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Real Coins
You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain. – Two-Face (Batman) In the batman series there is a villain called Two-Face. He begins as the new mayor who is wiling and prepared to lift his city out of near-anarchy where crime rules.…
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The Subtle Enemy
“The brave man is he who overcomes not only his enemies but his pleasures.” – Democritus Let us focus on pleasure as a quick and easy escape from pain, a temptation that encourages excuses. We all want to achieve our highest goals and aspirations, find love, achieve purpose, etc. Standing…
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Choose Difficulty
“It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve; and bad things are very easy to get.” – Confucius To achieve the best in life, prepare to work hard, struggle, and be…
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Confucius Series: Ripple Effects of the Heart
“To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must first put the family in order; to put the family in order; we must first cultivate our personal life; we must first set our hearts right.” – Confucius…
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Say Sorry
War, conflict, debate……any kind of contention is inevitable in life. We can accept that, deal with it, and not struggle against the fact these tough situations will happen. Unfortunately, many of us overstep our bounds in these situations, say and do things that are personal, meant to hurt, and our…
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The Little Things
We say it’s the little things that count in life. Doing the small things with ourselves, our loved ones, friends, and community that make life worth living. However, these little things are the big things. To see World Peace, effectiveness in a democracy, progress in debates and sides in a…
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Universal Wisdom
“It requires no art to become stupid; the whole art lies in extracting wisdom from stupidity. Stupidity is the mother of the wise, but cleverness never.” – Carl Jung Psychological Reflections Wisdom is passed down through generations because anyone can gain from it. It is not passed down for an…
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No Fight, No Fighter, No Fire
Our inner fight, our inner fighter, our fire within, is juxtaposed by pleasure. The modern world brings the peaks of pleasure, now instantly at our fingertips. It is the the quantity, potency, and availability of pleasure that tames the fighter, eliminates the fight, and douses the fire. When we are…
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A Paradox of the Heart
“Conviction easily turns into self-defense and is seduced into rigidity, and this is inimical to life. The test of a firm conviction is its elasticity and flexibility; like ever other exalted truth it thrives best on the admission of its errors. – Carl Jung Psychological Reflections Problems of Self Realization…
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We get what we deserve
“Attend to the matter which is before you, whether it is an opinion or an act or a word. You get what you deserve: for you choose rather to become good tomorrow than to be good today.” – Marcus Aurelius Meditations VIII: 22 Most of us aspire to be better…
KEEP THE OLD WARM 