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First Principles: Power’s Encroaching Nature Must Be Restrained
“It will not be denied that power is of an encroaching nature and that it ought to be effectually restrained from passing the limits assigned to it.” – James Madison, in Federalist 48
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Tagged Encroach, First Priinciples, James Madison, Limits, Nature, Pass, Power, Proscription, Restraint, The Federalist Papers
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Thought For the Day: Aphorisms Only Briefly Disturb the Wisdom of Silence
“Aphorisms respect the wisdom of silence by disturbing it, but briefly.” – Yahia Lababidi, aphorist (b. 25 Sep 1973)
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Tagged Aphorism, Brief, Disturb, Respect, Silence, Thought For the Day, Wisdom, Yahia Lababidi
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First Principles: The Foundation of the Constitution Rests On Adhering To the Boundaries of the Tenth Amendment
“I consider the foundation of the Constitution as laid on this ground that ‘all powers not delegated to the United States, by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states or to the people.’ … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: Use Things and Love People
“We must use things and love people; not the other way around.” – Chris Long
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Tagged Chris Long, Love, People, Right Relationship, Things, Thought For the Day, Use, We
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Happy Fall Equinox!!
Goodbye to summer, Hello to Fall!
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Tagged Autumn, Fall, Fall Equinox, Goodbye, Hello, Seasons, Summer, Thought For the Day
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In Spiritual Growth
Based in part on: Galatians 5:22-23 New International Version (NIV) 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. In Spiritual Growth by Michael Romani … Continue reading
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Tagged Action, Believe, Choice, Cultivate, Encourage, Faithfulness, Focus, Forbearance, Forgive, Fruit of the Spirit, Galatians, Gentleness, God's Family, Goodness, Joy, Kindness, Language, Light, Live, Love, Maturity, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pratice, Praxis, Prayer, Preparation, Prune, Read, Self Control, Sin, Sincerity, Spiritual Growth, the Word, Transformation, Treatment, Wisdom
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Daily Prompt – Unfallen
Today’s challenge is yet another from a conversation with a friend. I was explaining to Veri that years ago I had formed a guild in a fairly popular online game and called that guild The Unfallen. The guild’s purpose was … Continue reading
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Tagged Battle Front, Calling, Daily Prompt, Fallen, First Responders, Freedom, Heritage, Heroes, Home Front, Honor, Knights, Liberty, Military, Mothers, Price, Sacred Duty, Sacrifice, Salute, Service, Stil Standing, Tales, Unfallen, Wives
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First Principles: Around the World, Liberty Is Granted By Power; In America Liberty Grants Charters of Power
“In Europe, charters of liberty have been granted by power. America has set the example … of charters of power granted by liberty. This revolution in the practice of the world, may, with an honest praise, be pronounced the most … Continue reading
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Tagged America, Charters of Liberty, Charters of Power, First Principles, Grant, James Madison, Liberty, Power
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Thought For the Day: Give Each Other The Space To Grow and Be Ourselves
“We need to give each other the space to grow, to be ourselves, to exercise our diversity. We need to give each other space so that we may both give and receive such beautiful things as ideas, openness, dignity, joy, … Continue reading
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Tagged Dignity, Exercise, Gift, Give, Grow, Healing, Idea, Inclusion, Joy, Max de Pree, Openness, Space, Thought For the Day
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Daily Prompt – Eccentric
Another waking up Saturday morning feeling eccentric Slow drips of caffeine sips making my world concentric Love to say I was feeling the part of a royal descendent But, I will say that my path some times seems transcendent Laughing … Continue reading
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Tagged Caffiene, Concentric, Daily Prompt, Decendent, Dust, Eccentric, Elephant, Legacy, Saturday, Smile, Tamale, Transcendent, Wake Up
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