History repeating itself?

One of the many books I read early on in my life was a classic historical piece by a man named Edward Gibbon called "The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire"

Gibbon studied that great civilization for somw 20 years in hopes of determining how such a powerful and influential civilization could fall apart from within and collapse in such a relatively short time.

I was always a history buff, and I read books of that nature rather than things like fiction, which was more popular with many of my friends.

In any case, eventually Gibbon in his book isolated five main reasons for that famous culture to have disappeared.

I'll list them below...as you read them, check to see if any of these look or sound familiar to you.

Five reasons for the fall of the great dynasty.

* First: Rapid increase of divorce, with the undermining of the sanctity of the home, which is the basis of society.
* Second: Higher and higher taxes; the spending of money for bread and celebrations.
* Third: The mad craze for pleasure, sports becoming every year more exciting and more brutal.
* Fourth: The building of gigantic armaments, when the real enemy was within; the decadence of the people.
* Fifth: The decay of religion; faith fading into mere form, losing touch with life, and becoming impotent to guide it.

Look familiar?

It is said that those who don't learn from their mistakes are doomed to repeat them...are we so doomed?

I pray not.

A quote that sums up my life right now

"There's a real sense of adventure in a life of submissive abandon to the will of a providing God."

Frequent readers to this little corner of the web will no doubt recognize the quote and its' source.

Now, this is no contest. I have no prize to give whoever can name the author of this quote or where it came from.

I offer it here only as the perfect summation of my life at present and for however it may inspire any of you.

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