“Chase after truth like hell and you’ll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat-tails.” Clarence Darrow, US defense lawyer
The little boy was taught that if he told the truth, his punishment would be lighter than if he lied…
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as told to me by the boy’s mom
This confession, made by my beloved son, will for the rest of my life, send horrified chills down my back.
It happened during the junior high morning recess. It was quiet in the…
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By Mayo Clinic staff
Steady drinking over time can produce a physical dependence on alcohol. Drinking more than 15 drinks a week for men or 12 drinks a week for women increases the risk of developing dependence on alcohol. However,…
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“Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.” Epicurus, philosopher
When I heard that former U.S. presidential candidate Al Gore won the…
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In America, they want you to accomplish these great feats, to pull off these David Copperfield-type stunts. You want me to be great, but you don’t ever want me to say I’m great? Kanye West, Rolling Stone, 2006
Having been brought…
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“There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it’s going to be a butterfly.” Buckminster Fuller
“As a city girl, I didn’t have any experience with butterflies.” Then, one summer in a place called Koinonia Foundation in Baltimore, Maryland, I…
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“In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they’re still beautiful.” Author Alice Walker
I think we could all learn things from nature. For instance, while we sometimes demand perfection from…
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Sadly, many adults who don’t mean to be active role models for alcohol or tobacco use, or harder drug use, may be modeling that behavior for youngsters. Wait before you say, “That’s not me. I’m not a drug user.” Is…
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“Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no matter what fork you use.” Emily Post
I once read that “good manners is the art of making those people easy…
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“If you can’t have faith in what is held up to you for faith, you must find things to believe in yourself, for a life without faith in something is too narrow a space to live.” George E. Woodberry
Now that…
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