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A Hero’s Journey Begins, Part I
A Hero’s Journey Begins, Part Iby Michael DoyleEssentially, a hero is someone ordinaryWho is given the chance to be extraordinary.Through whatever set of events or circumstance,He or she has been given this dynamic chance.It’s about rising up to the opportunityAnd … Continue reading
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Tagged Adversaries, Answer, Beginning, Best, Call, Capability, Chapter and Verse, Choice, Chunk of the Universe, Circumstance, Death, Description, Dynamic, Event, Extraordinary, Eyes, Fear, Fight, God, Hero, Journey, Light, Me, Means, Opportunity, Opposition, Ordinary, Persevere, Poetry and Poems, Possibility, Push Forward, Readiness, Recognize, Rising Up, Test, The Rest, Thought, Tomorrow, Unflinching, Villains
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First Principles: A Universal Peace Only Exists In the Imagination of Visionary Philosophers and Breasts of Benevolent Enthusiasts
“A universal peace … is in the catalogue of events, which will never exist but in the imaginations of visionary philosophers, or in the breasts of benevolent enthusiasts.” – James Madison (1792) Two seemingly contradictory statements. Yet, we find the … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Airstrike, Akhundzada, Beacon, Benevolent, Blood and Treasure, Catalog, Clear and Present, Continual Warfare, Definition, Enthusiasts, Events, Exist, Extrication, Fight, First Principles, Freedom, Helmand Province, Hope, Imagination, Iraq, James Monroe, Liberty, Mission Creep, Natioin, Peace, Philosophers, Plowshares, Preparation, Preserve, President Donald Trump, Readiness, Swords, Taliban, Threat, United States, Universal Peace, Victory, Vigilance, Visionary, Will
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First Principles: Peace Is Obtained By Being Ready For War
“If we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known that we are at all times ready for war.” – George Washington (1793)
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Tagged First Principles, George Washington, Peace, Prosperity, Readiness, Security, War
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Thought For the Day: Courage Is A Seeming Contradiction
“Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die.” – G K Chesterton
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Tagged Contradiction, Courage, Desire, G.K. Chesterton, Readiness, Veterans
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 