DAILY GOALS

"Rise, wash, and address Powerful Goodness;"
-Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin has been on my mind this summer. I spent a couple of days in Philadelphia at the beginning of the summer and well, if you have ever been to Philadelphia, you know it is impossible to avoid being inundated with Benjamin. Franklin. He is the city's founder and participant in all the important historical events that took place there, and there were many. The signing of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution to name just two. His statue is EVERYWHERE, unmistakeable as he was a particular looking gentleman. His inventions were many, his accomplishments many. And this is why he is on my mind, for his accomplishments, not his historical greatness. He kept a list of things to accomplish daily, divided into how many hours he would spend on each task. At the top of his list each morning was the above quote: "Rise, wash, and address Powerful Goodness;". He allotted 3 hours to this task, from 5 to 7 am each morning. He believed in Goodness, goodness with a capital G. What did he mean by Goodness? How did he define it? These are the questions I am asking myself today, and answering these questions is the goal I am setting for myself. I only hope I can be as productive as Benjamin and answer the questions from 8 am - 11 am, the hours he set assigned for "Work". Tomorrow, after spending 3 hours in the morning attempting to answer how Benjamin Franklin defined Goodness, I will be back to tell you about it.