BRAINS OR EXCELSIOR

Since excelsior isn’t a word in common usage today a definition is in order. Excelsior: n. A packing material composed of long, fine, wood shavings. So…..if your head is full of excelsior it is full of wood. A blockhead. Interesting word that defines what Lucy has been calling Charlie Brown all these years. I came of age politically and began watching and studying politics when Richard Nixon ran for re-election. In that time I have observed that regardless of who wins the other side is always incredulous their candidate/issue lost, claiming basically that if you didn’t vote their way your head must be filled with, wait for it……Excelsior! Fun word, say it aloud a couple of times. Living on the Spiritual Basis, we keep secular issues and concerns in their proper perspective, politicians come and go, those in power today will not be forever, regardless how we may feel about them and that there really is nothing new under the sun. To wit:

The Captain Is On The Bridge

“The world is not going to the dogs. The human race is not doomed. Civilization is not going to crash. The captain is on the bridge. Humanity is going through a difficult time, but humanity has gone through difficulties many times before in its long history, and has always come through, strengthened and purified.
Do not worry yourself about the universe collapsing. It is not going to collapse, and anyway that question is none of your business. The captain is on the bridge. If the survival of humanity depended upon you or me, it would be a poor lookout for the Great Enterprise, would it not?
The captain is on the bridge. God is still in business. All that you have to do is to realize the Presence of God where trouble seems to be, to do your nearest duty to the very best of your ability; and to keep an even mind until the storm is over.”

Emmet Fox wrote the above during the great depression as war clouds were gathering over Europe, some 70+ years ago! It is as true today as it was then.

EXCELSIOR! Still a cool word.