Last year, I posted a list of the songs that were played at my daughter’s baby shower (you can click here to see it). An average of about 20 people per day have visited that page since then. Apparently there is a need to remind folks of some of the good songs you or IContinue reading “SONG OF THE WEEK – “THESE DAYS””
Monthly Archives: October 2014
CHAPTER 75 – LIFE SHOULD BE FOR LIVING
Chapter 75 – Life Should Be for Living People starve If taxes eat their grain, And the faults of starving people Are the fault of their rulers. That is why people rebel. Men who have to fight for their living And are not afraid to die for it Are higher men than those who, stationedContinue reading “CHAPTER 75 – LIFE SHOULD BE FOR LIVING”
CHAPTER 74 – QUESTIONING CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
Chapter 74 – Questioning Capital Punishment When the people are not afraid of death, wherefore frighten them with death? Were the people always afraid of death, and were I able to arrest and put to death those who innovate, then who would dare? There is a regular executioner whose charge it is to kill.Continue reading “CHAPTER 74 – QUESTIONING CAPITAL PUNISHMENT”
CHAPTER 73 – LET’S START WITH BRAVERY
Chapter 73 – Let’s Start With Bravery He who is brave in daring will be killed. He who is brave in not daring will live. Of these two, one is advantageous and one is harmful. Who knows why Heaven dislikes what it dislikes? Even the sage considers it a difficult question. The Way of HeavenContinue reading “CHAPTER 73 – LET’S START WITH BRAVERY”
CHAPTER 72 – WHY NOT RULE LIKE A SAGE?
Chapter 72 – Why Not Rule Like a Sage? When the people lack a proper sense of awe, Then some awful visitation will descend upon them. Do not constrict their living space; Do not press down on their means of livelihood. It is because you do not press down on them that they will notContinue reading “CHAPTER 72 – WHY NOT RULE LIKE A SAGE?”