hopefully not too commonplace a book

I’ve always loved the term “commonplaces” or “commonplace books” and have tried to keep them throughout my life. Although Wikipedia may define them differently, my definition of a commonplace book is really a collection of notes, quotes, observations and lessons that one picks up — and records — along the way. I have journals and notebooks and steno pads full of the things. Maybe someday I’ll transfer them to a blog … but for now, why not start fresh?

For today, I’ll simply record the quote I have stuck to my computer. Mr. Ralph Waldo Emerson has been reminding me for the past couple of weeks that “With the past, I have nothing to do; nor the future. I live now.” A very good reminder for those of us whose many thoughts tend to concern themselves more with analyzing things said or done, or wondering how to do or say things, than with what is going on this very minute. Which is, for me, thinking, typing, doing something I’ve been meaning to do for a very long time: writing this blog. We’ll see how things go.