Pursuing Truth, Goodness, and Beauty
1. Greek Independence Day is a national holiday celebrated annually in Greece on March 25, commemorating the start of the War of Greek Independence in 1821. The “Greek Revolution” was a successful war of independence waged by the Greek revolutionaries against the Ottoman Empire between 1821 and 1830. 2. In celebration of Greek Independence Day,…
(A story forwarded from a friend to pass along.) I try not to be biased, but I had my doubts about hiring Stevie. His placement counsellor assured me that he would be a good, reliable busboy. But I had never had a mentally handicapped employee and wasn’t sure I wanted one. I wasn’t sure how…
A Christmas Story by Carol McAdoo Rehme A SLICE OF LIFE Jean heaved another world-weary sigh. Tucking a strand of shiny black hair behind her ear, she frowned at the teetering tower of Christmas cards waiting to be signed. What was the point? How could she sign only one name? A “couple” required two people,…
Through the years By George Journal has featured “It’s a Wonderful Life.” Argumentatively, it is the best Christmas movie ever, a moving account of a caring, community-minded, family man who struggles with inner-doubt and comes to fully appreciate the love of family and friends. In our crazy, mixed-up world, it doesn’t get better than this….
— An account by former college baseball coach Chris Sperry In Nashville, Tennessee, during the first week of January, 1996, more than 4,000 baseball coaches descended upon the Opryland Hotel for the 52nd annual ABCA’s convention. While I waited in line to register with the hotel staff, I heard other more veteran coaches rumbling…
To commemorate CG&A Communications passing the 30-year milestone, we have selected the top 30 By George QOTDs from over the past dozen years. These are the very best of the best, counted down to the number one QOTD shared across the By George social media platforms. 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22…
The Niagara Independent, July 21, 2023 – It is a summer scorcher: Sound of Freedom. One doesn’t have a pulse if unmoved by this “must-see” film. The movie deals with the uncomfortably disturbing subject matter of child sex trafficking for prostitution and pornography. Yet, it is not subject matter as it is the political spin…
Milan Kundera died earlier this month, July 11, 2023 at the age of 94. Kundera is a Czech novelist, short-story writer, playwright, essayist, and poet whose works combine erotic comedy with political criticism and philosophical speculation. His best-known work is The Unbearable Lightness of Being. By George selects some of our favourite bons mots from…
In the early weeks of 2023, By George Journal featured in its social media Canada’s most renown intellect — Jordan Peterson. Here are the series of memes that attracted a great deal of attention from our followers. (ed. – Right click on the image and “copy”. Go ahead and spread the wisdom!) In the last…
A gallery of some remarkable photos of our Queen Elizabeth II, may she rest in peace. Chris George provides reliable PR & GR counsel and effective advocacy. Need a go-to writer and experienced communicator? Call 613-983-0801 @ CG&A COMMUNICATIONS.
This week in social media the By George Journal featured some of the most notable quotes by our Queen Elizabeth, in her memory as the #ByGeorgeQOTD. Here are those posts… Follow By George Journal on Facebook and on Twitter and receive a daily #ByGeorgeQOTD. Chris George provides reliable PR & GR counsel and effective advocacy….
Dani Johnson is a very successful American life coach. Here are a dozen of her inspirational quotes to set you on the right path and provide that required motivation to achieve what you have set out to accomplish. “ACT. Actions kills procrastination and creates momentum to keep yourself motivated to keep moving ahead.” “Work harder on…
I don’t think people are really seeking the meaning of Life. I think we’re seeking an experience of being alive…we want to feel the rapture of being alive. Life is not a problem to be solved but a mystery to be lived. Follow the path that is no path, follow your bliss. The privilege of…
Stop measuring days by degree of productivity and start experiencing them by degree of presence. Life is not a problem to be solved, but an experience to be had. The future is a concept, it doesn’t exist. There is no such thing as tomorrow. There never will be, because time is always now. That’s one…
A passage written by American author Sam Levenson are “words to live by” — an instructive passage to enrich the soul and share the best of yourself with those you love and all you encounter. For attractive lips, speak words of kindness. For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people. For a slim figure,…
“It’s a Wonderful Life” is deemed “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant” by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in their National Film Registry. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal in 1984, Director Frank Capra expressed amazement on the film’s elevated status: “It’s the damnedest thing I’ve ever seen. The…
Here are a dozen featured #QOTDs relating to existentialism from the By George Journal’s social media feeds over the last two months. Click into By George each day for inspiration and motivation – on Twitter and Facebook! Chris George is an Ottawa-based government affairs advisor and wordsmith, president of CG&A COMMUNICATIONS. Contact: ChrisG.George@gmail.com
In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie…
Bent double, like old beggars under sacks, Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge, Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs And towards our distant rest began to trudge. Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots But limped on, blood-shod. All went lame; all blind; Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to…
It is the Solider! Not the Minister Who has given us freedom of religion. It is the Soldier, not the reporter Who has given us freedom of the press. It is the Soldier, not the poet Who has given us freedom of speech. It is the Soldier, not the campus organizer Who has given us…