The artistic journey

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I run blogs on Greek philosophy, Roman history, psychology, American history, literature, painting, Pop art, writing and Latin. I spend my ...

My pal and my well dressed if flashy dog, Bart

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Keep the faith

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“ Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe. ” Of course that’s easy to say but difficult to put t...

What is the meaning of life?

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What is the meaning of life?  Simple answer. The meaning of life is to give life a meaning. Here’s the catch, making that simple a...

The Quotable Series by LLR Book. Available on Amazon

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Let us dedicate ourselves

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“Let us dedicate ourselves to what the Greeks wrote so many years ago: to tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world...

I don't know, I think the bear was kind of cheating with that kick

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Here's a fireworks display for you, sit back and enjoy it with me. JOHN

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Interesting

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This is what sand looks like under a microscope......nothing deep here, I just wanted to show this to you

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Worry

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SO DON'T WORRY!  BE HAPPY.....EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE ALL RIGHT..... GO HAVE SOME PIZZA!

Stare at the center of the swirling image for 30 seconds then watch Van Gogh’s starry night come to life

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...and tell him I sent you.

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“If you have faith when you pray, you will be given whatever you ask for. -Matthew 21:22” 

There's always one..........

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“You can be the ripest, juiciest peach in the world, and there’s still going to be somebody who hates peaches.” ― Dita Von Teese” 

You can’t build on regret

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You can’t build on regret but you can learn from it. So learn from the past, prepare for the future, but live in the moment….by the way…if ...

Don’t doubt yourself

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Don’t doubt yourself because you’ll be taking work away from the people who don’t like you. That’s their job.

I promise

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How humiliating would this be?

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It’s never too late to be what you might have been because what or who you are now or what you were in the past doesn’t have a damn thing to do with who can become later on.

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It’s never too late to be what you might have been because what or who you are now or what you were in the past doesn’t have a damn thing t...

it’s all about unlearning fear

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For those of us on a spiritual journey, it ’s all about unlearning fear.  U nlearning fear and replacing it with the love it took away, the...

ee cumming .................

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Positive!

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Learn to overlook things

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Learn to overlook things. Make a practice of it. Trust me on this, I spent a life time shooting myself in the foot or placing the same da...

What we see

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What we see, in all things, depends mainly on what we look for. So look for the good, the positive, and the fun. It’s not always easy to se...

Action Vs. Intention

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We become what we believe so believe that life is good and worth living and your belief will help create the fact.  In that same vein, we a...

The case for living a thinking persons life

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“Modern life means democracy, democracy means freeing intelligence for independent effectivenessthe emancipation of mind as an individual o...

Time

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Here’s something to remember; as much as we sometimes need it to be true, God is not on our time clock. But have faith . As hard as it is...

Give this kid an A

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This cracked me up

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How I feel when I have to edit something I wrote and how I feel after I'm finished with it

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Ok

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Negative people

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Negative people…. and they are EVERYWHERE …..are usually bastions of mediocrity and inferiority who are determined to drag superior, happy ...