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• Recently, I had cause to reflect upon the validity of Benjamin Franklin's sage advice.
• My quarterly taxes were due, and you know what good old Uncle Sam thinks about being late on his payments. If confession is good for the soul (another famous quote), I need to confess that while I was writing this check to Uncle Sam I had some rather harsh thoughts about him in the process. There, I said it.
• During the same week, some other bills were due and none of them would take no for an answer. Again, I must confess, while writing these checks I was sputtering to myself quite a bit. As I looked at my checkbook, I knew that the "wealthy" component of Benjamin Franklin's quote did not come in my direction. I was simply out of wealth.
• Not only that, but I recently spent about four weeks sick with bronchitis and pneumonia and spent about three weeks in bed. Not only was I early to bed, but I was glued to my bed. How does that fit into Franklin's saying? The "healthy" aspect of that quote has not fallen in my direction either.
• If you want to know about the wise element, simply query the Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage.
• Another old phrase says, three strikes and you're out. Well, according to the Franklin saying, I must concede that I am out. I am not wealthy, in many regards I'm not healthy and for sure, I'm not wise.
• It is my opinion that there is a lot more to life than wise old sayings from some old man from the past. Benjamin Franklin, for example, no doubt practiced early to bed and early to rise but in the end, he died. That does not sound too healthy to me.
• Of course, the best place for wisdom is the Bible. I like what the wisest man in