Comments on: Your Independence Day http://www.shardsofconsciousness.com/2007/07/your-independence-day/ Just You and Me - Exploring Pathways To Freedom Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:12:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Rick Cockrum http://www.shardsofconsciousness.com/2007/07/your-independence-day/#comment-9204 Rick Cockrum Thu, 05 Jul 2007 02:48:43 +0000 http://www.shardsofconsciousness.com/2007/07/your-independence-day/#comment-9204 Happy Independence Day, Danielle! Thank you for your thought and including the post in the compilation. What you say about cultivating peace and purpose within ourselves is, to me, the only way we can create real change in the world. Change enforced from without is temporary, and in the long run, futile. Happy Independence Day, Danielle!

Thank you for your thought and including the post in the compilation. What you say about cultivating peace and purpose within ourselves is, to me, the only way we can create real change in the world. Change enforced from without is temporary, and in the long run, futile.

]]> By: Danielle http://www.shardsofconsciousness.com/2007/07/your-independence-day/#comment-9198 Danielle Wed, 04 Jul 2007 18:24:03 +0000 http://www.shardsofconsciousness.com/2007/07/your-independence-day/#comment-9198 Excellent post Rick, You hit hard on a question I had early this week regarding who in our government today would have been Tories and your answer clearly mirrors my own. There are an awful lot of questions being asked but no answers. I sometimes think that the revolutionary spirit in the air is designed to inspire another, a leader not yet discovered. We have to start answering our own questions. We have to awaken to the power within us. Cultivating peace and purpose within ourselves will inherently be reflected in the world we live in. I am compiling a post for today and I will be featuring your offering. As always wishing health, balance and joy to you and yours. Excellent post Rick,
You hit hard on a question I had early this week regarding who in our government today would have been Tories and your answer clearly mirrors my own. There are an awful lot of questions being asked but no answers. I sometimes think that the revolutionary spirit in the air is designed to inspire another, a leader not yet discovered. We have to start answering our own questions. We have to awaken to the power within us. Cultivating peace and purpose within ourselves will inherently be reflected in the world we live in. I am compiling a post for today and I will be featuring your offering.

As always wishing health, balance and joy to you and yours.

]]> By: Rick Cockrum http://www.shardsofconsciousness.com/2007/07/your-independence-day/#comment-9193 Rick Cockrum Wed, 04 Jul 2007 03:47:54 +0000 http://www.shardsofconsciousness.com/2007/07/your-independence-day/#comment-9193 Hi Marti. When I saw you say we were separated at birth, the first thing I thought of was that you got the funny gene and I got the cat. You know they're making a movie with the 10 plagues now? For some reason, I don't think it will have a pair of inside out jeans lying on the lawn as the electric company's truck pull up. Give 'em hell Harry. I never paid a lot of attention to Truman, so I dropped by Wikipedia to read about him. I would have hated to be in his position. He did a creditable job for tasks which history gave him. Hi Marti. When I saw you say we were separated at birth, the first thing I thought of was that you got the funny gene and I got the cat.

You know they’re making a movie with the 10 plagues now? For some reason, I don’t think it will have a pair of inside out jeans lying on the lawn as the electric company’s truck pull up.

Give ‘em hell Harry. I never paid a lot of attention to Truman, so I dropped by Wikipedia to read about him. I would have hated to be in his position. He did a creditable job for tasks which history gave him.

]]> By: Rick Cockrum http://www.shardsofconsciousness.com/2007/07/your-independence-day/#comment-9192 Rick Cockrum Wed, 04 Jul 2007 03:30:29 +0000 http://www.shardsofconsciousness.com/2007/07/your-independence-day/#comment-9192 Be the rebel, Aaron. One day we'll all wake up. The closest description I've ever been able to come to for bloggers is the pamphleteers of the 18th century. If Tom Paine were alive now he would be right here. Be the rebel, Aaron. One day we’ll all wake up.

The closest description I’ve ever been able to come to for bloggers is the pamphleteers of the 18th century. If Tom Paine were alive now he would be right here.

]]> By: Marti http://www.shardsofconsciousness.com/2007/07/your-independence-day/#comment-9191 Marti Wed, 04 Jul 2007 02:56:09 +0000 http://www.shardsofconsciousness.com/2007/07/your-independence-day/#comment-9191 One of my heroes is Harry Truman, for his tenacity and fortitude to stand up for his beliefs. I always think of the best lines right after I sign off from SOB. If we were separated at birth, (sharing our car klutz gene) we are brothers-in-harms LOL Best wishes for a glorious Independence Day! One of my heroes is Harry Truman, for his tenacity and fortitude to stand up for his beliefs.

I always think of the best lines right after I sign off from SOB. If we were separated at birth, (sharing our car klutz gene) we are brothers-in-harms

LOL

Best wishes for a glorious Independence Day!

]]> By: Aaron M. Potts http://www.shardsofconsciousness.com/2007/07/your-independence-day/#comment-9184 Aaron M. Potts Wed, 04 Jul 2007 00:02:03 +0000 http://www.shardsofconsciousness.com/2007/07/your-independence-day/#comment-9184 Rick, Great post! In today's society where - as you indicated - some people would be watched by the government for their beliefs or their actions, it is that much more important that people stand up for who they and what they believe in. Otherwise, we are just a nation full of automatons. Thanks, but no thanks. I'll stand up to my own weaknesses with the same resolve that I stand up to a system or a belief that doesn't resonate with what I believe to be true. I'm just rebellious like that, and I wouldn't change that even if I could. Thanks, Rick, for this reminder about what we are celebrating on July 4th! Rick,

Great post!

In today’s society where - as you indicated - some people would be watched by the government for their beliefs or their actions, it is that much more important that people stand up for who they and what they believe in. Otherwise, we are just a nation full of automatons.

Thanks, but no thanks. I’ll stand up to my own weaknesses with the same resolve that I stand up to a system or a belief that doesn’t resonate with what I believe to be true.

I’m just rebellious like that, and I wouldn’t change that even if I could. Thanks, Rick, for this reminder about what we are celebrating on July 4th!

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