Monday, March 13, 2023

Y’all

Since it is so likely that (children) will meet cruel enemies, let them at least have heard of brave knights and heroic courage. Otherwise you are making their destiny not brighter but darker. - C.S. Lewis

Good writers, the popularity of evil characters at protagonists or the most popular character is not making our world brighter, only darker. We should return to stories about heroic courage.

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Y’all

So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love. 1 Corinthians 13:13

Love incorporates, flows from, strengthens, and is the foundation of all the other virtues.

We live in a world where kindness is mistaken for nice and virtual signaling and so called tolerance substitute for love. But true love is sacrificial. Sometimes it’s consoling, like a big hug. Sometimes it’s kindly putting someone back on the right path. Wisdom, knowledge, faith, and the rest are required to know which.

Without love, all the other virtues are paper. Without all the other virtues, how do we know how to truly love.

Love is the greatest virtue.

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Saturday, March 11, 2023

 

Y’all

Good people should be grateful when nice things are done for us, when kindness is showed to us, or when good fortune is ours. We should, and that’s easy.

We should also be grateful when times are hard. Just as a hard workout helps us to discipline our bodies, hard times helps to discipline our minds and souls. That one is harder.

Likewise, we should be grateful when things are going okay, neither fantastic or poor but just ordinary or unremarkable. Grateful to simply be. In my opinion, that one may be harder still.

For the Christian, this is the way we should live. Rejoice always, pray constantly, give thanks in all circumstances, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you 1 Thess 5:16–18

Gratitude is a virtue.

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Friday, March 10, 2023

Y’all

Be kind to those around you. A good person should never practice cruelty in any way, but don’t confuse being kind with being nice. If we must correct someone, it should be gentle and out of love, but at the same time if we must correct someone, we must correct them. It should never mean going along with others in every way.

Being kind means being generous with our time and resources. Being helpful, especially when nothing is expected in return. Being grateful at the least blessing.

Allowing someone to wallow in brokenness when we could help is not a kindness. It could be misguided “being nice” or even as bad as apathy. But harshly rebuking someone when they are wrong can never be considered kind.

For the Christian, kindness does not mean overlooking someone’s sins, but it does means forgiving them. But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil. Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful. "Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven; (Luke 6:35–37)

Kindness is a virtue.

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Thursday, March 9, 2023

Y’all

One of the easiest ways to control someone in a fight, and often outside a fight, is to make him mad. A people frightened will more easily surrender. Anyone who allows lust in their lives can be enslaved by it.

Self-Control is the spiritual mastery of the passions of the body and mind. It’s both the control of normal healthy desires and feelings as well as the subduing of unhealthy ones.

To be an effective Martial Artist, as in many other pursuits, it is vital you develop self-control.

For the Christian, self-control is a fruit of the spirit (Gal 5:22–23) and is something we seek from the Lord, not develop from our own effort and will power alone.

Self-Control is a virtue.

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Wednesday, March 8, 2023

Y’all

We should be true to our word. Loyalty should be our default behavior. Our devotion to our foundation should be as solid as that foundation. We should reject things that would make us less devout such as pride, greed, envy, and cowardice. We should refuse to move or be moved for any unworthy reason.

Faithfulness is a virtue.

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Tuesday, March 7, 2023

Y’all

Courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyway. - John Wayne

True courage without the other virtues would not be possible. It does not take courage to be good when those around us are also good. In this world ravaged by the spiritual warfare between good and evil, simply defying the gaslighting and saying “no I don’t believe that” is dangerous, and therefore takes courage.

Likewise, not black pilling ourselves, that is, giving in to depression because we feel there is no hope in this corrupt world, also takes courage. We must not only stand up to the corruption of the world, but not lose hope that the fight is winnable.

For the Christian, we have our foundation and therefore our courage and strength in Christ Jesus. We should never fear what they can do to our body, because they can never touch our spirit. Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. Ephesians 6:10–11

Courage is a virtue.

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Monday, March 6, 2023

Y’all

Lord give me patience and give it to me now.

