Happy 4th of July 2021!!

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.
—    Confucius
It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us — that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion — that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain — that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom — and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
—     Abraham Lincoln
Excerpt from:  “The Gettysburg Address“
[The italics in the text / quote were added by me.    —    KMAB]
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On This Day In:
2020	Happy 4th of July 2020!!
2019	Happy 4th of July 2019!!
2018	Happy 4th of July 2018!!
	People Got to Be Free
2017	Happy 4th of July 2017!!
2016	Red, White And Blue BBQ
	Happy 4th of July 2016
	IMF’d (Marathon / Binge)
2015	Happy 4th of July 2015!!
2014	Happy 4th of July 2014!!
2013	Patriot Act, Anyone?
2012	Five Lost Wars
2011	Worth Fighting For
2010	Still Learnin’ Hard…
	4th of July 2010

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Still A Work In Progress

Work to become, not to acquire.
—   Confucius
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On This Day In:
2020	Three Stooges
2019	#Impeach45: Halt The Slide Into Tryanny
2018	Expecting Profit
2017	In Spite Of The President
2016	And Sets
	And My God For His Graces
2015	About Character
2014	Your Gain
2013	Look Up
2012	Count Me In
2011	Pirates Four, Three Songs
	Sir Charles
	Look First, Not Last
2010	Par-a-diddle

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Looking For A Republican With A Profile In Courage

The hardest thing of all is to find a black cat in a dark room, especially if there is no cat.
―    Confucius
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On This Day In:
2018	Hammers, Bells And Songs
2017	My Friends
2016	In Need Of Some Work
2015	Elections Have Consequences
2014	An Ear Of Happy Accidents
2013	Powerful Substitute
2012	Heroes Restored
2011	As You Should

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I Struggle With One At A Time

To be able under all circumstances to practice five things constitutes perfect virtue.  These five things are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness and kindness.
—    Confucius
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On This Day In:
2018	An Infectious Political Cancer
	Site Update / Poems Page Evolution
2017	Our Thirst
2016	History Favors The Victor
2015	This We’ll Leave Them
2014	Sounds Like Faux News To Me
2013	Reasons
2012	American Libertarianism
2011	The Goal

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Can You Repeat The Question Please?

He who knows all the answers has not been asked all the questions.
―    Confucius
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On This Day In:
2014	On Faith
2013	My Name Is Charles Stein
2012	Faiths And Sorcery
	Made And Kept Free
2011	Multi-Source Learning

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Sincerity

Sincerity becomes apparent.  From being apparent, it becomes manifest.  From being manifest, it becomes brilliant.  Brilliant, it affects others.  Affecting others, they are changed by it.  Changed by it, they are transformed.  It is only he who is possessed of the most complete sincerity that can exist under heaven, who can transform.
―   Confucius
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On This Day In:
2014	Prayers For Junior
	Senseless
2013	Interesting Drink
	Super Bowl XLVII Declared A No Bird Zone
2012	Smile
2011	Come Forward

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Visiting Joy

Is it not a joy to have friends visit from distant lands?
—    Confucius
From:  “The Analects“
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Holding Allowance

When you know a thing, to hold that you know it; and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it: this is knowledge.
–     Confucius
From:   “Analects“
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What Knowledge Is

Shall I tell you what knowledge is?  It is to know both what one knows and what one does not know.
—    Confucius
Karl Marx, a visionary, figured out that you can control a slave much better by convincing him he is an employee.
—    Nassim Nicholas Taleb
From his book:  “The Bed Of Procrustes“
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Good Hearts

True goodness springs from a man’s own heart.  All men are born good.
—    Confucius
From: “Analects“
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Three Wisdoms

By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and Third by experience, which is the bitterest.
—    Confucius
[Which explains why the bitterest lessons are learned the best…   —   KMAB]
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