"If thy wits run the wild-goose chase, I have done;
for thou hast more of the wild-goose in one of thy wits than, I am sure, I have in my whole five."
Shakespear: Romeo and Juliet

Common sense is good, sound practical judgment--a general sagacity. It sometimes denotes a supposed internal sense held to be common to all of the senses.

Today we know the five senses of taste, smell, sight, touch and hearing, but in ancient times a belief was held in seven senses--animation, feeling, speech, taste, sight, hearing and smell. These were thought to be under the influence of the seven planets.

Of course, we know that imagination is the power of forming
mental images of what is not present.
With this we create new ideas
by combining previous experiences.
Fantasy is so very closely related to imagination
that I find they are difficult to separate.
I will just simply say fantasy is an illusion--an unreal image.

Estimation, being an opinion or judgment, may or may not be held in regard by another. When given by a peer, it is often refuted; by an authority, it is more readily accepted.

Memory. Ah, and I am forgetful at times! "Memory" Woodfall, who died in 1803, may have enjoyed the greatest memory ever recorded. He would attend a debate, and, without notes, report it accuately.

The Greek nymh Arethusa, is the Keeper of the Five Wits. According to Greek legend, the river-god Alpheus fell in love with her. In fright, she fled from him to Ortygia, an island near Syracuse, where Artemis changed her into a fountain. Alpheus flowed under the sea from Peloponnesus to Ortygia and thus found his beloved Arethusa. In actuality, the Alpheus does, in places, flow underground.

The layout of this page intends for the sun globe to shine forth
behind the text, thereby giving meaning
to the fact that the sun is the source
of light and heat,
and consequently of life to the whole world.
Without the sun's rays there would be no photosynthesis
to make green plants and the beautiful flowers for gardens
everywhere on our earth.
It also calls to mind that we are not only blinded by the sun,
but, at times, by our own quibbles. And sometimes we must look very hard to see what is right in front of us!

The sun was regarded as a diety by primitive people and thus worshiped by them. The sun also held a leading place in their mythologies. Shamash was the principal sun-god of the Assyrians and Babylonians, Mithras of the Persians, Ra of the Egyptians, Tezcatlipoca (Smoking Mirror) of the Aztecs, Helios of the Greeks, and Sol to the Romans--

And to Christians, The Lord Jesus Christ, who is the Sun of Righteousness (Malachi iv, 2).

"Thou out of heaven's benediction comest
To the warm sun."
Shakespear: King Lear

Shakespear spoke of a place in the sun--
where is your place in the sun?
Where is my place?
We all have a place in the sun--
that favorable position that allows for our development.
Each of us has a share in what one has a natural right to.
The phrase, "a place in the sun", achieved a particular significance when William II of Germany spoke of his nation taking steps to ensure that "no one can dispute with us the place in the sun that is our due."