There is something to be said about being above it all. By this I do not mean that it is ever a good idea to see everything as being beneath you, but there is value in finding the balance point of being as it was once put, "in the world but not of it." To rise …
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I think I’ll be
"I THINK I'LL BE" I think I'll be a cloud this day anew Through which the sun its warming rays shall pass And cast its light upon each blade of grass That glistens with refreshing morning dew; Or should I be a bird with out-stretched wing That glides along and then at once soars high …
Action and Character
"Activity is the presence of function,—character is the record of function." - Greenough Your character is determined primarily by your actions, not your words or thoughts. Moreover, your actions are the primary interpreters of your thoughts. Your words clothe your thoughts, but your actions send them to work.
Grace and Dignity
"It has been well said that no man ever sank under the burden of the day. It is when to-morrow’s burden is added to the burden of today that the weight is more than a man can bear." - George Macdonald You will never be given more than you - and the spirit of life …
You Are What You Express
"Those speak foolishly who ascribe their anger or their impatience to such as offend them or to tribulation. Tribulation does not make people impatient, but proves that they are impatient. So everyone may learn from tribulation how his heart is constituted." ― Martin Luther Your circumstances don't determine who you are; they simply measure your …
Love’s Reward
"Love is love's reward." - John Dryden One of the most deeply satisfying things that can be said at the end of the day is this: "I have loved and I am loved." When you say this, all the sounds of the rude world heard in the day shrink back into the darkness from whence …
Your Inner Kid
"Never stop being a kid, Richard. Never stop feeling and seeing and being excited with great things like air and engines and sounds of sunlight within you. Wear your little mask if you must to protect you from the world but if you let that kid disappear you are grown up and you are dead." …
Adversariality
The dynamic social order in which we live today is formed largely on the basis of adversariality. Political and economic life is cast and recast daily based on shifting adversarial relationships and institutionalized competition keeps the whole thing running at a feverish pace. Political parties fight one another, businesses strive to best one another, and …
The Battlefield of the Heart
Last evening was too beautiful a balmy winter's night to pass up a brisk walk to settle my heart, loosen my body, and clear my mind, so I put on my walking shoes after dinner and hit the pavement. As soon as I began I felt my feelings about the day's events line up like …
Who you are
who you are changed me,awakened me to life as it should bewho you are opened my eyeswhere once were clouds, now are blue skiesWho you are made me morethan what I thought possible beforewho are you? you know who you aremy love, my love, you're never far
Gregory Hake 