The fingers are healed enough for me to write again! Still a little tender. The very dull lawnmower blade hit just above where the pen rests on the middle finger. My pointer finger took the brunt of the blow, and it is also healing nicely.
Lunch Box Quotes are notes I typically include in the kids’ lunches every day. Since Number 1 is off in college and Number 2 is skipping lunch now (he trying to cut weight for lacrosse), they both get a text. Both 3 and 4 get handwritten notes on napkins.
Visual credit to – Featured Image: Photo Credit: @TheGentsGuild
Quotes: @Mythos_Man @HumbleFlow @BearGrylls @Vigoroussvs
Quotes:
1. “The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.” – Jack London
2. “Those who are careless of accuracy in small things soon begin to neglect the most important.” – Plutarch
3. “We shall not rest while the Moors trample our churches, enslave our people, and mock the name of Christ. This land is not theirs by right — it was stolen, and we shall take it back.” – King Ferdinand III of Castile (Reconquista)
4. “Failing is okay. A bad decision is better than no decision. Indecision is the thief of opportunity.” – Bear Grylls
Bonus Quote: “A man (or woman) becomes honorable when suffering gives him every excuse to fall, and he still chooses to stand.” – Seneca
Sources:
“The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.” – Jack London https://t.co/OtHDqPGZZL
— The Gentlemen’s Guild (@TheGentsGuild) October 6, 2026
“Those who are careless of accuracy in small things soon begin to neglect the most important.”
— Plutarch https://t.co/4G4tlp4ukP
— Man of Myth (@Mythos_Man) October 6, 2026
Reminds me of this quote by King Ferdinand III of Castile (Reconquista):
“We shall not rest while the Moors trample our churches, enslave our people, and mock the name of Christ. This land is not theirs by right — it was stolen, and we shall take it back.”
— Humble Flow (@HumbleFlow) October 5, 2026
Failing is okay. A bad decision is better than no decision. Indecision is the thief of opportunity.
— Bear Grylls OBE (@BearGrylls) September 24, 2026
“A man becomes honorable when suffering gives him every excuse to fall, and he still chooses to stand.”
—Seneca. https://t.co/38pw4YeRqA
— Thought 💭 (@Vigoroussvs) September 22, 2026