i just had the opportunity browse through a 1968 version of newsweek while i was eating breakfast this weekend. this is from an ad for celanese chemicals:
"celanese makes about one pound of chemicals a year for every person on earth. and production is growing faster than the "population explosion,"...not everyone yet enjoys his personal pound of celanese chemicals but, as we open new markets everywhere, we're getting closer."
!!!!!!!!!!!!
This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.
A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
As an unexpected visitor.
Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they're a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture,
still treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out
for some new delight.
The dark thought, the shame, the malice,
meet them at the door laughing,
and invite them in.
Be grateful for whoever comes,
because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond.
-Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi 1207-1273, written in 1230
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