"Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty." - Thomas Jefferson Liberty comes whenever truth and love are balanced in the expression of life. Love without truth is fire that will soon become an inferno. Truth without love is a cold and desolate place. When the power of love is conditioned and contained within the matrix …
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Morning Pentalogue
1. How much pain have cost you imagined evils which never came to be? It is always torturous to extrapolate from a faith in lack and the presumption of failure. 2. Never mourn the living. Savor the present forms through which the light of eternal life surges. 3. Beneath the tormented man darts a light-hearted …
Summer
Summer by Gregg Hake Summer, like her sister Spring, Keeps safe the seeds within her Of glories yet unseen. But when the sun doth beckon She yields what she can give And so in selfless giving She begins to live.
Good End
No imagined good end, no matter how well-rationalized, justifies the employment of evil means.
Your Cares
Your Cares by Gregg Hake I love to hear the thunder Marching on the sea. I love to feel the thunder Trembling above me. I love to watch the lightning Dancing through the air. I love to watch the raindrops Wash away your cares.
The Uniform Tenor
"The uniform tenor of a man's life furnishes better evidence of what he has said or done on any particular occasion than the word of any enemy." - Thomas Jefferson, letter to De Witt Clinton, Dec. 31, 1803 Wise is the man who judges not on the basis of hearsay, for he creates in his …
A Tranquil Life
"Nothing is troublesome that we do willingly." - Thomas Jefferson The key to living a tranquil life is found in maintaining a perfect willingness to undertake that which must be done to remain true to the truth. When willingness is measured according to this one dictate, the unnatural and unrelenting tensions which bind the heart …
A Virtuous Mind
"Defamation is becoming a necessary of life; insomuch, that a dish of tea in the morning or evening cannot be digested without this stimulant. Even those who do not believe these abominations, still read them with complaisance to their auditors, and instead of the abhorrence and indignation which should fill a virtuous mind, betray a …
Weird Days
Have you ever groped your way through what could only be described as a "weird" day, that is, a day where the familiar signposts and feelings are either misplaced or completely missing? Such days can be bewildering, if not downright disconcerting and if you're not careful - and by that I mean if you take …
The Problem
The problems you face are rarely the problem. The greater problem, if you are not careful, is not the problem itself, but your approach to dealing with the problem. If you approach the problem correctly, that is, in the right spirit, with the right perspective and using the correct tools, more often than not the …
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