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Thought For the Day: Hold Everything In Your Hands Lightly, Otherwise It Hurts When God Pries Your Fingers Open

“Hold everything in your hands lightly, otherwise it hurts when God pries your fingers open.” – Carrie Ten Boom

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Stuck In Limbo

Stuck In Limboby Michael DoyleI believe in miracles.Since you’ve arrivedSo much has happened And somehow, I’ve survivedThe time has pastBut we’re still dancingThey said we wouldn’t lastYet, we’re still romancingI’m stuck in limboBut I keep holding onI’m so afraidThat I’ll … Continue reading

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First Principles: If Ye Love Wealth Better Than Liberty…Go Home From Us In Peace…May Posterity Forget That You Were Our Countrymen

“If Ye Love Wealth Better Than Liberty, the Tranquility of Servitude Better Than the Animating Contest of Freedom, Go Home From Us In Peace. We Ask Not Your Counsels Or Your Arms. Crouch Down and Lick the Hands Which Feed … Continue reading

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First Principles: It Is the Dearness of Freedom That Makes It So Valued and Valuable

“What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an … Continue reading

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First Principles: It Is Dearness That Gives Everything Its Value

“What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value.”  – Thomas Paine, 1776    

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