When we think of patience as a virtue, we probably think of waiting in lines or traffic, or may be putting up with annoying people. Perhaps we should think about it from the terms of enduring though the times when obedience to our faith is hard.

Without patience, we might doubt our faith in our foundation despite the knowledge we gained.

Patience is a virtue.

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Sunday, March 5, 2023

Y’all

Good people must have a foundation. Mine is my faith. Obedience to the principles and authorities of that foundation are essential to living a good life. If you build against the dictates of a foundation, your structure will be fragile, susceptible to the storms of this world.

This builds greatly on the other virtues. It requires a lot of faith in your foundation, and a firm believe that it is good. You must develop a great amount of knowledge to understand how to be obedient and the wisdom to apply it. The honesty to know when you are being obedient or willful and the humility to put aside your own ego.

Obedience is a virtue.

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Saturday, March 4, 2023

Y’all

I spent this morning thinking of something wise to say about humility, and noticed the irony.

Humility is the solid foundation of all virtues. - Confucius

It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels. - Saint Augustine

Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility. -Saint Augustine

Self-confidence is very important. But without compassion and humility, it’s just arrogance -Anonymous

For the Christians:
Do nothing from selfishness or conceit, but in humility count others better than yourselves. Let each of you look not to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. Have this mind among yourselves, which you have in Christ Jesus, who though He was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form He humbled Himself and became obedient unto death, even death on a cross. Therefore God has highly exalted Him and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus is Lord, to the glory of God the Father (Phil 2:3–11)

Humility is a virtue.

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Friday, March 3, 2023

Y’all

Good people should strive to present ourselves without pretense or the attempt of deception. Honesty should encompass far beyond just the words we speak, but how we act and how we live our lives. We should work hard to not live as a hypocrite and show people who we actually are. Our words, our actions, and the way we live our lives should be a true reflection us.

We cannot conform to a world that honors lies; who call evil good and good evil.` Instead, we live our lives honestly, without attempts at desception.

Christians, Jesus condemns hypocrisy strongly. He has made it clear we are to treasure honesty and work diligently to live an honest life.

Honesty is a virtue.

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Thursday, March 2, 2023

Y’all

I saw an interesting definition of wisdom; the practical understanding and grasping of what is true and right in its living expression and form. This definition aligns with the goals of good people. Unlike the corrupted world, which seeks to teach that right and true are subjective, good people seek the know the truth and use our foundation in faith to guide us. True wisdom is living out the real truth and doing what is truly right.

Wisdom is a virtue.

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Wednesday, March 1, 2023

Y’all

We are designed to search out the truth. It is truly an evil person who would seek to withhold knowledge from another. The book of Romans says “For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth.”

We seek out to understand creation because we want to have the knowledge and the truth. We need to not only believe that the truth is out there, or have hope that the truth will win out, but actively seek to know the truth.

This is especially true in this world of lies, gaslighting, and propaganda. We cannot rely on the corrupt and their heralds in the media. We must seek it out like a hunter seeking to feed his family.

Knowledge is a virtue.

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Tuesday, February 28, 2023

Y’all

Hope goes along with faith. It would be impossible to have faith without hope. It could be argued, and I do, that without hope there is no moving forward in anything. We could say that we have no hope of something, but if we truly didn’t, despondency would be our reaction. Despair would be our state.

As good people, we should strive to keep hope alive despite the tyrannical nature of the unseen power that controls this dark world; we will eventually have salvation and restoration of righteousness. There is no virtue in feeling weak and helpless in the face of evil. It is by our hope, and the faith that derives from it, that we continue the fight; continue working towards a good world.

For Christians, we place our hope in our Savior.

Hope is a virtue.

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Monday, February 27, 2023

Y’all

Faith is defined as complete trust or confidence in someone or something. It is also defined as belief and trust in and loyalty to God, which I think most would identify with in this context.

I completely believe that faith in God is fundamental to being good, but that should not surprise you from what I’ve said in the past. Faith in God is the foundation for a healthy spiritual life. I will try to discuss that more later.

