Liberty and Power!

Power Quote for the Week

Welcome to Sunday's regular feature. Every week you can look for a witty, wise, or profound quotation from assorted folks about power.

I choose these quotations about power as it refers to electricity, since that is what this blog is about. Sometimes though, I'll select a quotation about power, as it relates to the human condition.

William Hazlitt (10 April 1778 – 18 September 1830) was an English writer, remembered for his humanistic essays and literary criticism, and as a grammarian and philosopher. He said, "The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves."

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It is unfortunate that so many of our public servants fit the later, rather than the former. It really is time to put a stop to it!

Father's Day!

Father's Day! A day we honor our dads. I hope your dad was a wonderful man and father. My dad loved all of us and was a pretty good dad.

Dads are supposed to be head of the household leader and protector.

What is it about most dads? They are either exceptional or lousy. Very few fall in the mediocre category. There are times when I look back over my own life as a father and think I must be exceptional for the love, patience and guidance I have given to my children. Then there are times when I examine my life in detail and the reality sets in and I say to myself, "I must be a lousy father". When all is said and done only my children can vouch for my character, be it good or lacking. All I know is that I love each and every one of them and would gladly give my life to save theirs.

Leave it to say, my father and I had issues. I loved him very much, but I did not like a lot of things he did. The last few years of his life he lived in a nursing home and I rarely visited him. He died 31 days after my mother was taken by pancreatic cancer seven years ago. He and I never really cleared the air between us, it was sort of a mutual understanding not to really discuss it. I know he loved me, my brother and sister, but he marched to his own beat.

Life is pretty messy sometimes and our parents in most ways either provide a positive or negative approach that we as young adults will either emulate or rebel against.

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Dad's you set the living life standards for the family. You are to heed your wife's council and be fair and just. If you don't your family will pay the consequences. BE a parent and take responsibility for yourself and your children's actions.

Powerless!

Being Powerless is agonizing! Most parents at one time or another do experience this.

Powerless to do something for another is heartbreaking.

When your child is in pain and there is nothing you can do to ease it or relieve it you get that horrible feeling of being powerless. My wife and I have had that sensation too many times in our lives and are going through it again. You call your family Dr. (and several others) and can't reach him, leaving a voice mail to please call you as soon as possible. You do not go to the emergency anymore, for you know nothing will be done for hours, if at all (been there and added to the frustration and expense). Somehow in the end we all survive and learn something along the way. We also learn that one can never be prepared for all situations in life.


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In cases where pain, and powerless to change it occur, remain calm, use common sense and be persistent until the situation is resolved. This too shall pass.

Memorial Power!

Memorial Day! A day we honor our Veterans. I hope you can hold your head up high for those who payed for your privilege to do so.

Veterans, God's gift to America!

IT is the VETERAN that has given us in America our Freedom and our rights and privileges to enjoy, not the Politicians, Preachers, Lawyers, Reporters or Poets.

This Memorial is a time to honor our Veterans and all those who serve this country with pride and honor. Show them the respect they deserve for doing the job no one really wants to be associated with in a time of war. We all have family members who have served and lived to tell us about it and some who died to provide the freedom we have come to take for granted.

I love America and honor those who helped chisel out our freedom and lay the foundation for a strong nation, one we all can be proud of. The best way to pay them respect is to make sure that those values still hold true for every American today and for our future generations to come.

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Show your support for those who sacrificed their lives and time to provide us our freedom to live a life of our choosing. Love this country or leave it.

Tyrannical Power!

Power Quote for the Week

Welcome to Sunday's regular feature. Every week you can look for a witty, wise, or profound quotation from assorted folks about power.

I choose these quotations about power as it refers to electricity, since that is what this blog is about. Sometimes though, I'll select a quotation about power, as it relates to the human condition.

Clive Staples Lewis (29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963), commonly referred to as C. S. Lewis and known to his friends and family as Jack, was an Irish-born British novelist, academic, medievalist, literary critic, essayist, lay theologian and Christian apologist. He said, "Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience."

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People, wake up! This is what C. S. Lewis was referring to, a majority led congress using their own immoral standards to make choices for the so called "good of the people". It is time to put a stop to it!

Mother's Day

Mother's Day! A day we honor our mothers. I hope your mother was as wonderful as mine. And Men, I also hope your wife is as wonderful a mother as my wife is.

Mothers, God's gift to mankind!

Isn't is unfortunate that we only have one day a year set aside to honor our mothers. When we think about all the things they have done and continue to do for us, we should really honor them one a week.

I am guilty of not honoring my mother enough for all those menial day after day chores that she did for me while growing up. My wife, likewise, has been taken for granted by our children. Mothers normally put their children first on the list of every decision they make, daily.

I lost my mother to pancreatic cancer seven years ago. It was a fast moving unexpected cancer that took her life within a month of discovery. She was only 72 when she died. I miss her and wish I could honor her personally one more time.

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Do yourself a favor and honor your loved ones while they are still here on this earth. Slow your life down just a little and share your feelings with those you truly love. You will be glad you did.

Power, Step Beyond Fear!

Power Quote for the Week

Welcome to Sunday's regular feature. Every week you can look for a witty, wise, or profound quotation from assorted folks about power.

I choose these quotations about power as it refers to electricity, since that is what this blog is about. Sometimes though, I'll select a quotation about power, as it relates to the human condition.

Karl Ludwig Börne (6 May 1786 – 12 February 1837) was a German political writer and satirist. He said, "The secret of power is the knowledge that others are more cowardly than you are."

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What do you make of that statement? I can see it's truth. Most people lack the courage to stand up for what is right for fear that they will be hurt, embarrassed, or made fun of. I too have been guilty of the above, but have since realized that I speak for many who are afraid to do so for themselves. So, either voice your opinions or find a person who shares your concerns and support them to speak for you.