Wednesday 19th April 2023

Vote NO to the Voice!

Introducing the Declaration of Independence Project

The deeper philosophical issue this raises is that criminals, high or low, do not follow the rules!

This is why the only major change you will get from sweeping gun laws is the disarming of the population rendering them powerless to defend them selves against tyranny whether that be from robbers of goverments.

Because there will always be somone not following the rules, the only thing that keeps a society on the rails is the willingness of each of us to call out unethical, immoral or illegal conduct.

To accomplish and maintain that you need to inculcate into each generation of young the values of honesty, integrity and courage and the wisdom of intelligence and competence.

To those interested in knowing from whence came the most marked departure from this ideal, I have penned a few articles you might find of interest. You can find a preface and the list of articles here:

https://www.tomgrimshaw.com/tomsblog/?p=44351

(Tom: Absolutely LOVE this and agree 1,000%!)

Copied from David Morris on Twitter. Photography by Rebekah Melancon.

Saw this somewhere and it was immensely helpful and challenging.

Parenting is hard. Parents have to choose their battles. Here are 8 fights worth picking with your kids:

The Reading Fight:
Make your kids read. Because reading is tied to everything from cognitive development to the ability to focus. Make your kids read now.

The Outside Fight:
Make your kids go outside. The natural world teaches us things. Plus, outside there’s sunshine, fresh air, and exercise waiting for them. Most importantly, nature is full of things in short supply in our world: Discovery, wonder, peace, joy.

The Work Fight:
Make your kids work. I’m saddened by how many parents don’t require their kids to lift a finger at home. There are priceless life principles you can only learn with a mop in your hand. Let sweat be their teacher.

The Meal Fight:
Make your kids eat as a family. Our lives are a blur of incessant activity. Meals together are a physical pause to recover a truth so easily sacrificed at the altar of busyness. Nothing’s more important than family.

The Boredom Fight:
Make your kids live with boredom. Don’t show a DVD on each car ride. Kids need unscheduled time. And, odd as it sounds, boredom is a skill. It’s hard as a parent to deal with the assault of boredom complaints. But if you give in and fill up their time with external stimuli, you’ll raise an activity addict. Make them learn how to be.

The “Me First“ Fight:
Make your kids go last. Not every time for everything. But enough to remember that the world doesn’t revolve around them. Take the smallest piece. Give up the remote. Do someone else’s chores. Get their least favorite choice. They won’t like it, but they need it.

The Awkward Conversation Fight:
Make your kids have uncomfortable conversations with you. Sex, dating, body image, values...Your kids will roll their eyes and resist. You will stumble and stutter. They need and want your perspective, lessons learned, and wisdom.

The Limitation Fight:
Learning to live within limits is a valuable life skill. In fact, many adult problems arise from an inability to accept them. Screen time limits, dietary limits, activity limits, and schedule limits are all good.

As a parent, you have to pick your battles. They’re not easy, but they’re worth the fight.

What is the thread that connects history’s greatest achievers? This missing chapter in the story of success reveals the secret to doing meaningful work.

Show this to every teenager you can. It has the power to change their lives. If we do it enough it will change this civilization!

Never mind that restriction of travel violates point 13 of the UN Declaration of Human Rights - Freedom to Move.

Catherine Austin Fitts (talking about the banks being able to lend money to borrowers who then default and the tab is picked up by the US Federal Government via insurance) said something worthy of sharing, “By trying to guarantee safety, we have destroyed responsibility and accountability, not just in our economy but in our culture.”

Until next time,
dream big dreams,
plan out how to achieve them,
be continually executing your plans,
enlist people to your causes,
travel and/or read widely, preferably both,
all the while observing what you observe
rather than thinking what you are told to think,
think well of your fellow man,
take time to help your fellow man,
he sorely needs it and it will help you too,
eat food that is good for your body,
exercise your body,
take time to destress,
and do the important things
that make a difference -
they are rarely the urgent ones!

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