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All Posts Tagged With: "courage"

Of Courage Undaunted

Mental illness strikes at the soul of man. The insanity degenerates with the ‘righteous’ who are quick to pull the sin card. Meriwether Lewis, that great American icon of exploration, suffered a mental illness that we know of today as depression.

6Nov2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | 2 comments | Continued

Barack Obama, Romanticism Restored

H. W. Brands has written a compelling biography of Teddy Roosevelt, “T. R. The Last Romantic.” Published by BasicBooks in 1997, Brands biographical depiction of Roosevelt is as intriguing as any novel. But I cannot help making a comparison to Barack Obama of 2008.

6Nov2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | 0 comments | Continued

Finally, An Intellectual Moral President

Barack Obama is the President-elect.
We should say that again: Barack Obama is the President-elect.
It has been a long time. We in America can be proud of ourselves. Barack Obama is scholarly, educated in constitutional law, intellectually curious, a master communicator, and possesses the moral values of Ghandi, the wisdom of Solomon, and the courage of [...]

4Nov2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | 15 comments | Continued

Marines’ Hymn

I am an amateur piano player – I play late at night, and just for myself. I am told that I have a ’swing style’ – but I don’t know what that means. One of the first songs that I learned on a piano was the Marines’ Hymn. This inspiring march music is relatively easy [...]

24Apr2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | 0 comments | Continued

A Sense of Hope, A Sense of Destiny…. Kennedy

Son,
Inspiring events are happening in America. Civil Rights, Social Justice, workers, disabled, education, voters rights, quality Health Care, Senator Edward Kennedy. There is a movement afoot, and the Republicans will not be able to stop it.
Senator Kennedy is endorsing Mr. Obama as I write and I can barely keep up.
“…Courage, insight, bold understanding, power of [...]

29Jan2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | 0 comments | Continued

Democratic Debate – January 21, 2008

Son,
These folks are working hard to distinguish themselves from the crowd. They have similar position on a variety of issues – so what is left to distinguish. Leadership, character, honesty, courage… This sounds personal – but I think there is purpose.
Obama has been doing well – and that attracts attention. Clinton and Edwards both attacked [...]

22Jan2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | 0 comments | Continued

Of Mental Illness, church, and family

Son
I wrote recently about depression. Meriwether Lewis was my inspiration – a man of undaunted courage who also suffered from depression. As noted, my case is mild, requiring a daily mental and physical discipline to keep all systems balanced. The discipline also requires staying connected socially. After all, at our primitive core, we are social [...]

21Nov2007 | Ohg Rea Tone | 0 comments | Continued

Step 4 – Courage

Son,
Step Four of twelve is a big boy – the success of this step takes nothing short of courage. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
Addiction causes problems, no argument here. The problems are generally beyond what the addict understands. But the addict knows that to look closely at self [...]

15Nov2007 | Ohg Rea Tone | 0 comments | Continued

Brevity in Small Packages

Dad,
My daughter had been in school now for several weeks. She only does two days a week, but this is her first experience away from home. Yesterday, at breakfast, she told me that she didn’t want to go to school.
“Its not all playing, Dad. We have to do group time, and singing songs.” She then [...]

7Sep2007 | bryan | 0 comments | Continued

Comments on Courage

Courage is not acting blindly – without regard to consequences. Courage is action on behalf of conviction – even knowing the consequences may be painful. We see courage in our everyday lives – people regularly sacrifice something of themselves for a higher cause.

7Sep2007 | Ohg Rea Tone | 0 comments | Continued