Living Free

For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.
—  Nelson Mandela
[Found at one of the blogs I (used to) follow: “A Not So Jaded Life“
Unfortunately, it appears the site has been deleted at WordPress.com  —  KMAB]
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On This Day In:
2018	Relative Imagination
2017	Thank You, Senator McCain (So Far Anyway)
2016	What About Friends?
2015	It Tastes Good To Me
2014	Others’ Footsteps
	The Not-So-Modern Samurai
2013	Doin’
2012	A Lover
2011	What Have We Found Here
	Words

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Just To…

To laugh often and much;
to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children;
to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends;
to appreciate beauty;
to find the best in others;
to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden path, or a redeemed social condition;
to know even one life breathes easier because you have lived: this is to have succeeded.
—  Ralph Waldo Emerson
[The above quote is a single sentence in the original, but I prefer it in verse-like formatting…   —  KMAB]
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On This Day In:
2018	Still Going…
2017	Great Risk
2016	Robbery
2015	Humanity Plus
2014	Dinner For Two?
2013	Exercise For Those Over 50
2012	Tearful Joy!!
	Except When He’s Left

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A Message To The White House Press Corps

Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.
—  Albert Einstein
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On This Day In:
2017	Eeny Meeny Miny Moe
	Binge, Binge, Binge
2016	Feeling Warm Yet?
	Four Documentaries
2015	Just Like All The Others
2014	In My Own Vanity
2013	Filled With Words
2012	Lectio Auget Existentiae Meae
2011	Lied Lately?
2010	Born To Work At Faux News
	Lost Again (Uh, Make That Still)
	Qui Genus Humanum Ingenio Superavit
	They’re Back… (Part 1)

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