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Thought For the Day: There Should Be More Clarity As the Sand of Our Hourglass Passes
“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 Clear, Escape, Hourglass, Jean Paul Richter, Life, Pass, Sand, See, Time
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First Principles: When the Ambitious Come To Power, Only True Patriots Can Save Our Nation
“If ever the time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin.” – Samuel Adams, revolutionary (27 Sep 1722-1803) … Continue reading
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Tagged Aspiring, First Principles, Government, Patriots, Prevent, Ruin, Samuel Adams, Time, Vain
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Thought For the Day: There Are Years That Ask Questions and Years That Answer Them
“There are years that ask questions and years that answer.” – Zora Neale Hurston, folklorist and writer (7 Jan 1891-1960)
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Tagged Answer, History, Questions, Thought For the Day, Time, Years, Zora Neale Hurston
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Daily Prompt – Ripples
Mother Ocean lives out her stories Filled with enough of her own glories Washed ashore on ripples of her power Mankind’s presence felt like seconds to her hour It’s said that most of this world is water Making humanity the … Continue reading
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Tagged Consequence, Daily Prompt, Fear, Glory, Goodness, Home, Mankind, Mother Ocean, Ripples, Sons and Daughters, Story, Sublime, Time, Water, World
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First Principles: Falseness of Tongue Leads To Falseness of Heart
“This falsehood of the tongue leads to that of the heart, and in time depraves all its good disposition.” – Thomas Jefferson (1785)
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Tagged Depravity, Disposition, Falsehood, First Principles, Heart, Thomas Jefferson, Time, Tongue
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First Principles: Do Not Squander The Time of Your Life
“Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time; for that’s the stuff life is made of.” —Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard’s Almanac, 1746
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Tagged Benjamin Franklin, Life, Love, Poor Richard's Almanac, Squander, Time
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Daily Prompt – Defeat
In my experience, time is often too fleet In all the challenges we will need to meet But there are many ways on this street To hand our enemies their needed defeat Sun Tzu said many things on this subject … Continue reading
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Tagged Art of War, Challenge, Daily Prompt, Defeat, Enemy, Experience, Gain, Gentle, Lessons, Met, Strong, Sun Tzu, Time, Victory, Wisdom
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Fight For Glory
Excited that the Rome docu-drama series has a new season on Netflix. To my surprise, it turns out that I somehow had not watched the last two episodes. I am in the middle of fixing that now. Fight For … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: The Best Thing To Spend On Your Children Is Time
” The best thing to spend on your children is time.” – Louise Hart
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Tagged Best, Children, Louise Hart, Parenting, Quality Time, Self Esteem, Thought For the Day, Time
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Daily Prompt – Rabbit
She sensed a certain degree of danger When she trusted in that stranger Following him down the rabbit hole And becoming consigned to her role Now she knows why the Cheshire cat smiles She’s gotten her own claws sharpened by … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice, Cheshire Cat, Claws, Daily Prompt, Danger, Hand, Leery, Looks, Magic, Rabbit, Rabbit Hole, Role, Smile, Stone, Stranger, Time, Tragic, Understand
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