Rest Day Read 2-28-10

Rest Day Read (SR-12)
Aphorism #106 Do not parade your Position
-from "The Art of Worldly Wisdom" by Balthasar Gracian
"If you wish to be valued, be valued for your talents..."
Yesterday, I was reading "Chickamagua" by Ambrose Bierce (which was scheduled to be today's story) on the web site which I use to link the short stories in these rest day reads. On of the ads at the bottom of the page was a box to sign up for the free daily email from "The Art of Worldly Wisdom", which was written in the 1600s by Fr. Balthasar Gracian . Obscure to say the least, but being a lover of the obscure and forgotten, I jumped at the chance. This was the first one I received today and it is both a doozy AND timely. Earn respect and value, every day.