Daily Ditties From Delrons Desk 6

A ditty is actually a poem or a song, but I grew up with the Carolina colloquialism of a ditty being any short, pithy saying or writing. Having written only one noteworthy poem in my life, I’m definitely not a poet, but I do hope that these few thoughts I’m sharing in this little book will prove to be short and pithy enough to inspire a little something into your life each day.

I once read that it’s plagiarism if you steal from one person, but it’s research if you steal from several writers. Another thing that I firmly believe is that none of us really has an original thought. Every thought we have is a result of all the input we have received. For most of us, the old saying might apply very aptly:
GIGO — “garbage in, garbage out.” If there is any good thought that comes out of our minds, it is because some good influences have entered our hearts; the most important of those positive influences would be the Word of God and the inspiration of the Holy Spirit.

As you read my little ditties each day, I encourage you to enjoy each place where I have
plagiarized (ah, done some research) and each place where something other than garbage has come out due to the inspiration of the Holy Spirit.

Since some holidays do not occur on fixed dates, the message for each movable holiday is given on the earliest possible date on which it can be observed:

Martin Luther King Day, January 15
State of the Union Address, January 25
Presidents’ Day, February 15
Palm Sunday, March 15
Good Friday, March 20
Easter, March 22
Mothers Day, May 8
Pentecost, May 10
Fathers Day, June 15
Thanksgiving, November 22.