"I want to see you game, boys, I want to see you brave and manly, and I also want to see you gentle and tender. Be practical as well as generous in your ideals. Keep your eyes on the stars and keep your feet on the ground. Courage, hard work, self-mastery, and intelligent effort are …
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Friendship’s Altar
One of the greatest lessons you can teach child is that he is a custodian of the earth. I've learned over time that to be an effective steward you must possess a variety of qualities and skills, chief among them is compassion. You cannot really teach compassion; you can, however, point it out. If the …
If We Are Bold
Touched by an Angel by Maya Angelou We, unaccustomed to courage exiles from delight live coiled in shells of loneliness until love leaves its high holy temple and comes into our sight to liberate us into life. Love arrives and in its train come ecstasies old memories of pleasure ancient histories of pain. Yet if …
An Open Doorway
If the kingdom of heaven, that is, all that is wonderful, true, valuable and right is truly at hand, what is preventing us from experiencing it? We seem to have become quite proficient at manifesting hell on earth, but what of our ability to bring heaven on earth? I can think of no greater impediment …
A New Standard
"Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the rest is in the hands of God." - George Washington To what standard do you repair? Have you thought about it? More importantly, have you articulated it verbally or better, put it in writing? If you live your life on the …
The Ideal Citizen
"Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve." - George Bernard Shaw Of all the enemies who have ever menaced the United States of America, her biggest threat at all times is an insufficient number of citizens who are disposed to virtue and brimming with moral character. The …
A Startling Thought
"A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind that startled us." - Ralph Waldo Emerson The more I read about confirmation bias in science, the more I realize that our educational system is in need of major renovation. This is a deep compulsion in human consciousness, one that …
To See
To See by William Blake To see a world in a grain of sand, And a heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of your hand And eternity in an hour. What shall you see today? Problems, faults and limitations or apertures to the infinite that most around you will likely overlook? …
Getting the Facts Straight
There are many ways to solve virtually every problem we face as a species. Solutions can range from simple to complex, from short-term fix to long-term repair and may be crude or elegant. Any societal problem you might examine, be it education, health care or fiscal health, can be brought examined, debated and fixed in …
The Open Road
Excerpt from Song of the Open Road by Walt Whitman Afoot and light-hearted I take to the open road, Healthy, free, the world before me, The long brown path before me leading wherever I choose. Henceforth I ask not good-fortune, I myself am good-fortune, Henceforth I whimper no more, postpone no more, need nothing, Done …
Gregory Hake 