guy coming out did...