when are the other 180 poems going to be put on the web site?

Thanks

Gary Stark

They would have made Socrates happy

Socrates: ”A life unaxamined is not worth living”

I am writing to add my two cent’s worth, but also to clarify.

And these ideas are based on my own experiences, since I have read and commented on several blogs, over time.

Sometimes, what tends to happen is that we have differences of opinion.

And we tend to get carried away.

Quickly, it can deteriorate into name-calling, blaming, finger-pointing, etc.

Since our objective is to learn and share, I guess that’s really unfortunate. It is rather–if I may say so–sad.

Instead, we can choose to “agree to disagree” in a polite way.

We don’t need to be back-slapping buddies, but being friendly helps, in my opinion.

On the other hand, constructive criticism is helpful.

Genuine differences of opinion can enable us to build a better product or provide a better service, and all good business people understand that fact.

So, let’s be open to critical evaluations also. Just make sure that comments are helpful and based on the light of reason.

And if we make mistakes, so what? We all make mistakes. “To err is human/To forgive, divine” as a true poet put it once.

Since our lives are always a work-in-progress anyway, mistakes are a great opportunity to learn and make changes. So that tomorrow is better than today. And so on and so forth. Cheerio.