Full of Life, Now by Walt Whitman Full of life, now, compact, visible, I, forty years old the Eighty-third Year of The States, To one a century hence, or any number of centuries hence, To you, yet unborn, these, seeking you. When you read these, I, that was visible, am become invisible; Now it is …
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Changing Gears
Fewer and fewer people have an opportunity to learn how to drive a standard car, which is too bad because in doing so you learn important lessons about timing and develop a complex and useful coordination that can be hard to find elsewhere. Anyone who has learnt this skill likely experienced the lurching starts and …
We Have Left Her
Human beings like to distill complex concepts into simple, often simplistic terms. When you consider truth, for instance, many think simply of the "facts" or "telling the truth." Limiting your definition and understanding of "truth" to "not lying", however, is no different than thinking that reducing "love" to "sexual desire." There is much more to …
Every Young Man
Every young man should learn to love, respect and embody truth. This love precedes love for family, country, etc., for fidelity to truth establishes the foundation upon which love for all other externalities is built. The fact that this is not taught to young men is the great jeremiad of our present state. Our educational …
After a Storm Comes a Calm
The day before yesterday we had a massive set of storms passed through, but fortunately we were spared the worst of it. Our Governor declared a state of emergency for two counties just to the west of us as they took the brunt of the severe thunderstorms and a rather large tornado. The frogs in …
Influence
Influence by Gregg Hake The way my boys Look up to me Enkindles poise And dignity. You are wise to be careful about what you allow to influence you. You live in a world of influences, some weak, some strong, but none of them can be of any effect until you choose to give them …
The Point of Health
I started a juice cleanse this past weekend and if you've never done one, it's a remarkable physical and dare I say, spiritual experience. The notion of consuming only water or juice to cleanse the body is not a new one, in fact, virtually every major religion has some form of fasting ritual which supposedly …
Take a Step
If you take a snapshot of your world, everything in it likely exists along a continuum from chaotic to orderly. You may for instance be a good starter but a poor finisher, an effective delegator but a weak doer or you might have a clean office but a messy bedroom. No matter which aspect of …
Soothing Thoughts
Splendour in the Grass by William Wordsworth What though the radiance which was once so bright Be now for ever taken from my sight, Though nothing can bring back the hour Of splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower, We will grieve not, rather find Strength in what remains behind; In the primal …
The Ledger of your Living
Are heaven and earth, god and man asymptotes? Or do they blend at some point, as night melds with day at dawn and dusk? To be sure, those who dare to reply that the two can and should be unified in purpose and design tend to be mocked, contested and if necessary, crucified by those …
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