Good people should also have faith in his or her self. We must have faith in our ability to know and do good. To believe that doing good is possible, profitable, and worthy of our efforts. The world today would convince us that the opposite is true, and we should be out for number one.

To have faith, we must strive to be faithful to ourselves and others. We must put in the work to prove ourselves faithful. Just as important, we must surround ourselves with others who we have faith in. Leadership should strive to be faithful, as we can see in this modern world the disaster faithless leadership can bring on us.

Faith is a virtue.

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Sunday, February 26, 2023

 

Y’all

The Orthodox Christian Faith teaches of the Virtues; Faith, Hope, Knowledge, Wisdom, Honesty, Humility, Obedience, Patience, Courage, Faithfulness, Self-Control, Kindness, Gratitude. These are important to good people who strive to implement them.

Oaths don’t seem to be fashionable anymore. I took an oath when I enlisted. I see oaths in fiction, such as the Doc Savage oath or the Green Lantern oath, as reflections in what used to be a desire to be good and follow these virtues. There is also St. Patrick’s Breastplate as a great example (google it).

And I do see these virtues in many oaths I run across in real life and fiction. I’m not saying we should all come up with oaths, but the attitude towards them in the past seems to be centered around people who want to strive to be good.

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Saturday, February 25, 2023

 

Y’all

The path of corruption is to go deeper and deeper. Once started on that path, people are drawn, coaxed, and sometimes pressured to continue that path. In a corrupted world, stepping on that path is as easy as going with the flow. Leaving the path is like walking upstream in a fast river. But the rewards are worth it.

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Friday, February 24, 2023

Y’all

The Japanese word Intoku means Good done in secret. The book of Matthew implores us to not practice our righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them. Good people do not do good things so they will be recognized as good. Good people do good things because that is what good people do.

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Thursday, February 23, 2023

 

Y’all

Good people will hold loyalty in a very high regard. They will support their family, friends, and allies. They will correct them if they are wrong, in a private or civil manner. They will support the company or boss they work for. They will fight for their country.

Things change if that loyalty is not reciprocated, is taken advantage of, or misused.

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Monday, February 20, 2023

Y’all!

Good people, the other side is proving that they cannot defeat us unless they corrupt us. Stand firm in your foundation.

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Sunday, February 19, 2023

Y’all!

It is possible to do good deeds for selfish reasons. The parable of the Last Judgement speaks to this (Matthew 25:31–46).

I won’t judge others for their motivation, but for myself, though I may not be there yet, I will strive to do good not to promote myself but out of love of others.

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Saturday, February 18, 2023

Hey Y’all

Guard your mind, your heart, and your spirit. The battle is on to control and what they cannot control, to destroy.

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Friday, February 17, 2023

Hey Y’all

“Truth is not what you want it to be; it is what it is. And you must bend to its power or live a lie.” - Miyamoto Musashi

Truth is not subjective. It’s not your truth, my truth, Fred’s truth. There is the truth, and as the Sword Saint says, bend to it or live a lie.

Our current age, and the powers-that-want-to-betm, rely on us living their reality. Good people, our way should be to never knowingly support lies. It’s gonna hurt, but that’s the choice.

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Thursday, February 16, 2023

Hey Y’all

Allow yourself to be weaponized against evil. Love and support each other. Help those the need help. Always seek the truth and be a speaker of truth. Speak civilly, even in disagreement, and only accept civil discourse. Do not be distracted by things that are not ultimately important, or that you cannot change. Stand on your foundation and refuse to step off.

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Wednesday, February 15, 2023

Hey Y’all

“He has spoken the words of life, words of love, forgiveness, repentance, virtue, and mercy. His words will be the unbending standard by which all people are judged on the last day.”

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Tuesday, February 14, 2023

 Hey Y’all

There is little difference between a Psyop and Spiritual Warfare. Both seek to undermine your foundation in what you know or believe.

We are past the time where good people should be standing by the bedrock of truth and telling the whole world if necessary, “No! Here I stand!”

