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Daily Prompt – Crevice
Despite the uneasiness felt by poor Alice She could not quite pinpoint the malice Just a sense of concern falling in the crevice And her strong belief that she didn’t deserve this The white rabbit stared on into the abyss … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice, Cheshire Cat, Command, Crevice, Curiosity, Daily Prompt, Deserve, Mad Hatter, Malice, Oblivious, Red Queen, Smile, Tea, Uneasy, White Rabbit, Wonderland
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Thought For the Day: The First Law of Economics Is Scarcity; The First Law of Politics Is To Disregard This
“The first lesson of economics is scarcity: There is never enough of anything to satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics.” – Thomas Sowell
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Tagged Disregard, Economics, First Lesson, Politics, Satisfaction, Scarcity, Thomas Sowell, Thought For the Day, Truth
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First Principles: Virtue Is Not Hereditary
“When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.” – Thomas Paine (1776)
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Tagged First Principles, Hereditary, Plan, Posterity, Remember, The People, Thomas Paine, Virtue
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Daily Prompt – Mass
In our daily prayer for the living We find ourselves quickly forgiving All that happens as it must and might The little things meant taken as slight Wisdom in our souls come to prevail To go on living rightly as … Continue reading
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Tagged Contrary, Daily Prayer, Daily Prompt, Devine, Fear, Forgive, Forgiving, Happenstance, Humanity, Little Things, Live Right, Living, Love, Mass, Persevere, Prevail, Slights, Stained Glass, Tiffany, Wisdom
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Thought For the Day: A Right Life Cultivates Kindness
“To cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.” – Samuel Johnson, lexicographer (18 Sep 1709-1784)
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Tagged Business of Life, Cultivate, Forgive, Kindness, Samuel Johnson, Thought For the Day, Value, Wise
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First Principles: The Only Straight Course Is To Seek Truth Steadily
“There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily.” – George Washington (1795)
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Tagged First Principles, George Washington, Pursue, Seek, Steady, Striaght Course, Truth
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Thought For the Day: The Penalty In Failing To Participate In Politics Is Governance By Inferiors
“One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.” – Plato
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Tagged Inferior, Participate, Penalty, Plato, Politics, Refuse, The Republic, Thought For the Day
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First Principle: At Special Times and After Cool, Deliberate Thinking, The Real Voice of the People May Be Known
“It is on great occasions only, and after time has been given for cool and deliberate reflection, that the real voice of the people can be known.” – George Washington, letter to Edward Carrington, 1796
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Tagged Cool, Deliberate, Edward Carrington, First Principles, George Washington, Great Occasion, Known, Real Voice, Reflection, The People
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Role of Repentance
Based in part on Psalms 103 Role of Repentance by Michael Romani Positive and ever uplifting Moral ground never shifting Coming to God’s full acceptance And willing to undergo repentance Finding my way away from sin Learning Jesus is indeed my … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Acceptance, Admission, Best Days, Blessing, Confession, Contentment, Embrace, Forgiven, Free, Friend, God, God's Love, Grace, Heart, Heartbreak, Jesus, Joy, Lack, Learn, Moral Ground, New Ways, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Psalms, Repentance, Resentment, Selfishness, Sin, Truth, Walk Back, Ways, Will
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