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Wisdom from "Game of Thrones"


I asked him "How can a man be brave when he's afraid?"

"That's the only time he can be brave", he told me.

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Tanzan and the Girl on the Road:


Tanzan and Ekido were once traveling together down a muddy road. A heavy rain was still falling.
Coming around a bend, they met a lovely girl in a silk kimono and sash, unable to cross the intersection.
“Come on, girl” said Tanzan at once. Lifting her in his arms, he carried her over the mud.

Ekido did not speak again until that night when they reached a lodging temple. Then he no longer could restrain himself. “We monks don’t go near females,” he told Tanzan, “especially not young and lovely ones. It is dangerous. Why did you do that?”

“I left the girl there,” said Tanzan. “Are you still carrying her?”

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From Pushing to the Front -1911 by Orison Sweet Martin

"Over the door of every profession, every occupation, every calling, the world has a standing advertisement: "Wanted - A Man. "
      Wanted, a man who will not lose his individuality in a crowd, a man who has the courage of his convictions, who is not afraid to say "No," though all the world say "Yes."
      Wanted, a man who is larger than his calling, who considers it a low estimate of his occupation to value it merely as a means of getting a living.
      Wanted, a man of courage who is not a coward in any part of his nature.
      Wanted, a man who is symmetrical, and not one-sided in his development, who has not sent all the energies of his being into one narrow specialty and allowed all the other branches of his life to wither and die.
      Wanted, a man who is broad, who does not take half views of things; a man who mixes common sense with his theories, who does not let a college education spoil him for the practical, every-day life; a man who prefers substance to show, and one who regards his good name as a priceless treasure...."

If you're not concerned, you're not paying attention...

I haven't blogged in awhile, but sometimes something just BEGS to be written and shared...

US Judge rules Muslims have a right to assault people who offend them 

Muslim Admits to Attacking Atheist; Muslim Judge Dismisses Case  

The song remains the same.

On this date, one year ago, I wrote this:

Broken relationships are like broken glass. Sometimes it's better to leave it broken than to hurt yourself putting it back together.

~Author Unknown

You'd think I'd learn.

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"Until technology enables me to handcuff you from afar, I will need to arrest you face-to-face, man-to-man. This means that, when we fight, when I call upon those elements of the warrior within, I will be close enough to smell you, to touch you, to strike you, to cut you, to hear you, to plead with you, to wrestle with you, to shoot you, to handcuff you, to bleed on you and you on me, to tend your wounds, to hear your last words. Our meeting may be brief, but I will have had a more intense contact with you, my unwanted adversary, than with most of my loved ones."
Scott Mattison, Chief Deputy, Swift County Sheriff's Dept, Benson, MN. as quoted by Lt. Col. Dave Grossman in "On Combat"

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"His code in peacetime is the same as that in the military: do your duty, protect the weak, protect the community, face the bully,  stand tall, stay aware, think ahead, be ready, be loyal, avoid aggression if possible and, if not, win and win fully."
Justin Smith, as quoted by Lt. Col. Dave Grossman in "On Combat"