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The reason I am writing this post is simple. I hear so many of my peers listing the reasons why they don't care about politics. I used to be in that camp, but I think the time for that attitude is over (if it ever existed in the first place). Put simply, you can not claim that you oppose …
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As promised, I'll kick of this first series by delving deep into the "Desiderata" by Max Ehrmann. This poem means so much to me, and every day of this week I hope to memorize another stanza of it. The first stanza is as follows: Go placidly amid the noise and haste and remember what peace …
"Beyond a wholesome discipline" This is a line from Max Ehrmann's "Desiderata," originally written in 1927. There have been rumors, going back to the 1950s, that this text was found inscribed on the wall of Old Saint Paul's Church in Baltimore in 1692. Given that I just sang at a service there, that would be really …
If you know me at all, you know how much I talk about doing things... In fact, I am quite good at talking ABOUT doing things - much better than I am at actually doing them. Over the past few years, I have planned so many blogs, podcasts, start-ups, etc. that my mind is overflowing …
