Honor you father and mother. If you do not, you will eventually embody the very qualities you despise in them. Rebellion draws near that against which you rail.
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Unconditionally
“Whatever satisfies the soul is truth.” - Walt Whitman Truth is rather easy to recognize. When yielded to, truth is deeply satisfying. When resisted, it is an immovable object. Regarding a falsehood as truth palliates the discomfort of the unknown; acknowledging a truth a true liberates unconditionally.
Noble Deeds
Noble Deeds by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Whene'er a noble deed is wrought, Whene'er is spoken a noble thought, Our hearts in glad surprise, To higher levels rise. The tidal wave of deeper souls Into our inmost being rolls, And lifts us unawares Out of all meaner cares. Honor to those whose words or deeds Thus …
Pattern of Choice
The Triumph of Dulness (from "The Dunciad" by Alexander Pope) In vain, in vain,— the all-composing hour Resistless falls: the Muse obeys the power. She comes! she comes! the sable throne behold Of Night primeval, and of Chaos old! Before her, Fancy’s gilded clouds decay, And all its varying rainbows die away. Wit shoots in …
Better than Yourself
“Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Do not bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.” - William Faulkner There is a special moment in the life of each one wherein he makes the internal decision to be better than his present …
The Master Mind
The master mind is the mind that says "Behold, I create" regardless of the nature of the circumstances one faces or the resources one has available. The master mind never resorts to the taking of offense as a means of dealing with injustice or correction. The master mind is not made by man, but born …
5 Ways to Improve Your Sense of Agency
When you permit an outside agency to control your feelings and emotions at frequent intervals for a prolonged period, your system will soon get into the habit of submitting to the control of this outside agency, and will not respond any longer to any effort that the will may make to regain its original power …
Promise Yourself
If every competitive compulsion in every person was focused in relation to being true to the best in them, the world would be a better place in short order. Likewise, the person most true to the best in himself would be the most humble, fulfilled and threatening (to the status quo) person on earth. Promise …
Constant Wonder
Youth is happy not because its lack of responsibilities but for its constant wonder. Men grow old not from the weight of the worlds they center, but from the conviction that there is no new thing under the sun.
Free In
I learned many years ago that you must first be free in your limitations before you can be free of the limitations. Limitations come in many forms. They can be personal or general, that is, they can reside in you or they can be found outside of you, either in others or in your field of circumstance. When …
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