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Thought For the Day: Year’s End Is Neither End Nor Beginning But A Going On With All the Wisdom Experience Can Instill In Us
“Year’s end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us.” – Hal Borland
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Tagged Beginning, End, Experience, Going On, Hal Borland, Instill, Thought For the Day, Us, Wisdom, Year's End
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First Principles: Dependence Begets Subservience and Venality
“Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for the designs of ambition.” – Thomas Jefferson (1781)
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Tagged Ambition, Dependence, Design, First Principles, Germ, Pepare, Subservience, Suffocate, Thomas Jefferson, Tools, Venality, Virtue
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The Hunting of the Wren
Around the world there are nations that share a thread of British heritage. From this heritage, these nations still keep some semblance of International Boxing Day. This day itself is preceded by the earlier tradition of the Hunting of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Beauty, Bird, Caged, Charity, Children, Christmastide, Duty, Enchantress, Gather, Glory, Heaven, Holy Days, Hunting of the Wren, International Boxing Day, Lord, Mummers Play, Mysterry, Octave, Penny, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pride, Revelry, Sacred, Salvation, Sing, Trick, Tuppence, Wisdom, Wren, Wrenboys
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Thought For the Day: The Three Constants of Life Are Change, Choice and Principles
“There are three constants in life… change, choice and principles.” – Stephen Covey The new year is swiftly approaching. As is my practice, from my birthday on 12/23 forward, I look back over my past year and years and then determine … Continue reading
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Tagged Change, Choice, Constants, Life, Principles, Stephen Covey, Thought For the Day, Three
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First Principles: The Moral Principles and Precepts Contained In the Scripture Ought To Form the Basis of All Our Civil Constitutions and Laws
“The moral principles and precepts contained in the Scripture ought to form the basis of all our civil constitutions and laws.” – Noah Webster
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Tagged Base, Civil, Constitution, First Principles, Form, Law, Moral, Noah Webster, Precepts, Principles, Scripture
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In The Fullness of Time
A poem for this, the day celebrated as symbolizing Christ’s birth. Merry Christmas! Christmas… Christ Mass… A mass for Christ. Then then does that or might it actually mean? Is it really only about the birth of Christ? Or, … Continue reading
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Tagged Abstract, Belief, Birth, Bless, Christ, Contemplation, Essence, Exact, Full, God, God In Christ, Grasp, Greeting Card, Heir, Holy, Hymn, Man, Mass, Meaning, Merry Christmas, Moments, Mystery, Nativity Play, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Reconcile, Redemption, Reflect, Sin, Sublime, Time, Toast, Told, Transcend, Truth, Woman
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Please Have A Merry and Blessed Christmas 2019
To all my friends, family and even enemies, especially enemies, may you have the happiest and most blessed Christmas ever in reflection of the many gifts our heavenly Father has given to each and every one of us. May we … Continue reading
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Tagged Blessed, Christmas, December 25 2019, Endeavor, Enemies, Every Day, Family, Father, Friends, Gifts, Good, Hearts, Heaven, John 3:16, John Wesley, Join Together, Joy, Love, Merry Christmas, Peace, Tenderness, Thought For the Day, Today, Wish, World
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Thought For the Day: Peace On Earth Will Come To Stay, When We Live Christmas Every Day
“Peace on earth will come to stay, When we live Christmas every day.” – Helen Steiner Rice
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Tagged Christmas, Come, Earth, Every Day, Helen Steiner Rice, Live, Peace, Stay, Thought For the Day, We
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First Principles: It Is the Duty of All Nations To Acknowledge the Providence of Almighty God
“What students would learn in American schools above all is the religion of Jesus Christ. It is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Acknowledge, All, American, Benefits, Duty, Favor, First Principles, George Washington, God, Grateful, Humble, Implore, Jesus Christ, Learn, Nations, Obey, Protection, Providence, School, Students, Will
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Forgotten Presents
Let’s call this one for the missed one on December 22nd and Happy Chanukah to all who celebrate this! Forgotten Presents by Michael Romani To all the kids who learned How not to believe All of those who have been … Continue reading
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Tagged Anger, Begun, Belief, Believe, Better, Carol, Celebrate, Christmas, Church, Core, Cross, Cure, Dark, Deceive, December 22 2019, Desire, Dream, Drift, Elves, Endure, Eyes, Faith, Fall, Family, Feelings, Float, Forgotten, Found, Full Drill, Full Stop, Ground, Hall, Happy Chanukah, History, Hold, Holy Night, Hope, Hug Out, Humanity, Hurt, Kid, Learn, Lessons, Letters, Life, Loss, Love, Memory, Miracle, Photograph, Plight, Poem, Poetry, Prayer, Prescience, Present, Relief, Santa, Snow, Stranger, Stream, Sum, Together, True Believer, Truth, Turn, Words, Workshop, World
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