GBE2: Success is the end part of a long journey...

The GBE2 subject this week is SUCCESS: 

What does my trusty Chambers English Dictionary make of this?

Briefly, fortune (good or bad), upshot , prosperousness, progress, achievement, attainment of wealth, influence or acclaim, a succesful person, book, affair, sequence, or successsion. Dictionaries!

What did a couple of great men from history have to say on the subject?

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing. - Abraham Lincoln (1808-1865)

Try not to become a man of success but rather become a man of value. - Albert Einstein (!879- 1955)

More quotations here

So what does this really tell us?  In our pursuit of success, whether it is in our family life, employment, business, or sports and recreation, we should not become obsessed or narrow minded  in that pursuit of our goals or dreams. What is important is how we conduct ourselves and treat our fellow human beings during that journey. What is the point of becoming successful when we and others know full well that we have abused and mistreated others to attain our goals. It would be really be a personal failure to be known as somebody who would walk over others to achieve his or her success. There has to be personal integrity, honesty, hard work, resolution and value in our success. That is my opinion after a long life of raising four children and  being blessed with twelve grandchildren. That is my success in a nutshell!

Success is the end part of a long journey.

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Computer nerds not allowed...

Computer nerds not allowed...



A truck driver, hauling a tractor-trailer load of computers, stops for a beer. As he approaches the bar, he sees a big sign on the door that says, "COMPUTER NERDS NOT ALLOWED - ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK!" He enters and sits down.



The bartender comes over to him, sniffs, and says that he smells kind of nerdy. He then asks him what he does for a living. The truck driver explains to him that he drives a truck, and the smell is just from the computers he is hauling. The bartender serves him a beer and says, "OK, truck drivers aren't nerds."



As he is sipping his beer, a skinny guy walks in wearing a pair of glasses with tape around the middle, a pocket protector with twelve kinds of pens and pencils, and a belt that is at least a foot too long. The bartender, without saying a word, pulls out a shotgun and blows the guy away. The truck driver asks him why he did that.



The bartender replied, "Don't worry. The computer nerds are in season because they are overpopulating Silicon Valley. You don't even need a license."



So the truck driver finishes his beer, gets back in his truck, and heads for the freeway. Suddenly, he veers to avoid an accident, and the load shifts. The back door breaks open and computers spill out all over the road. He jumps out and sees a crowd already forming, snatching up all of the computers. The scavengers are comprised of engineers, accountants and programmers - computer geeks. Each of them wearing the nerdiest clothes he has ever seen.



He can't let them steal his whole load. So remembering what happened in the bar, he pulls out his gun and starts blasting away, killing several of them instantly. A highway patrol officer comes zooming up and jumps out of the car screaming at him to stop.



The truck driver said, "What's wrong? I thought computer nerds were in season."



"Well, sure," says the patrolman, "But you can't bait 'em

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David Bain found not guilty of murdering his family...

David Bain found not guilty of murdering his family...

David Bain was found not guilty beyond the shadow of doubt. It was as I said, the defence would be trying to create doubt, and they did.

The most expensive court case in the history of NZ law has finally ended. It probably cost ten million New Zealand dollars for this re-trial alone. Add the original trial, two appeals and the application to the Privy Council in London, and you would have millions more.

David Bain had his day in court and a jury of twelve of his peers have found him not guilty. But having said that it was not proven that his father was responsible for the murder of his family either.

Who killed the Bain family in Dunedin, NZ, in 1994?

Personally, I have not changed my opinion of the evidence and guilt after reading two books, one by a notable Kiwi academic, written a few years after the murders and the original trial. There are still may people who believe Alan Arthur Thomas was still guilty of murdering the Crewes, despite being pardoned and paid a million dollars in compensation. We still have free speech and are entitled to an opinion.

The next step for the Bain camp will be an application to the NZ Government for compensation: This is a very different kettle of fish. David Bain will have to prove to the Executive that he is actually INNOCENT! A shadow of doubt does not come into it. If he was successful he could get $100,000 for every year he spent in prison - close to $1.3 million.