dont be “common”

I do not choose to be a common man. It is my right to be uncommon. To seek opportunity to develop whatever talents God gave me – not security. I do not wish to be a kept citizen, humbled and dulled by having the state look after me. I want to take the calculated risk; to dream and to build, to fail and to succeed. I refuse to barter incentive for a dole. I prefer the challenges of life to the guaranteed existence; the thrill of fulfillment to the stale calm of utopia. I will not trade freedom for beneficence nor my dignity for a handout. I will never cower before any earthly master nor bend to any threat. It is my heritage to stand erect, proud and unafraid; to think and act myself, enjoy the benefit of my creations and to face the world boldly and say: `This, with God’s help, I have done.’ All this is what it means to be an American.

- “My Creed”, by Dean Alfange.

 

fact and faith

Its been my experience that seeking the “truth” (in the spiritual sense)is as much about faith as fact.

Ive seen many bitter and sour people who spent too much of themselves worrying about what is “true”….I have seen many things that have people are capable of doing to each other and it has left me far from nieve. Im not preaching “sunshine and daisy’s”. However, as I see things, reality and “truth” in human terms is different from “evidence” or scientific truth/fact. Human beleifs of things such as love, courage, freedom, justice, good prevailing over evil, etc.. on an individual basis is more about what we choose to believe.

No triumph of the human spirit was ever founded in cynicism. We all believe in something and our beliefs, rightly or wrongly held , are the lens through which we live out or lives.