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Thought For the Day: Life Is Too Short For Animosity Or Counting Wrongs
“Life appears to me to be too short to be spent with nursing animosity or registering wrongs.” – Charlotte Bronte
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Tagged Animosity, Charlotte Bronte, Counting, Life, Nursing, Short, Thought For the Day, Wrongs
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Thought For the Day: You Have All the Time You Need Until the Day You Die
“I wish I could have known earlier that you have all the time you’ll need right up to the day you die.” – William Wiley, artist (b. 1937)
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Tagged Death, Life, Priority, Thought For the Day, Time, William Wiley, Wish
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First Principles: Self Defense Is A Natural Right
“Self-defence is a part of the law of nature; nor can it be denied the community, even against the king himself.” – John Locke (1632-1704)
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Tagged Community, Denial, First Principles, Government, John Locke, Liberty, Life, Natural Law, Property, Right, Self Defense
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Na/GloPoWriMo 5: To Be me, Not You
Day 5 arrived yesterday about the same time that I upped my running (albeit at a very slow pace) to an hour of running. There’s my excuse and I’m keeping with it. It’s hard to write a new poem when … Continue reading
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Tagged Adapt, Challenges, Complexity, Crisis, Disease, God, Heaven, Identity, Life, Lithuania, Love, Overcome, Peace of Mind, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Simplicity, Survive, The Greatest Artist, Thrive
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First Principles: From Youth We Must Strive To Be Learned and Virtuous
“A good moral character is the first essential in a man, and that the habits contracted at your age are generally indelible, and your conduct here may stamp your character through life. It is therefore highly important that you should … Continue reading
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Tagged Character, Conduct, Effort, Endeavor, Essential, First Principles, George Washington, Habits, Indelible, Learned, Life, Moral, Virtuous, Wise
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Thought For the Day: The Older We Are, the Clearer We Should See
“The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.” – Jean Paul Richter, writer (21 Mar 1763-1825)
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Tagged Clarity, Hourglass, Jean Paul Richter, Life, Sand, Thought For the Day, Time
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First Principles: Democracy Degenerates Into Anarchy Without Subordination to Morality
“Democracy will soon degenerate into an anarchy, such an anarchy that every man will do what is right in his own eyes and no man’s life or property or reputation or liberty will be secure, and every one of these … Continue reading
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Tagged Anarchy, Degenerates, Democracy, First Principles, John Adams, Liberty, Life, Morality, Property, Reputation, Security, Subordination, Virtue
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Branch
There is beauty in so many surprising things Unexpected joy that makes the heart sing Everywhere it is there waiting to be found If we’d only look for it as it surrounds An exposure of gnarled branches in a ravine … Continue reading
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Tagged Beauty, Branch, Daily Prompt, Dream, Drop, Gnarled Branches, Heart Song, Life, Ocean, Pause, Peace, Poetry In Motion, Ravine, Reflection, Strife, Surprising, Surrounding, Tales, Trails, Wordpress
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Typical
It wasn’t going to be a typical day Something in the water told me right away Whole lot of teeth for just one smile Might be worse that a crocodile Thinking to myself, I better splash this away A quick … Continue reading
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