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Monthly Archives: December 2018
First Principles: Use Your Time Wisely, Always Do Something Useful
“Lose no time. Be always employed in something useful. Cut off all unnecessary actions.” – Benjamin Franklin This is not so much the ending of one year, as the beginning of the rest of your life. It is the time … Continue reading
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Tagged Action, Aspiration, Benjamiin Franklin, Cut Off, Employed, First Principles, Goals, Lose, Resolve, Time, Unnecessary, Useful, Virtue
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Thought For the Day: Only In Allowing the Human Spirit To Invent and Create Taking A Personal Stake Can Societies Remain Dynamic
“Only when the human spirit is allowed to invent and create, only when individuals are given a personal stake in deciding economic policies and benefiting from their success — only then can societies remain economically alive, dynamic, progressive, and free.” … Continue reading
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Tagged Benefit, Create, Dynamic, Economy, First Principles, Free, Human Spirit, Invent, Personal Stake, Policy, Progressive, Ronald Reagan, Society
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The Dreams We Need
As a society, we spend too much time trying to stifle the dreams of both children and the inner most child in all of us. We misplace our values, thinking that dreams are merely wants. We dream to dream. … Continue reading
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Tagged Agreed, Awake, Ballet Slippers, Bliss, Care, Child, Child's Heart, Children, Dance, Dreams, Edge, Fabric, Find, Give, Glow, Happy, Kiss, Laugh, Light, Light Show, Love, Memory, Mind, Money, Moonbeam, Music, Need, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Razzle Dazzle, Safe, Serenade, Share, Sleep, Smile, Society, Style, Surprise, Take, Universe, Verse, Vision, Waking Moment, Wish
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Snowfall On A Small Town
Is it just me, or, when you drive through falling snow, does it feel sometimes like you’re in a magical sort of snow globe and just hope no one shakes you awake? Snowfall On a Small Town by Michael Romani … Continue reading
First Principles: Wrong None Through Injury Or Omission of Duty
“Wrong none, by doing injuries or omitting the benefits that are your duty.” – Benjamin Franklin
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Tagged Benefit, Benjamin Franklin, Comission, Duty, First Principles, Injury, None, Omission, Wrong
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Thought For the Day: Grudges Only Make You Bitter; Forgiving Sets You Free
“Holding a grudge doesn’t make you strong; it makes you bitter. Forgiving doesn’t make you weak; it sets you free.” – Dave Willis
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Tagged Bitter, Dave Willis, Forgive, Free, Grudge, Hold, Strong, Thought For the Day, Weak
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Clever As Your Dreams
Does anyone else remember going to the circus as a kid? I think that was one of those memories for me that will live forever. It was shocking to me later to find out that some were afraid of clowns. … Continue reading
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Tagged Clown, Color, Cricus, Dance, Dreams, Echoes, Endure, Fantasy, Fashion, Fear, Forget, Forsaken, Happiness, Hold On, Integrity, Kid, Lessons, Magic, Memory, Moments, Mystery, Passion, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Reeling, Remember, Romance, Scene, Shake, Show, Sncere, Sorrow, Sting, Three Ring Circus, Thunder, Tingle, Walk, Wings of Tomorrow
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First Principles: Live In Moderation and Avoid Extremes
“Avoid extremes. Forebear resenting injuries so much as you think they deserve.” -Benjamin Franklin
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Tagged Avoid, Benjamin Franklin, Deserve, Extreme, First Principles, Forbearance, Injury, Involve, Resent, Teach, Tell, Think
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Thought For the Day: Your Success and Happiness Lies In You
“Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.” – Helen Keller
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Tagged Happiness, Helen Keller, Invincible, Joy, Keep Happy, Resolve, Success, Thought For the Day, You, Your
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