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9 years ago @ Struggle to Victory - Character Determines P... · 1 reply · +1 points

"Focus on character and potential will take care of itself."

This is an excellent observation I think. Of course it ties nicely to your other point--without character potential is useless. So it follows that the best way to realize the benefits of potential is to begin by developing character. This seems to me to be a very important life lesson. Thanks for sharing this.

10 years ago @ http://livesayhaiti.bl... - When LOVE Shows Up: Re... · 0 replies · +1 points

Just awesome.
"There is a large army of folks that live their lives in order to show up and help."
That's how the world becomes a better place. May their tribe increase.

11 years ago @ http://www.healthandwh... - Share the Love by Cari... · 0 replies · +2 points

This is excellent. Shared it on our farm's Facebook page and on my blog. Keep up the good (and vitally important) work!

12 years ago @ The Tea Party Economist - Procrastination Kills:... · 0 replies · +1 points

That's wise advice. I've found that projects that seem like they would take an almost impossibly long time to complete can be accomplished as long as I stay focused on "line upon line." I'm working on a project now that is once again teaching me that lesson.

12 years ago @ Human Rights Now - Troy Davis: Two Years ... · 0 replies · 0 points

Amen and well said.

"the state cannot be trusted with the power of killing its prisoners."

I would go further and say that the state cannot be trusted with the power to kill anyone.

12 years ago @ Daniel Darling - We Are All Judgmental · 1 reply · +1 points

I don't see how that the examples you use (Weiner and Braun publicly lying to gain trust, then being caught in their lies) prove your point (that we have become our own gods, determining right and wrong).

I agree that people are increasingly unwilling to accept dictated absolutes from any authority (religous or otherwise). They are particularly suspicious of those that condemn people by category, condemn behavior that does no harm to the folks doing the condemning and condemnation that operates (intentionally or otherwise) to entrench and preserve certain categories of people in positions of privilege.

But I don't see any evidence that there is any shifting sand beneath the morality of hypocrisy or public lies intended to gain trust.

12 years ago @ Daniel Darling - Play to Your Strengths · 0 replies · +1 points

Good advice in this. Pursuing dreams is important, as long as the pursuit is tempered by a healthy dose of practicality.

13 years ago @ Ludwig von Mises Insti... - The Cold War Paper Tig... · 0 replies · +5 points

Are we going to be like the typical Conservative, who drags in the Russian Threat like King Charles’ Head to justify any and all acts of government tyranny? Once we go that route, once we begin to justify a loss of liberty now in order to “defend” that liberty later, we are not only abandoning liberty itself: we are justifying every act of statism, from the draft to oil proration laws. Indeed, every such act has been justified by conservatives in the name of the Russian Threat and of national defense.” And in these justifications, we can see how the State has for centuries used the “foreign threat” to aggrandize its power over its deluded subjects.

A timely reminder of this wisdom.

13 years ago @ http://www.healthandwh... - PHW Book Club Discussi... · 0 replies · +1 points

So glad to see such a high profile pastor and church offering leadership to his congregation on this issue! Hoping that more will follow his lead.

13 years ago @ http://www.healthandwh... - The Table Was Packed · 0 replies · +1 points

We couldn't make it to the conference this year, but love the awesome work you're doing and supporting. It is wonderful to see churches and faith communities integrating with the food movement.

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