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Monthly Archives: November 2024
First Principles: We Must Not Let Our Rulers Load Us With Perpetual Debt
“I am not among those who fear the people. They, and not the rich, are our dependence for continued freedom. And, to preserve their independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt.” – Thomas Jefferson, Letter … Continue reading
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Tagged American Revolution, Chidren, Common Man, Dependence, Encourage, Fear, First Principles, Fiscal Chains, Founders Online, Founding Fathers, Freedom, Generational Debt, History, Ill Effect, Independence, Irresponsible Debt, Load, Perpetual Debt, Politics, Preserve, Proposals To Revise the Virginia Constitution, Prosperity, Republic, Rulers, Samuel Kercheval, Stability, The Living, The People, The Rich, The World, Thomas Jefferson
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Happy Veterans Day 2024
I hope that all of my fellow veterans have had a safe and excellent Veterans Day this November 11, 2024. I have had some excellent chow and encountered a number of veterans along the way. There is an overwhelming kinship … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: Silence Is Only Frightening To People Who Are Compulsively Verbalizing
“Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing.” – William S. Burroughs, The Job Interviews With William S. Burroughs — In all his phases and evolutions, William S. Burroughs was perhaps more radical than most of the Beat … Continue reading
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Tagged book-review, Books, Compulsive, Confront, Counterculture, Discomfort, Free, Freedom, Fright, Literature, People, Philosophy, Postmodern Fiction, Rumor, Silence, Still, The Beat Generation, The Marginalized, The Naked Lunch, The Quiet, Thought For the Day, True Peace, Truth, Verbalize, William S. Burroughs, william-burroughs, Writing
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First Principles: I Know Your Deeds, That You Are Neither Cold Nor Hot. I Wish You Were Either One Or the Other!
“I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other!” – Revelation 3:15 (NIV) — The Laodicean church was told that nothing escapes Jesus’s attention. Lukewarm faith has stern consequences. … Continue reading
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Tagged Attention, Bible, Christian Faith, Christianity, Church, Cold, Committed Faith, Consequence, Contemporary Society, Danger, Deeds, Deep Involvement, Engagement, Evil, First Principles, Godly Matters, Going Through the Motions, Harmony, Hot, Indifference, Jesus, Laodicean Church, lukewarm, Lukewarm Faith, Neutrality, One Or the other, Real Faith, Revelation, Revelation 3:15 (NIV), Status Quo, Wish, Worthless
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Surrender and Devotion
Surrender and Devotionby Michael DoyleEvery one of usMove from death to lifeWe know that it’s more than a fussAs we move toward peace from strifeOur values push us toward unityLiving in the free land of libertyThis is the struggle for … Continue reading
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Tagged Audience of One, Bible, Blind Spots, Calamity, Catalyic, Centerstage, Church, Circumstance, Community, Completion, Conversation, Courage, Dead, Death to Life, Deed, Dispute, Ears, Faith, False Glory, False Pride, False Teaching, Fear, Fuss, God, Going, Harmony, Hear, Heart, Hollow, Holy Spirit, Humanity, Indwelling, Jesus, Know, Liberty, Love, Outspoken, Overreaching, Peace From Strife, Poetry and Poems, Relationship, Repetition, Revelation, Scriptures, Seven Stars, Shallow, Social Reputation, Start, Struggle, Surrender and Devotion, Table, The Book, True Repentance, Unity, Values, Way Forward, World's Brokenness, Worship
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Thought For the Day: Only Those Who Have the Patience To Do Simple Things Perfectly Will Acquire the Skill To Do Difficult Things Easily
“Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly will acquire the skill to do difficult things easily.” – Friedrich Schiller, Die Braut von Messina (The Bride of Messina), Act IV, sc. vii (1803 — This line out of … Continue reading
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Tagged Accomplishments, Acquire, Basics, Chords, Complex, Die Braut von Messina (The Bride of Messina), Difficult Things, Dreams, Easy, Excellence, Foundation, Friedrich Schiller, Fundamental, Mantra, Masterpiece, Music, Notes, Patience, Perfectly, Scales, Simple Things, Skill, Songs, Those, Thought For the Day
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A Tale of the Floods
A Tale of the Floodsby Michael DoyleA backstory in humanity’s pagesTells of an advanced people of mythic agesWe study these times with optimismBelieving that humanity survived a great cataclysmThe time considered the dawn of historyIs imprecise and filled with mysteriesHuman … Continue reading
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Tagged Archeologist, Civilization, Dawn of History, Evidence, Footprint, Great Cataclysm, Great Flood, Gunung Padang, Humanity, Ice Age, Jigsaw Puzzle, Mud, Mystery, Mythic Ages, Optimism, Past, Poetry and Poems, Tale
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Thought For the Day: Everything You’ve Ever Wanted Is On the Other Side of Fear
“Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.” – George Addair — Throughout our lives, overcoming fear is essential meeting and achieving our goals. Fear of rejection and/or failure paralyzes us from taking the right actions needed … Continue reading
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Tagged Absence of Fear, Anxiety, Career, Comfort Zone, Common Sense, Confidence, Control, Everything, Failure, Fear, Fear of Rejection, Goals, Growth, Guidance, Health, Hinderance, Life, mental-health, Move Forward, Old Patterns, Other Side, Personal Development, Personal Growth, Reason, Relationships, Retreat, Self-Discovery, Self-Doubt, Stagnation, Success, Thought For the Day, Valid, Want
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First Principles: Be Americans. Let There Be No Sectionalism…You Are All Dependent On One Another and Should Be One In Union
“Be Americans. Let there be no sectionalism, no North, South, East or West. You are all dependent on one another and should be one in union. In one word, be a nation. Be Americans, and be true to yourselves.” – … Continue reading
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