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Monday, February 13, 2023

Hey Y’all

When you humble yourself, everyone will seem saintly to you.
When you are proud, everyone will seem bothersome and bad.
~ St. Joseph the Hesychast.

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Sunday, February 12, 2023

Hey Y’all

Go early and help setup.

Stay late and help clean up.

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Saturday, February 11, 2023

Hey Y’all

Good people should be the antithesis to the barbarity of the age and the restoration of an admirable way of life.

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Friday, February 10, 2023

Hey Y’all

We run the risk of forgetting what service means. I heard a wise man once say (heavily paraphrased for my own purposes) that we should do things to help others succeed greatly, and be happy when they give us thank you notes with presidents on them.

It seems instead that many are chasing the thank you notes, without helping other succeed greatly.

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Thursday, February 9, 2023

 

Hey Y’all

A lesson from Joseph in Genesis, you can do everything right, be true to your faith, and you are likely to be punished for it. It is probably more true now than any other time in the last 100 years.

But, you will be standing on your foundation. Keep at it. You will pass through this too, and with a clear conscious.

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Wednesday, February 8, 2023

 

Hey Y’all

Life is pain, highness. Anyone who tells you differently is selling something. (everyone here knows where that quote is from).

The biggest sell going on now is, it’s all about us. Our wants and desires come first. You will cater to our emotions and feelings. Even our charity is about how we feel about giving to a special cause and how it looks to others.

Life should be about making things better for others. May be that’s fixing them a sandwich; may be that’s telling them they’re being childish and need to grow up1.

And, yea, that can be a pain.

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  1. these are examples and not meant to be a encompassing list 

Tuesday, February 7, 2023

 

Hey Y’all

Whether you believe the Bible is allegorical or that it is inerrant, as I do, the story of the Babylonian exile can apply as a learning example to our modern world. The people of Israel kept their faith, their ways, and their hope despite the tyrannical rulers that tried to change them.

Good people, as we continue to fight the tyrannical desires of the rulers of this age, we must remember to keep our faith, our ways, and our hope. Only when we change and become like them do they win.

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Monday, February 6, 2023

 

Hey Y’all

God gave us the capacity of anger1 so we can direct it towards evil acts, including our own sin. The powers-that-want-to-betm excel at using this capacity against us, directing our anger in such a way as to make us impotent, or worse direct it in the wrong direction.

Don’t let them gaslight you.

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  1. yes, I’m a believer. If you are not, the point is still valid in your philosophy 

Sunday, February 5, 2023

 

Hey Y’all

One man stood before the Lord in his own pride.

Another man stood before the Lord in complete humility.

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Saturday, February 4, 2023

 

Hey Y’all

In a world that glorifies convenience,
it takes discipline to maintain a healthy body.

In a world that glorifies evil,
it takes discipline to maintain a good spirit.

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Friday, February 3, 2023

 

Hey Y’all

The powers that want to be have declared a Great Reset; a reset that is great for them, not so much for us.

Instead, we can strive to Reset our lives back towards a Good Foundation. Seek out what is good and stand firmly there. Don’t let the storm of their Great Reset undermine our foundation.

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Thursday, February 2, 2023

 

Hey Y’all

Frederick Douglass said, “I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong.” We don’t seem to want to unite anymore. If you stray to the accepted doctrine, no matter how much good you do, you are cast out.

Have some grace. Give people some slack. If someone is doing good, unite, don’t tear them down for the offense of not agreeing with you 100% And above all, be willing to forgive.

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Wednesday, February 1, 2023

 

Hey Y’all

What do our actions and words tell those around us about which side we are on? Are we recognizable as a good person?

It’s not that we should be concerned about what people think of us, but if we are not walking the walk, and talking the talk are we truly what we say we are? Are our words and actions promoting ourselves, or for the benefit of our family, our friends, our neighbors? Are we lying to ourselves and others about what is good for others and championing policies and practice that are blatantly evil and calling it good.

Our actions and words say who we are.

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