“You’re going to find that many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on our own point of view.”– Obi-Wan Kenobi If this blog achieves any purpose, I would hope it demonstrates that there are multiple different points of view inherent in every situation and when handled appropriately this can make both the process and the outcome better. This is nothing new. As the centuries pass, we forget that there have always been differing […]
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He Fought the Law… and Won
“These 900 acres are my life, the same ground worked for generations by my family in goodfaith that if we obeyed the law, our government would treat us accordingly.”– Ritchie Devillier We live in a nation where the right of the individual to own property is enshrined and protected in our most basic, primary, and foundational law – the United States Constitution. The drafters of that document believed that certain rights were […]
Read MoreThe Decision of a Lifetime
Every spirit builds itself a house; and beyond its house a world; and beyond its world, a heaven. Know, then, that the world exists for you. For you is the phenomenon perfect. What we are, that only we can see. All that Adam had, all that Caesar could, you have and can do. Adam called his house, heaven and earth; Caesar called his house, Rome; you perhaps call yours, a Cobbler’s trade; a hundred acres […]
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“Geography blended with time equals destiny.” – Joseph Brodsky Humans are visual beings. We understand and take in the world primarily by what we can see. Many memories are recorded as either photographs or videos, but a visual recollection regardless. Many popular aphorisms are rooted in the notion that what […]
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