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Thought For the Day: We Need A Moral Reawakening Against Legalized Theft
“We cannot blame politicians for the spending that places our nation in peril. Politicians are doing precisely what the American people elect them to office to do — namely, use the power of their office to take the rightful property … Continue reading
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Tagged America, Legalized Theft, Morality, Reawakening, Reform, Taxation, Theft, Thought For the Day, Walter Williams
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Thought For the Day: No Matter Where We Begin Our Destination Is Up To Us
“The path to paradise begins in hell.” – Dante Alighieri How is that for a bright and cheerful message? Reality? It is. Why? Because you see hell is separation from God. From there it is our choices. We can either … Continue reading
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Tagged Allegory, Dante, Hell, Paradise, The Divine Comedy, Thought For the Day
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Thought For the Day: Prayer and Work Together Get Us Through Our Days
“Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.” – St Augustine Sage advice from a sage. Too often people choose to do either one or the other. Even more often we struggle hard as … Continue reading
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Tagged Days, Dependence, Prayer, Preparation, St Augustine, Thought For the Day, Work
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Thought For the Day: Tact And Courtesy Keep Our Friendships Close
“Don’t flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become. Except in cases of necessity, which are rare, leave … Continue reading
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Tagged Courtesy, Disagreeable, Flatter, Friendship, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Tact, Thought For the Day
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Thought of the Day: Have The Courage To Continue
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” ― Winston S. Churchill There is some question as to if Winston Churchill ever said this. If he didn’t, it’s quite like something he … Continue reading
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Tagged Brave, Courage, Failure, Fatal, Final, Success, Thought For the Day, Winston Churchill
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Thought For the Day: It’s the Moments That Make Up the Years
“People forget years and remember moments.” -Ann Beattie, novelist (b. 8 Sep 1947) The years roll on by us. It’s the moments in each year that make the journey memorable. There is no argument there. Time is fascinating that … Continue reading
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Tagged Ann Beattie, Journey, Life, Love, Memories, Moments, Novelist, Thought For the Day, Treasure, Years
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Thought For the Day: The Classical Guitar Has Its Own Dynamic
“The classical guitar has a dynamic to it unlike a regular acoustic guitar or an electric guitar. You know, there’s times when you should play and there’s times when you gotta hold back. It’s an extremely dynamic instrument.” – Steve … Continue reading
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Tagged Classical Guitar, Dynamic, Music, Steve Vai, Theory, Thought For the Day
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Time Spent With The Harvard Classics: Sir Walter Scott – Thomas Carlyle
Thomas Carlyle lived from December 4, 1795 to February 5, 1881. He was renown as a Scottish philosopher, satirical writer, essayist and teacher. One of his most famous lectures was on the role of the Great Man or men who … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: Rest In Peace, Biloxi Jake (d. 9/6/2017)
“No matter how close we are to another person, few human relationships are as free from strife, disagreement, and frustration as is the relationship you have with a good dog. Few human beings give of themselves to another as a … Continue reading
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Tagged Biloxi Jake, Cruelty, Dog, Family, Farewell, Gone, How Do I Ever Forgive This?, Schipperke, Silence, Sorrow, Thought For the Day
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